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AWS shows how a manager can ask three plain questions and get a cross-system answer on a supplier halt, with a person approving every change.
Read more: Ask one question in plain English, get a supply chain answerThe head of Hugging Face says Netflix's film about the hack of his company leans on fear, a reminder to check the facts before you decide how worried to be.
Read more: Hugging Face's CEO says Netflix film on its hack was too doom-heavyOpenAI's ChatGPT app now works with Apple CarPlay, so drivers can talk to it by voice without touching the phone. It needs iOS 26.4 or later.
Read more: ChatGPT now works by voice in your car through Apple CarPlayThe US barred DeepSeek from federal civilian buying, and China proposed pre-approval for sharing top AI abroad. Tools built on these models could be affected.
Read more: US and China move to control open AI models as new ones launchChatGPT's Chrome add-on can now work your browser tabs, download files and fill out forms for you, which could save time but needs a careful eye.
Read more: ChatGPT's Chrome add-on can now click around websites for youAmazon WorkSpaces now handles sign-in and connections for AI agents, so companies can skip custom code when letting AI work on cloud desktops.
Read more: Amazon lets AI assistants use company cloud desktops more easilyA four-person Iowa nonprofit says Microsoft Copilot gives its staff back up to 24 hours a month, mostly on grants and board reports.
Read more: Small Iowa nonprofit saves up to 24 hours a month using Microsoft CopilotAWS published a sample where an AI assistant searches a catalog for the tools it needs per request, instead of having each one built in and redeployed.
Read more: AWS shows how AI assistants can find their tools as neededAsymptote Labs raised $5.5M for tools that record what AI agents do inside a company and can block risky actions, like data leaks, before they happen.
Read more: Asymptote Labs raises $5.5M to watch and control AI agents at workMastercard demoed an AI agent making nine payments to two companies on its own, within a budget a person approved. Business owners may soon need spending rules for software.
Read more: Mastercard shows AI assistants paying for services on their ownThree veteran Java developers describe how GitHub Copilot cut weeks of work to days, and why they still review everything the AI produces.
Read more: Three Java experts explain how they use AI coding help at workResearchers found exposed gang servers showing ransomware crews using commercial AI to plan attacks, and the tools they target are common in many offices.
Read more: Ransomware gangs used AI chatbots to plan attacks on companiesMicrosoft is removing most Copilot shortcuts from the Windows right-click menu for OneDrive files, so summarizing a document will take an extra step.
Read more: Microsoft removes most OneDrive Copilot shortcuts from right-click menuAWS and Keyfactor published a blueprint for giving each AI agent its own verifiable digital ID, so a business can tell which agent did what.
Read more: AWS shows how to give each AI agent a verifiable digital IDGoogle is rolling out a business hub in Gemini that links to apps like Zoho, Xero and Shopify, so owners can handle finances and marketing in one place.
Read more: Google adds a business hub and app connections to GeminiA new chart review shows AI went from four-minute tasks to 17 hours of work in two years, while costs fell and phone-sized models arrived.
Read more: AI Can Now Do 17 Hours of Human Work From One RequestEon put every investigation tool behind one controlled login, so new engineers connect in about two minutes instead of two days, with strict limits on changes.
Read more: Eon cuts new-engineer tool setup from two days to two minutesAWS shows how an AI assistant can answer questions that span two databases while each user sees only the data they are cleared to see.
Read more: AWS shows how an AI assistant can answer questions across two databasesBaba, a New York company that pairs human care teams with AI, raised $40 million to help Medicare patients and families keep track of their care.
Read more: Baba raises $40 million to help Medicare patients manage their careDaytona raised $60M at a $1B valuation to build cloud infrastructure for AI agents, a sign that software helpers are getting their own tools.
Read more: Daytona raises $60M to build a cloud made for AI agentsA new public test from Rehearsals, Google DeepMind and Kaggle says top AI models misjudge real people on health, habits, decisions and values.
Read more: New test checks how well AI models understand real peopleA Chinese-speaking criminal used AI agents to attack over 1,200 company websites with little help. Any business with a public site should check that it is updated.
Read more: Criminal used AI agents to break into websites of over 100 companiesThe US Payments Forum will devote its fall meeting to AI agents that shop for you, raising questions about who pays when software makes a mistake.
Read more: AI shopping helpers are about to change how payments workA marketer's website of 50,000 invented statistics still earns ChatGPT visits and links months later, a reminder to check any number AI hands you.
Read more: A site of 50,000 fake statistics keeps getting cited by ChatGPT
