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Stony Brook researchers found doctors preferred an AI-written hospital discharge summary in 95% of cases reviewed, though a doctor must still check every draft.
Read more: AI-written hospital discharge notes beat doctors' versions in a studyOrtelan Labs says its new Praus service picks the right AI model for each question and checks the answer, but the test results are self-reported.
Read more: New AI service Praus claims top-tier answers for under a tenth of a centAnthropic's new filing shows computing ate 58% of its revenue last quarter, up from 48%. That matters because AI tool prices rest on those costs.
Read more: Anthropic's computing bills are eating a bigger share of its revenueGoogle Cloud says the key to using AI agents at work is people, not tools: set clear limits, start small and teach staff to check what agents produce.
Read more: Google Cloud's advice for bringing AI agents into your teamAfter Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 workers, an employment lawyer explains what to check before signing and when to get legal help.
Read more: Offered a job buyout? A lawyer's 3 steps before you signA new report says business spending on AI hit about $177 billion this year, and companies spent far more than they planned. Here is what it means for your budget.
Read more: Companies spent $177 billion on AI this year, over five times last yearGoogle will switch off AI for K-12 students next year unless schools opt in, but schools that block AI everywhere will also lose Google Search.
Read more: Google will turn off AI for school kids, but Search goes with itPaymentus, a bill-pay company used by nearly 1 in 3 households and businesses, posted record revenue and says it is building its own AI helper.
Read more: Bill-pay company Paymentus hits record $372.2 million in quarterly revenueA new report says many in Silicon Valley fear Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, and asks if OpenAI should worry. The chips behind AI give him real leverage.
Read more: Why Silicon Valley is wary of Nvidia's chief, Jensen HuangAn Israeli security firm says an error and time pressure led to cyberattacks involving AI agents from top model makers. Here is why that matters if you hire security help.
Read more: Security firm blames 'error' for cyberattacks by AI agentsApple had its best year ever and is making money from AI while spending far less than Amazon or Alphabet. Heavy Siri AI users may soon face limits and fees.
Read more: Apple profits from AI without spending like its rivalsWalmart is building tools so AI apps can shop for you, and you can require approval for each buy or cap spending at $50, $100 or $200.
Read more: Walmart will let AI assistants shop for you, with spending limitsGoogle says attackers are stealing AI account keys and running up bills that reached $1 million at some companies. The victim pays, and the damage can come fast.
Read more: Hackers are running up huge AI bills on other companies' accountsOpenAI says ChatGPT added 200 million weekly users in two months, and its search-style questions are now about one-fifth of Google's volume.
Read more: ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users, up 200 million in two monthsA video from The Economic Times shows how ElevenLabs can copy a real voice and use it to run a customer-facing voice agent, with consent as the key caution.
Read more: How to make an AI voice agent that answers customers in your own voiceChery's robot brand AiMOGA unveiled MOBO, a home companion robot, and opened pre-orders worldwide. Price and ship date have not been shared.
Read more: Chery's carmaker unveils MOBO, a home robot you can pre-orderClaude can now connect to apps like HubSpot, Salesforce and Zendesk to read data and act in them. Starting with read-only access keeps the risk low.
Read more: Claude can now work inside your CRM and other business appsGoogle may be redesigning Ask Gemini in the Gmail phone app to look more like the Gemini app. It is a spotted change, not a confirmed launch.
Read more: Gmail's Gemini assistant may get a fresh look like the Gemini appPopular AI chatbots got election facts wrong in almost 40 percent of answers, so use your official election office for deadlines, polling places and candidates.
Read more: AI chatbots get election facts wrong, so check before you voteCrowdStrike plans to spend about $495 million on two startups that watch and test AI agents, as firms adopt the tools faster than they can secure them.
Read more: CrowdStrike to buy two AI security startups for about $495 millionPensa Systems has launched an AI app that looks at store shelves through a phone camera and tells workers what to fix first. Results so far are company-reported.
Read more: New phone app uses the camera to tell store workers what to fix firstAnthropic reportedly told investors its small chip team already uses its own AI, Claude, for design work, a sign of AI being used to build its own hardware.
Read more: Anthropic's AI is helping design Anthropic's own computer chipsIXOPAY has launched IXO One, a payments platform that bundles its tools and adds safeguards for purchases made by AI shopping agents. The first full version is due in early 2027.
Read more: IXOPAY launches one payments platform built for AI shopping agentsAdaptlyPost, a social media scheduling tool, now works inside ChatGPT, so you can schedule and publish posts without leaving the chat.
Read more: A new ChatGPT add-on can now schedule and post your social media updates
