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A study of 14 AI models finds they overuse six sentence habits that make text harder to read, and it explains why your AI-written emails can feel heavy.
Read more: Why AI answers feel like work to read, according to new researchThe RealReal tightened its bot defenses so AI agents can no longer tie up designer items in carts, a sign that stores are still writing rules for shopping bots.
Read more: The RealReal blocks AI shopping agents after cart-hogging trickA new survey of 1,500 IT leaders finds 89% have limited or redesigned AI projects because usage costs keep rising, a warning for any business adopting AI.
Read more: Most Big Companies Have Scaled Back AI Projects as Costs ClimbA new free tool called CostInflation shows grocery prices day by day, but its data source is unclear, so check that before relying on it for budgets.
Read more: New Free Tool Tracks Grocery Prices Every DayOpenAI says its newest AI can convert old bank and government code with high accuracy, but experts say that is far from replacing the systems themselves.
Read more: OpenAI says its AI can rewrite 1959 bank code, but experts say not yetOpenAI launched a company that places AI engineers inside client businesses, backed by more than $4 billion. Here is what that could mean for firms that want AI help.
Read more: OpenAI Starts a Company That Sends AI Engineers to Work Inside BusinessesMicrosoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees in four countries, a sign that even the strongest tech firms are reshaping their workforces.
Read more: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 workersSaaStr put an AI agent on its sponsor contact form. It booked 614 meetings and sourced over $1 million in closed deals, and the old flow is gone.
Read more: A website chat agent booked 614 meetings and closed over $1 millionPeople with locked accounts and bad phone bills are asking ChatGPT for help, and it keeps pointing them to a tech news site that cannot fix their problem.
Read more: ChatGPT Is Sending Tech Support Problems to a News SiteA House committee is looking into a Delaware plan to let AI programs run companies, which could change who is responsible when a business gets something wrong.
Read more: US lawmakers question Delaware plan to let AI run companiesKeys Inc. says its locksmith service now works inside ChatGPT, so a locked-out driver can describe the problem in chat and request quotes.
Read more: You can now ask ChatGPT to find a locksmith when you're locked outA writer gave Google's Gemini a month of bank transactions in Sheets. It sorted them, showed he was over budget, and spotted a possible double charge.
Read more: A writer let Google's Gemini sort his bank statement and found a double chargeTesla says 1.7 million people now pay for Full Self-Driving, and it hopes monthly software fees can earn more than selling cars. Here is what that means for drivers.
Read more: Tesla bets on a $99 monthly driving add-on to make more moneyUS agencies published a guide for AI agents that act on their own, and the key question after any incident is whose credentials the agent used.
Read more: When an AI Agent Goes Rogue, Know Whose Keys It UsedA writer fixed his wife's dropping Zoom calls by wiring her laptop to the router, with ChatGPT coaching him through the cable work using photos.
Read more: He fixed his wife's dropping Zoom calls with help from ChatGPTAnthropic, the company behind Claude, has filed to go public on Nasdaq. The filing shows huge losses, huge computing bills and risks the company admits to.
Read more: Anthropic files to go public, and the numbers are hugeA listing for a ChatGPT for YouTube Android app turned up, but its page showed an error, so nothing about the app could be confirmed.
Read more: A ChatGPT for YouTube Android app is listed, but its page is missingA How-To Geek writer swapped Google Assistant for Gemini and liked the smarter answers, but missed some smart-home routines that no longer fully work.
Read more: After switching from Google Assistant to Gemini, one user misses the old oneStripe is becoming a key way AI shopping assistants pay, often with one-time virtual cards, and the big card companies are uneasy about it.
Read more: Stripe is becoming the way AI shopping assistants pay, worrying card giantsPayPal now powers checkout inside Glance, an AI shopping app on about 60 million phones and TVs, so you can buy without ever leaving the app.
Read more: PayPal lets you buy inside Glance's AI shopping app without leavingClaude skills let teams save a repeat task as plain-English instructions, so nobody has to paste a long prompt into every chat. Most need no coding.
Read more: Teams can now teach Claude a repeat task once and skip the long promptAnthropic is adding a rule against abusing its Claude AI to its terms of service on Nov. 12, and Claude users should know what it covers.
Read more: Anthropic Adds a Rule Against Abusing Its Claude AI, Starting Nov. 12Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro now ranks fourth in one independent ranking, and a free-to-download version is due by Nov. 4. Cheaper AI and security risks both grow.
Read more: Chinese AI model Kimi K3.1 Pro now ranks fourth in the worldA rumored GPT-7 name is circulating as OpenAI deals with a reported security exploit. Business users of ChatGPT should know what to do now.
Read more: Rumors of GPT-7 surface as OpenAI faces a security flaw
