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DeepSeek is publishing the software it uses to run its own AI at scale, which could lower the cost of AI tools for businesses that pay for them.
Read more: DeepSeek releases free software to cut the cost of running AIResearchers found 6,800 shared Muse chats with one search because the chat title sits in the link. Meta has paused sharing, but anyone who shared should check.
Read more: Meta's Muse AI assistant makes shared chats easy for strangers to findOpenAI added ChatGPT Slides, which turns chats, files or outlines into editable decks you can present or export. Access depends on your plan.
Read more: ChatGPT can now build and present slide decks for youCharliAI and Protegrity will sell banks and insurers one tool to limit what AI agents can see and do, aiming to get stalled projects past risk review.
Read more: Two firms team up to help banks and insurers safely use AI agentsCloudflare has released Clairic in preview, an AI model that pulls fields like invoice totals out of documents faster and cheaper than chatbot-style models, it says.
Read more: Cloudflare's new AI reads invoices and forms faster and cheaperTrinity Logistics now lets AI answer most carrier calls and book loads. The company says margins rose 25% on those bookings while platform costs fell 40%.
Read more: Freight broker lets AI take carrier calls and books at 25% higher marginsElevenLabs released two voice agent models that handle listening, thinking and speaking in one piece, which could make phone and intake bots simpler to build.
Read more: ElevenLabs launches voice agent models that handle the whole callGoogle, Red Hat and IBM released llm-d 1.0, free software that helps companies serve AI models faster, with Google reporting big gains on one test.
Read more: Google and partners release free software to run AI models fasterTwo Apple engineers showed how to take an AI agent from a laptop test to a service real users can rely on, including safety checks and traffic spikes.
Read more: Apple engineers explain how to run AI agents at scale for real usersA Schlotzsky's and Cinnabon franchisee says ChatGPT Work cut his cash counting time 94%. Owners stuck with daily paperwork may want to see how.
Read more: Franchisee cuts cash reconciliation time 94% using ChatGPT WorkGoogle now offers a ready-made AI search tool that runs fully offline inside secure networks, so sensitive files never leave the building.
Read more: Google adds private document search with Gemini AI for locked-down networksMeta has released Muse Spark Open, an open source AI model, and is working with Apple so it can run on your own device. Here is why that matters for cost and privacy.
Read more: Meta releases a free AI model and teams up with Apple to run it locallyGoogle has released a preview of an AI agent for government work. It is meant to cut paperwork and review time, and it affects anyone who serves or contracts with agencies.
Read more: Google launches a Gemini AI agent for government agencies, in previewA Chelsea workspace called Series HQ charges up to $9,000 a month for private pods, and its tenants say the real draw is the people.
Read more: Tiny startups pay $9,000 a month to share a workspaceDeepSeek has made DeepInfer, the engine it says runs its large-scale AI services, free for anyone to use, though only part of it is released.
Read more: DeepSeek releases the software it uses to run its AI modelsGoogle Sheets on iPhone is getting Gemini, Google's AI helper, which Android users already had. Here is what that could mean if you track money or orders.
Read more: Google Sheets on iPhone now gets Gemini, Google's AI helperCognition makes Devin, an AI agent that writes code with less hands-on direction. If you pay for custom software, it may soon touch your projects.
Read more: Cognition's Devin is an AI agent that writes software codeOnly Listicles, a UK firm, now sells placement in 'best of' lists to help businesses show up when people ask AI tools for advice. It admits there is no guarantee.
Read more: A UK firm will pay to get your business named in 'best of' listsDHS has ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek, a Chinese AI tool, including products built on it. Businesses that sell to government should check their software.
Read more: U.S. bans Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from federal civilian agenciesApple explained why it is blocking tools that track people across websites on iPhones, and advertisers expect less reach and higher prices.
Read more: Apple speaks out on privacy rules that shook online advertisingGemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, now lets you approve a slide outline or video plan first, so you are not stuck regenerating a whole deck.
Read more: Gemini Notebook lets you check slides and videos before it builds themAn economist warns that an AI market crash may not start with the big tech companies, and that debt, chips and public anger are weak spots worth watching.
Read more: An AI market crash could start somewhere investors aren't lookingChatGPT can now turn your chats and uploaded files into slide presentations, but Plus subscribers do not get the feature.
Read more: ChatGPT can now build slide presentations from your chats and filesA Chinese AI agent is reportedly being used to hack companies in South Korea and Japan for as little as $5, which could put small firms at greater risk.
Read more: Cheap AI hacking agent from China aims at Korean and Japanese firms
