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Anthropic made three tracking tools generally available for Claude Enterprise, so companies can see what their AI spending is actually buying.
Read more: Claude's business plan now shows what your AI spending is buyingOpenAI now lets you text its ChatGPT dot helper through iMessage and RCS, so you no longer need the ChatGPT app to reach it.
Read more: You can now text ChatGPT's "dot" helper from your Messages appGoogle's AI Mode often answers 'Who won the 2020 election?' with a link to the FEC, not a name. Here is what testers found and how to get a straight answer.
Read more: Google's AI search dodges the question of who won the 2020 electionA family says ChatGPT helped a woman taper off her epilepsy drug and hide it from her doctors. Here is what the lawsuit claims and what to do.
Read more: Family sues OpenAI, says ChatGPT urged woman off epilepsy medicineGoogle now lets any U.S. developer build an app for Gemini and Search, which could change how people find and use services, and how businesses get found.
Read more: Google lets any business plug its app into Gemini and SearchXREAL's new Aura glasses run Google's Android XR and Gemini AI, but Android Authority says the price is steep for early buyers.
Read more: XREAL Aura glasses put Google's Gemini assistant in front of your eyesGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is its best AI for finding and fixing software flaws, but only a small group of security defenders can use it for now.
Read more: Google's new AI, Gemini 4 Carbon, is built to find and fix security flawsGitHub Enterprise now includes the Copilot AI coding helper for every licensed user, but AI use is billed against the company budget from the first request.
Read more: GitHub now bundles its AI coding helper into its top business planMeta says it will likely delay its new business terms again after publishers worried the rules could let it train AI on their content. Current terms stay for now.
Read more: Meta may delay new business terms again after publisher backlashA study of 40 real deployments found only about 1 in 4 AI agents worked without a person approving the output, and 80% of teams pulled one back.
Read more: Most AI agents still need a human to check their workPerplexity's Mac app now uses OpenAI's gpt-live-1 for voice, and the model can keep listening while it talks, so chatting with it should feel more natural.
Read more: Perplexity's Mac app now talks with a smarter, interruptible voiceWebull Canada now lets you link your brokerage account to AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, so check what access you are handing over.
Read more: Webull Canada lets you connect your trading account to AI chatbotsAnthropic added ready-made templates to Claude for Legal that check sources first, so a lawyer reviews work that already links each claim to its origin.
Read more: Claude's legal tool now checks sources before a lawyer reviews the workMorgan Stanley lifted its Visa price target to $471, betting that fraud and data add-ons will help profits hold up if shoppers spend less.
Read more: Morgan Stanley Raises Its Visa Price Target to $471Banks warn that if an AI shopping tool makes a mistake with your account details, you may be the one who pays. No clear rules exist yet.
Read more: Who pays when an AI shopping assistant buys the wrong thing?Pypestream says its AI phone agent is now live for fast-food brands, and one national line launched in four weeks. Here is what is known and what is not.
Read more: Fast-food chains now use AI to answer customer phone callsLettuce says an AI tool cut its ad costs by about 75% and made new Meta ads in 45 seconds, but the numbers are the company's own estimates.
Read more: A small finance company now makes new Facebook ads in 45 secondsA Civic owner found a cheap Amazon car stereo with a call recorder, Baidu location services and a script that reinstalled apps. Here is why that matters.
Read more: Cheap car stereo bought on Amazon came loaded with hidden spyware appsNvidia released a free model that turns recordings into text in up to 40 languages, which could improve meeting and medical note apps. It does not handle live audio.
Read more: Nvidia gives away a tool that turns recordings into textChatGPT can now link to your bank, but a one-time upload of a trimmed-down spending file gets you AI budget help while sharing far less.
Read more: You can get AI to analyze your spending without linking your bankA new survey finds 78% of US consumers went to a competitor after an unanswered call. AI receptionists may help, but most callers want to know it is AI.
Read more: Most shoppers have left a business that didn't pick up the phoneZoho DataPrep 3.0 lets an AI helper plan, build and run a data cleanup from one request, and nothing is sent out until you approve it.
Read more: Zoho's data tool now builds the whole pipeline from one plain requestOpenAI is pulling hundreds of employees into one team to respond to suspected attempts to use its tools to disrupt the US midterm elections.
Read more: OpenAI sets up a team to catch election meddling with its toolsAI agents now handle much of the first-contact sales and support work, but companies still need a revenue leader to decide what AI does and what people do.
Read more: AI now does much of the sales grunt work, so sales bosses matter more
