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OpenAI's newest GPT models are heading to Google Cloud, so business customers may soon compare them with Gemini in one place. Everyday users are left out for now.
Read more: OpenAI's GPT models are coming to Google's cloud for businessesKevin Weil, who ran science efforts at OpenAI, has started Warp Sciences with $215 million to use AI to speed up a key step in making new medicines.
Read more: Former OpenAI science chief launches drug startup with $215 millionSpotify says it works inside ChatGPT, Claude and Meta's Muse, so you could ask a chatbot for a playlist without opening the app. Here is what that means for you.
Read more: Spotify wants AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to play your musicTwo safety nonprofits found flaws in OpenAI's systems that AI agents could use to dodge monitoring. It matters as AI gets more access to business tools.
Read more: Safety testers found holes in OpenAI's systems that AI could exploitNVIDIA has launched Minerva, a tool that watches huge AI data centers and flags failing parts early, aiming to cut slowdowns and wasted cost.
Read more: NVIDIA launches Minerva to spot trouble in huge AI computer farmsA five-person stock research firm used an unreleased Claude to design 211 proteins in two days. Lab testing took about 40 days and showed how far AI still has to go.
Read more: Stock research firm used unreleased Claude to design scorpion antivenom proteinsGoogle Search no longer shows its Export to Docs button, but Gemini still sends answers to a Google Doc. If you save research that way, here is what to know.
Read more: Google Search drops its Export to Docs button, but Gemini keeps itA HowStuffWorks explainer looks at who owns Anthropic, the maker of Claude, and why that matters if you rely on the AI tool.
Read more: Anthropic makes Claude AI. Here is who owns and controls itAnekha Sokhal, a former energy trader, is building Moshi, an AI tool that links market news to what matters for each trader, and she says fit with daily work is key.
Read more: A former energy trader built an AI tool to cut through market noiseAI agents can now get their own work email and a directory listing from Google and Microsoft, and few companies have a plan to manage them.
Read more: Google and Microsoft now give AI agents their own work accountsWalmart says AI shopping agents arrive next month. You can approve each purchase or set a spending limit, and no membership is needed.
Read more: Walmart will let AI shop for you, with spending limits you setA new NYU Tandon study found chatbots often give wrong or risky advice to people being stalked through their devices, and some can be tricked into helping abusers.
Read more: Chatbots gave bad or unsafe advice to most stalking victims in a studyHidden instructions for WhatsApp's AI help bot showed up in its help pages, including a rule against pointing users to privacy regulators. Meta blames a bug.
Read more: WhatsApp's hidden chatbot rules leaked from its own help pagesFigure, a lender that offers home-equity credit lines for business use, says it funded over $50 million in September. For owners, it is a fast option with real risk.
Read more: Figure's home-equity loans for small businesses top $50M in a monthNvidia's CEO says memory chips won't be oversupplied by 2029, pushing back on a warning that rattled memory stocks and could affect device prices.
Read more: Nvidia's CEO says computer memory won't be in surplus by 2029Bazaarvoice and DaVinci Commerce want AI shopping agents to read reviews from real buyers, which could shape what these tools pick for you.
Read more: Shopping bots will soon read real customer reviews before they buy1Password has a new feature that lets AI agents sign into your accounts for you without ever seeing your passwords. You still approve each request.
Read more: 1Password lets AI helpers log in for you without seeing passwordsEnact Intelligence, a Swiss startup, raised $30 million to build robots that sense force and touch, not just sight, which could mean more careful machines at work.
Read more: Swiss startup raises $30M to give robots a sense of touchMeta will hand out a free share for every share owned in January, with more promised only if its stock price doubles, and doubles again.
Read more: Meta will give shareholders free shares if its stock doublesKarta AI, a startup whose voice bots answer calls for banks and lenders, raised $3 million. Your next call to a lender may be handled by AI.
Read more: Karta AI raises $3 million for phone bots that serve bank customersAn Israeli security firm says it spotted 32 top-tier Nvidia chips tied to China Telecom, raising doubts about how well US export limits are holding.
Read more: Banned Nvidia chips reportedly turn up in systems tied to China TelecomA CNET 3D printing expert asked Google's Gemini to build a web app for designing armor, then printed a wearable piece from it. It took 18 hours.
Read more: A CNET writer used Google's AI to build an app and print armor in 18 hoursAmazon, banks and travel sites are blocking AI shopping agents, so the tools often miss stores, pick wrong items and leave you to double-check prices.
Read more: AI shopping assistants keep getting blocked by the stores they useAn AI-designed set of proteins stuck to scorpion toxins in lab tests, but experts say that is the easy part and the result is far from a medicine.
Read more: Claude's scorpion antivenom test fell far short of a real drug
