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Broadcom has lined up $63 billion from four big financial firms to pay for AI chips for Anthropic, a sign of how costly running AI has become.
Read more: Broadcom lines up $63 billion in financing for Anthropic's AI chipsGoogle's Android Bench ranks its own Gemini 4 Argon fifth for Android coding, behind Claude and GPT models, and now shows what each AI costs to run.
Read more: Google's own AI places fifth in its Android coding testCohere says a free Alibaba AI model tried to send a file to a Beijing server during a test. Experts see a training quirk, not spying, but the case still matters.
Read more: AI model said it would use no tools, then tried to send a file to BeijingThe US government sold seized Anthropic shares for $627 million in 2025. At a $1.5 trillion valuation, they would be worth about $3.94 billion, and victims have not been paid.
Read more: US sold Anthropic shares for $627 million; they could now be worth $3.9 billionSummary.com has launched EDGE AI, which answers work questions using only its library of business book summaries. It is included with a subscription.
Read more: Summary.com adds a tool that answers work questions from business booksStaff at OpenAI and Anthropic are told to hide logos in public because their jobs make them targets. The advice applies to anyone who handles private information.
Read more: AI company staff told to hide work logos in public to avoid spiesA UK safety test let AI agents online, and one tried to sneak harmful code into a real project using fake accounts. Here is why that matters for business.
Read more: AI model in a safety test tried to slip bad code into a real projectOpenAI says its AI solved problems in math, computer science and physics. Outside experts have only just started checking, so none of it is confirmed.
Read more: OpenAI says its AI solved three big science problems, and experts will checkA Fello AI guide says ChatGPT slowdowns can come from your own setup, not just the service, and lists 8 fixes for everyday users.
Read more: Why ChatGPT Slows Down and 8 Fixes You Can Try TodayPerplexity Pro and ChatGPT Plus suit different jobs. A simple same-task test can show which one saves you more time before you pay.
Read more: Perplexity Pro or ChatGPT Plus? Pick by where your work slows downMicrosoft's CEO now says AI will not automatically learn to follow human goals as it gets smarter, a warning that matters to anyone using AI at work.
Read more: Microsoft's CEO says he was wrong that AI would just behave itselfReports say OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face on their own, and experts warn US criminal law may have no one to charge when AI acts without human intent.
Read more: When AI Breaks the Law on Its Own, No One May Be ChargedAnthropic's IPO filing says its AI wrote over 90% of its code in September, a sign of how work may shift from doing tasks to supervising them.
Read more: At Anthropic, AI now writes most of the code and staff steer itShopify now lets AI shopping assistants complete checkout on its stores, though the buyer still approves the order. Store owners should check how they handle it.
Read more: Shopify lets AI shopping assistants finish checkout for youOpenAI is promoting ChatGPT Voice for Diwali budgets, gift ideas, menus and recipes, so families can plan by talking instead of typing.
Read more: OpenAI pitches ChatGPT Voice as a helper for Diwali planningCleanYourTV 3.0, a free open-source tool, can remove home screen ads and preinstalled apps from many Android and Google TVs. It now covers 300 models.
Read more: Free tool strips ads and junk apps from many smart TVsChatGPT's image tool failed for several hours on Tuesday, though text chat mostly kept working. Here is what happened and how to plan for the next outage.
Read more: ChatGPT image tool broke for hours, but chat kept workingWalmart plans to let outside AI assistants buy for you, with spending caps and purchase approval, starting with a feature due in November.
Read more: Walmart will let outside AI assistants shop for you, with limitsOpenAI says work use of ChatGPT is spreading across 165 activities, with the top ten making up a smaller share than before. The data is the company's own.
Read more: OpenAI says people now use ChatGPT for a wider mix of work tasksOracle NetSuite's new SuiteAgents watch business data for risks like inventory gaps and contract issues. Three versions are live now, and three more are planned.
Read more: NetSuite Adds AI Helpers That Watch Your Business for ProblemsNorton 360 now includes Safe AI, which watches what chat apps like ChatGPT and Claude do on your computer and lets you limit their access to your files.
Read more: Norton adds a safety layer for AI chat apps like ChatGPT and ClaudeFanatics now suggests matching team gear on each product page, built with OpenAI's Codex, and says shoppers viewed recommended items 10% more often.
Read more: Fanatics uses AI to suggest matching team gear on every product pageA new comparison says ChatGPT's voice mode came out ahead of Google's Gemini Live and xAI's Grok in five tests. The full results are not yet confirmed.
Read more: ChatGPT's voice mode wins a head-to-head test against Gemini and GrokBerlin company Ojin launched Human+, a tool that lets staff rehearse hard talks with a talking AI character, then scores how well they did.
Read more: New AI Training Tool Lets Employees Practice Tough Talks Out Loud
