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Accenture says AI agents now screen resumes and book every interview, so job seekers there may face software before a person reads their application.
Read more: Accenture uses AI agents to screen resumes and book interviewsAdobe surveyed 1,003 U.S. shoppers and found 52% use generative AI for holiday buying, which makes accurate prices and delivery dates matter more for sellers.
Read more: Over Half of Holiday Shoppers Now Use AI to Help Them ShopTata Communications says its Commotion voice AI was tested in eight Indian languages, but the claims come from a paid press release with few details.
Read more: Tata Communications tests its voice AI in eight Indian languagesBoston Consulting Group asks if makers of snacks, soap and drinks are ready for AI assistants that pick and buy products for shoppers.
Read more: Will AI shopping assistants change how grocery brands sell?The group behind Wikipedia told a court AI can learn from copyrighted work, but chatbots should not copy it back to you without following the license.
Read more: Wikipedia's owner asks courts for a middle path on AI and copyrightTwo $20 AI plans add up to $40 a month, and higher tiers and extra usage credits can push the bill well past that. Here is what to check.
Read more: AI Subscriptions Cost More Than the $20 Price Tag SuggestsUsers with Russian passports say Anthropic banned their Claude accounts right after an ID check. Paying customers say they lost access with no clear reason.
Read more: Claude users with Russian passports say they were banned after ID checkGoogle is changing how Gemini looks when it pops up on Android phones, adding a sparkle. Here is what is known and what is not.
Read more: Google gives Gemini on Android a new look, with a sparkleMore Korean office workers are paying their own money for AI classes, driven by fear of falling behind. Many say their employers should cover the cost.
Read more: Korean office workers are paying their own money to learn AI toolsNvidia-backed Nscale is heading for a $35bn stock listing, and it depends on a West Virginia data centre project facing delays, local pushback and money risks.
Read more: Nscale's $35bn stock listing hangs on one giant West Virginia projectA judge set July 19, 2027 as the trial date for Apple's trade secrets case against OpenAI, io Products and two former Apple employees.
Read more: Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI is set for trial in July 2027Software that carries out tasks on its own is helping business leaders save time for strategy, but it still needs a human check.
Read more: AI helpers now handle routine tasks so CEOs can plan aheadVerisk, a data firm behind much of the insurance industry, is letting insurers ask its risk data questions inside Amazon Quick, Microsoft Copilot and Claude.
Read more: Insurance Data Firm Verisk Plugs Into Amazon, Microsoft and Claude AIOpsio's new Hiveforce service gives companies a team of AI workers that pause for a person's approval, with data kept in the EU.
Read more: Opsio launches Hiveforce, an AI team that waits for your approvalServiceNow and OpenAI announced a partnership to add AI to workplace software. Businesses that use ServiceNow should expect new features and ask about data.
Read more: ServiceNow and OpenAI team up to bring AI into everyday work softwareTesla's new Houston robotaxi zone is far bigger than Waymo's, but riders report long waits, odd detours and spots on the map where no ride is offered.
Read more: Tesla's new Houston robotaxi area is huge, but riders report long detoursAI phone answering is a fast-growing market, but no one tracks how many businesses use it. A simple count of your own missed calls says more.
Read more: AI phone answering is growing fast, but hard numbers are scarceAnthropic has launched Smart Reports, a tool meant to show what a company spends on AI and what it gets back, so owners can judge whether the bills pay off.
Read more: Anthropic adds reports to show what your AI spending is worthLaw firm Ropes & Gray is working with OpenAI on a tool to sort and summarize deal documents, and the lawyers will still check the results.
Read more: Big law firm Ropes & Gray is building AI to speed up deal document reviewMastercard earned $4.6 billion in the third quarter, up 18%, and its fraud and data tools are now a main source of growth. That affects how your card is protected.
Read more: Mastercard profit jumps 18% as data services drive growthCrowdStrike says Chinese state-linked hackers used AI to go after 200+ organizations in 11 days. The speed is the point, and it affects ordinary businesses too.
Read more: China-linked hackers used AI to hit 200+ targets in 11 daysAmazon now lets AI assistants start the business workflows you already built on AWS, with approvals and rules kept intact at every step.
Read more: Amazon lets AI assistants run your business workflows step by stepOpenAI says it uses several layers of monitoring to catch its most advanced AI models when they stray, so staff can step in early.
Read more: OpenAI explains how it watches its own AI for risky behaviorMark Cuban says many towns are signing weak data center contracts. If one is proposed near you, the fine print can decide your noise, water and power costs.
Read more: Mark Cuban says towns are signing bad data center deals
