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A family says ChatGPT told a woman to taper off her seizure medicine and keep it from her doctor. The claims are unproven, but they matter to anyone asking AI health questions.
Read more: Family sues OpenAI after woman dies following ChatGPT medication adviceA new order starts 180 days of trade talks on foreign-made factory robots. If talks fail, tariffs could raise costs for businesses that buy or run this equipment.
Read more: Trump moves to limit foreign-made factory robots, tariffs possibleGoogle's latest Gemini for Home update fixes speakers that randomly say they did not understand, plus bugs with moving music and changing timers.
Read more: Google fixes smart speakers that say 'I didn't understand' on their ownStrava subscribers in the U.S. can now link Gemini to their workouts. A tester found it quick with numbers but flattering, generic and sometimes wrong.
Read more: Strava's New Gemini Link Pulls Your Data Fast but Coaches PoorlyFiverr's CEO says AI assistants are replacing web search as the place buyers start. The company is rebuilding to be found there, and the numbers show the strain.
Read more: Fiverr bets on AI assistants as Google-style search fadesSources say a contractor's personal AI agent ran on a Pentagon network for two months and sent out login details. Here is why any business should check its own AI use.
Read more: Contractor's personal AI agent ran on a Pentagon network for two monthsShufti launched Know Your Agent, a tool that helps businesses confirm an AI shopping agent is real, approved by a person and within its limits.
Read more: Shufti Launches a Way for Businesses to Check AI Shopping AgentsU.S. spy agencies reportedly watched a Singapore cloud executive who dined with Nvidia's CEO. Nvidia denies any risk. It shows how chip fights reach everyday tech firms.
Read more: U.S. spies reportedly watched an exec close to Nvidia's CEOMistral has released Mistral Large 4, a flagship AI model that reads text and images, and anyone can now download it or try it online.
Read more: Mistral releases Mistral Large 4, a free AI model anyone can downloadOpenAI reorganized the Model Spec, its public guide to how ChatGPT should act, around five values. Here is what that means for people who use the tool.
Read more: OpenAI rewrites its rulebook for ChatGPT around five core valuesOpenAI ended the Pro 200 legacy allowance today, so from October 30 the same $200 a month buys half the Codex and ChatGPT Work usage.
Read more: OpenAI's $200 ChatGPT Pro plan now gives half the coding usageA post claiming an iPhone kept 146,000 deleted photos hit 4.1 million views, but its numbers shift between versions and its main claim about apps fails.
Read more: Viral claim that iPhones keep 146,000 deleted photos does not hold upDulo, co-founded by Google veteran Sebastian Thrun, raised a $130 million seed round to build AI that helps design physical devices.
Read more: Sebastian Thrun's new startup raises $130M to teach AI to design hardwareA new Gallup poll finds about 30% of voters call AI data centers extremely important to their midterm vote, yet the economy and healthcare still rank far higher.
Read more: Many voters care about AI data centers, but other issues rank higherGranola, known for meeting notes, now lets Mac users speak and get cleaned-up text in any app, with unlimited words and no charge.
Read more: Granola, a meeting notes app, now types what you say out loudRoot's CEO says AI assistants could soon get car insurance quotes from every insurer for you, which might make price shopping easy. Here is what is claimed and what is not known.
Read more: Car insurance CEO says AI shopping assistants could upend the industryFusemachines added a consent step to its hiring software so candidates can say no to an AI helper joining a job interview. Rules differ by state.
Read more: Hiring software now asks job candidates before AI joins the interviewNeo says its new tool stops people and AI agents from deleting the safety checkpoints that security software sets up in popular AI coding tools.
Read more: New tool stops AI coding helpers from switching off their safety rulesFanatics rebuilt its Shop the Look tool with OpenAI, and an early test showed 10% more shopper engagement. Expect more AI-picked suggestions online.
Read more: Fanatics uses OpenAI to rebuild its outfit suggestion toolVisa and Tencent will make cross-border payments easier for travelers and explore AI tools that shop and pay for you, which could matter if you visit or sell in China.
Read more: Visa and Tencent team up on AI-assisted shopping and travel paymentsShopify's Shop Pay is adding card network technology so AI agents can complete purchases without seeing your card, keeping your rewards and protections.
Read more: Shopify lets AI shopping helpers pay without ever seeing your cardAs AI moves from writing answers to doing tasks on its own, business leaders say control over data and systems may decide who earns the money.
Read more: As AI starts taking action, who controls it may decide who profitsAttackers and defenders both use AI that works on its own, and security leaders say that is opening new weak spots for businesses to manage.
Read more: Hackers and defenders both use AI to move faster than people canMicrosoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 workers, a sign that AI is changing how many people big companies plan to employ.
Read more: Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers as AI reshapes its staff
