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FuriosaAI, a South Korean AI chip startup, quadrupled its value to $2.9 billion, adding a new challenger to Nvidia's grip on AI chips.
Read more: Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI is now worth $2.9 billionInstagram's head says anger at AI will keep growing, and the app is now requiring AI accounts to label themselves. Fakes can still slip through.
Read more: Instagram's boss expects public anger at AI to keep growingShopify has added AI shopping payment tools from Visa, Mastercard and American Express to Shop Pay, so assistants may soon buy from online stores.
Read more: Shopify adds card-network tools so AI assistants can buy for yousymplr is merging its scheduling and timekeeping tools, and its AI will suggest schedule changes that a manager must review first.
Read more: symplr merges scheduling and timekeeping, managers review AI changesA Microsoft filing shows OpenAI brought in $10 billion for the company in one quarter, about 11% of its revenue. Here is why that tie matters to anyone using their tools.
Read more: Microsoft got $10 billion from OpenAI in just three monthsSweden has barred staff at three government bodies from using ChatGPT and Claude at work, over fears that private data could leak. Here is why it matters for your business.
Read more: Sweden bars government staff from using ChatGPT and Claude at workIn an Anthropic test, experts followed an AI's advice 86% of the time, though the advice was set by coin flip and most did not say it swayed them.
Read more: Experts followed a secretly biased AI's advice 86% of the timeMcKinsey has published new evidence on AI agents that shop for you. Who gains, and which sellers get seen, could affect your wallet and your business.
Read more: AI shopping assistants are starting to buy things for peopleGoogle will show ads inside its AI Search answers in markets outside the U.S., as its core search ad growth slows and investors push the stock down 8%.
Read more: Google is putting ads inside its AI search answers worldwideA link promising a ChatGPT coding app for Android points to an error page on a Vietnamese university site, so there is nothing safe to download.
Read more: Link to a ChatGPT coding app for Android leads to a dead pageForbes published a how-to guide for small business owners on building a website with Claude, an AI assistant. The catch is that the result needs a careful check.
Read more: How a small business can build its own website using ClaudeBroccoli, which makes AI helpers that answer calls and book jobs for home-service companies, has raised $52 million. Here is what it does and what is unproven.
Read more: Startup that answers calls for plumbers and electricians raises $52MHome care agencies are getting less money from payers for a fourth year, so many are using AI tools for paperwork, scheduling and billing. Here is what that means for families.
Read more: Home care agencies use AI helpers for paperwork as payments shrinkThe Financial Times says AI is making it cheap to move and check company information, which is the work middle managers have long done.
Read more: AI software is changing what middle managers do at workGitHub Copilot can now make and edit images from a plain-language request and save them in your project, but the usage counts against your AI credits.
Read more: GitHub Copilot can now create and edit images for your projectGitHub now lets teams build shared Copilot Automations, so one AI helper can do routine work for everyone, but an admin has to turn on billing first.
Read more: GitHub lets teams share AI helpers that do routine work for themGoogle and Oracle will offer Google's custom AI chips to Oracle cloud customers next year, giving Nvidia more competition and AI buyers more choice.
Read more: Google's AI chips are no longer just for Google and one big customerA hacker published a staff directory covering more than 40,000 Homeland Security workers, and it shows how one weak login system can expose a whole workforce.
Read more: Hacker leaks details of 40,000 Homeland Security employeesOpenAI and ServiceNow are widening their partnership to bring AI into more everyday work tasks. Details are thin, but ServiceNow customers should pay attention.
Read more: OpenAI and ServiceNow team up to bring AI to more work tasksThe Justice Department is asking questions about Nvidia's planned $13 billion purchase of AI company Hugging Face, which could matter to anyone who builds on free AI tools.
Read more: Justice Department asks questions about Nvidia's $13 billion Hugging Face dealAn Anthropic engineering manager no longer gives coding tests because Claude beats people at them. He now looks for things candidates have actually built.
Read more: An Anthropic manager stopped giving coding tests because AI does them betterA notice on an LG TV says Microsoft is ending Copilot on all smart TVs this year, so the AI helper on your set will likely stop working.
Read more: Microsoft is shutting off its Copilot AI helper on smart TVsTwo critical bugs in PHP, the language behind about 70% of websites, forced rushed fixes. Some sites went offline, and experts expect more of this.
Read more: Two serious flaws in PHP, used by most websites, forced rushed fixesGoogle's Gemini app now has tap-to-explore visual lessons, from the Silk Road to jet engines, that go from planet scale down to atoms.
Read more: Gemini app adds interactive visual lessons you can tap to explore
