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Amazon Connect Customer now lets administrators pick a Modern or Classic agent screen for each support team, which could save agents time.
Read more: Amazon's call center software gets two new screen layoutsKognitos says its new AI workers for finance teams follow a company's approved steps and keep a record an auditor can check, now in preview for its customers.
Read more: Kognitos launches AI workers that follow a company's approved stepsFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI helpers could cut the coordination work at big companies, and he thinks the changes will arrive fast.
Read more: Eric Schmidt explains how AI helpers could change top executive jobsThe US banned Deepseek from federal systems and China is demanding it be lifted, even as China blocks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini at home.
Read more: China protests a US ban on Deepseek while blocking US AI at homeAzoma raised $11.2M to help brands get picked by AI shopping agents, a sign that product listings now need to work for software as well as shoppers.
Read more: Azoma raises $11.2M to help brands get picked by AI shopping agentsUlta Beauty has launched a plugin that brings its product help into ChatGPT, so shoppers can ask for advice in a chat. Here is what to know about your data.
Read more: Ulta Beauty now lets shoppers get product help inside ChatGPTLittle Caesars customers can now order pizza by chatting with ChatGPT, but you have to link your Little Caesars account to ChatGPT first.
Read more: Little Caesars now lets you order pizza by chatting with ChatGPTCommerce.com and Cloudflare turned on shopping tools for AI assistants across almost 100,000 store domains, and merchants can opt out with one switch.
Read more: Almost 100,000 online stores are now ready for AI shopping helpersNokia and NVIDIA say AI is moving into the radio gear that sends your phone signal, aiming for more capacity from the airwaves carriers already own.
Read more: Nokia and NVIDIA bring AI into the cell towers behind your phone signalNvidia has published a blueprint for securing and monitoring AI agents, and a business that lets agents touch customer data may soon be asked about it.
Read more: Nvidia releases a blueprint for keeping company AI agents under controlOpenAI's GPT models are headed to Google's cloud in the coming weeks, so businesses can use them on all three top cloud providers.
Read more: OpenAI's AI models are coming to Google's cloud, tooOpenAI says its AI models are coming to Google Cloud in the coming weeks, which could make setup and billing simpler for businesses already on Google.
Read more: OpenAI to offer its AI models on Google Cloud within weeksOpenAI is rolling out Locked Chats, which hides private ChatGPT conversations behind a PIN or Face ID. It helps with nosy screens, but it is not full privacy.
Read more: ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN or Face IDGoogle removed Assistant from Android in September 2026. Three Gemini settings can bring back short, fast answers and working timers, alarms and smart home controls.
Read more: How to make Gemini act like the old Google AssistantAmazon blocked Meta's Muse shopping agent, and the fight shows there is no agreed way for AI tools to prove who they are or who sent them.
Read more: Amazon blocks Meta's AI shopping agent, exposing a gap in online trustElevenLabs has launched live voice translation in more than 90 languages, so two people can talk and each hears the other in their own language.
Read more: ElevenLabs launches live voice translation in more than 90 languagesA TLDR AI roundup names a DeepSeek project, PyTorch on Google chips and a Ramp agent framework. A webinar on AI spending shows cost is now a business topic.
Read more: DeepSeek, PyTorch on Google chips, and Ramp's AI agent frameworkGoogle Cloud is adding OpenAI's newest models to its catalog, but only select business customers can try them for now.
Read more: OpenAI's AI models are now available inside Google CloudResearchers found ransomware operators' AI chat logs, stolen data and tools on open servers. The case shows which basic security steps matter most.
Read more: Ransomware crews used AI chatbots to plan attacks, then leaked their own filesProofpoint says AI now writes fluent, personal scam emails, so filters that look for odd behavior are losing ground. Here is what to check.
Read more: AI-written scam emails now look real, and old spam filters miss themInfoQ says AI agents are a new way to build business software, and warns the field moves so fast that last year's best practice can become this year's mistake.
Read more: InfoQ series says AI agents will reshape how business software is builtGoogle Cloud and NVIDIA unveiled new AI servers for big companies, with cloud sales starting next month and options to keep sensitive data under tighter control.
Read more: Google and NVIDIA announce new AI computing power for large companiesGoogle Cloud says AI jobs on its newest NVIDIA chips can now run with data locked even from the cloud provider, with only a small speed cost.
Read more: Google Cloud now offers encrypted AI processing on NVIDIA's newest chipsNvidia published a plan for fencing in AI agents, but it needs Nvidia hardware and sends usage data to the company unless you switch that off.
Read more: Nvidia releases a blueprint for keeping AI agents within set limits
