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Angle Health says AI voice agents handled about 80% of provider calls in a pilot, freeing nearly 9,000 staff minutes a day. Here is what it shows for any business that takes calls.
Read more: A health insurer's AI phone agents now answer most doctor-office callsAbrigo took its Sageworks loan software offline after suspicious activity. If your bank uses it, here is what is known and what to watch for.
Read more: Software used by 2,400 U.S. banks goes dark after suspicious activityEngineer Venkatesh Rao argues AI could raise demand for human thinking, and says the real fight is over who gets access to it, not only which jobs vanish.
Read more: One engineer says AI could make people think more, not lessWhatsApp is reportedly working on cover photos for every user, not just businesses. Here is what leaks say and what to check if it arrives.
Read more: WhatsApp may let everyone add a cover photo to their profileLawmakers are shrinking the insurance behind every rideshare trip, and robotaxis fall under the same rules. Businesses that book rides for staff may carry more risk.
Read more: If an employee's rideshare crashes, your business may be on the hookA chirp from your AirPods is often just low battery, but it can also be a routine check, a connection problem or a sign of damage. One setting silences the case.
Read more: Why your AirPods chirp, and how to make them stopOpenAI's new Locked Chats feature hides private ChatGPT conversations behind a four-digit PIN, but it is built for convenience, not true secrecy.
Read more: ChatGPT now lets you hide private chats behind a PINAI shopping assistants are hitting walls at Amazon, Walmart and others. Some blocks are on purpose, some are accidents, and money tasks carry real risk.
Read more: Shopping AI assistants keep getting blocked by the stores they useAn upcoming Gemini setting could let you choose Chat or Tasks as the screen the assistant opens to, which could save a tap or two each time.
Read more: Gemini may let you choose Chat or Tasks as your defaultSnap settled with two teens who said its design fed depression and eating disorders, so a trial that would have put its CEO on the stand will not happen.
Read more: Snap settles teen lawsuit over depression and eating disordersScam kits that copy whole websites now cost a few hundred dollars, and AI is making fakes harder to spot. Here are the checks experts still trust.
Read more: How to tell if a website or social account is a scamChatGPT had an outage, with many people unable to log in or use the app and Codex. Here is what is known, who is hit and what to watch for.
Read more: ChatGPT hit by outage: login, app and Codex not working for manyA sponsored Business Insider piece says AI agents stumble on conflicting company records, so check that your own customer and order data agree first.
Read more: AI agents fail on messy company data, not weak technologyMore than half of US teens use AI for schoolwork, and a Fast Company story asks whether ChatGPT or Claude helps students cheat better.
Read more: Students and teachers are using AI at school, and cheating is the worryA small AI on a decade-old PC went from 4 to 11 correct answers out of 13 after getting an offline Wikipedia, a useful trick for private AI on modest hardware.
Read more: Giving a small home AI an offline Wikipedia made it far more accurateSynthesia built a plug-in for ChatGPT that turns documents you already have into marketing videos, giving small teams another option beyond OpenAI's Sora.
Read more: Synthesia's ChatGPT add-on turns your documents into marketing videosThe FBI says North Korean hackers stole a record $6.43 billion from Binance. The same weekly roundup lists dozens of software flaws to patch.
Read more: North Korea behind record $6.43 billion crypto theft from BinanceChatGPT now offers a virtual try-on that shows clothing on a photo of you, a sign that chatbots are becoming a place to shop, not just search.
Read more: ChatGPT can now show how clothes might look on you before you buyMeta's automated web visitors have reportedly burdened small business sites for years, and new terms changes have put the company under fresh scrutiny.
Read more: Meta's web crawlers are straining small business websitesOpenAI says future US data centers will use less electricity when the grid is strained, a response to fears that AI could raise power bills.
Read more: OpenAI says its new data centers will cut power use when the grid is strainedA Medium piece says AI tools that work for days on one task create unfinished work that someone must check, which matters to anyone using AI at work.
Read more: AI that works for days at a time changes how work gets managedWindows 11 Search can now find and open your Android phone's apps, which could save time if you split your day between a PC and a phone.
Read more: Windows 11 Search can now open your Android phone's appsA $1,400 Galaxy S26 Ultra still ships with apps its owner never wanted. Many can be uninstalled or disabled in a few taps to free space and cut notifications.
Read more: New Samsung Galaxy phones still come with apps you never asked forThe Better Business Bureau expects more political scams as Election Day nears, with fake campaigns and charities going after your money and personal details.
Read more: Better Business Bureau warns of more political scams before Election Day
