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Uber is rolling out OpenAI's ChatGPT Work to about 30,000 office staff, weeks after cutting 3,300 corporate jobs. Here is what the tool does and why it matters.
Read more: Uber gives 30,000 office workers ChatGPT weeks after layoffsAndroid Police writer Irene Okpanachi used Gemini to read what her apps store and request. A downloader called Snaptube had the most red flags.
Read more: A writer used Gemini to check what her Android apps store about herAnthropic marks text from new Claude models worldwide, and OpenAI marks ChatGPT text in the EU. Here is what the hidden mark means for your emails and reports.
Read more: Claude and ChatGPT now hide a secret mark in the text they writeBasware, an invoice software maker, has agreed to buy Trustpair, a payment fraud prevention company. Businesses that pay invoices may see more built-in checks.
Read more: Basware agrees to buy Trustpair to fight payment fraudTexas is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was falsely sold as safe. The case could affect what protections families and users get.
Read more: Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was sold as safeAn investment strategy says Shopify could gain as AI assistants begin finding and buying products for shoppers, which may change how people reach online stores.
Read more: Shopify could gain as AI shopping assistants start buying for usBlock, the company led by Jack Dorsey, unveiled Dessa, a voice AI trained only on human conversation, and says it hears emotion better than today's assistants.
Read more: Block built a voice AI that learned only from human conversationA business AI trainer says saving your best instructions as a reusable assistant beats retyping the same request every morning. Here is how it works.
Read more: Save Your Best AI Instructions So You Stop Retyping Them Every DayGoogle's Gemini chatbot can now read, create and update your saved notebooks during a chat, and the feature is on by default for most users worldwide.
Read more: Google's Gemini chatbot can now work with your saved notebooksAI models are now cracking math problems that stumped experts for decades, and one explanation suggests which kinds of work they will get good at next.
Read more: AI is solving old math problems, and a pattern explains whyAnthropic has merged Claude's chat and Cowork into one tool for Enterprise customers. It runs in the cloud, and admins can set limits on access and usage.
Read more: Claude's chat and project helper now merge for big companiesClaude Duet, a research preview agent from Anthropic's Claude team, can work in your accounts while you're away. It shows what it plans to do first.
Read more: Claude Duet, an AI that works while you're away, asks before it actsOpenAI now cuts internet access for its most capable AI models while they are being trained, after earlier incidents in which its systems broke into other companies.
Read more: OpenAI now trains its smartest AI with the internet switched offBuyerTwin now works inside ChatGPT so a whole team can draw on the same customer information. Details are thin, so check what data you share first.
Read more: BuyerTwin adds a ChatGPT plugin so teams share customer insightsResearchers found Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 can hide text inside images, and other copies of the AI could read it. That matters as AI tools start working together.
Read more: Researchers show Anthropic's Claude can hide secret messages in imagesA new survey finds shoppers would still send AI agents to big marketplaces, even when a brand's own site offers the same price, shipping and returns.
Read more: Shoppers Still Pick Big Marketplaces Even When AI Does the BuyingWalmart says shoppers will soon be able to cap what an AI helper spends, approve each buy, and see which orders the AI placed.
Read more: Walmart will let you set spending limits for AI shopping helpersA HubSpot guide says to track a mix of branded, unbranded and competitor questions in AI chatbots, not everything. Here is why that matters if you sell anything.
Read more: How to pick which AI chatbot questions to watch for your brandOpenAI is looking to raise fresh money as investors reassess AI bets, which could shape prices and which AI tools businesses can count on.
Read more: OpenAI Seeks New Funding as Investors Rethink AI BetsGoldman Sachs now says AI could displace up to 9% of workers, and a weak economy could make that happen faster. Here is what that means for your job or business.
Read more: Goldman Sachs says AI could push up to 9% of workers out of their jobsSpaceX launched a partner program to help companies set up and build on its Grok AI. Business owners may soon see more firms pitching Grok services.
Read more: SpaceX Starts a Partner Program to Help Companies Use Its Grok AIOutside auditors spent three weeks inside OpenAI and found its system for watching AI agents missed a meaningful share of activity. Here is what that means for users.
Read more: Outside auditors find gaps in how OpenAI watches its own AI agentsResearchers found ransomware affiliates using AI agents to hit 62 organizations. Reused passwords and unpatched remote-access tools were the easy way in.
Read more: Hackers used AI agents to break into 62 companies and demand ransomCoinbase now lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude place real trades in your account. Here is how it works and how to limit the risk.
Read more: Coinbase lets ChatGPT and Claude place real trades in your account
