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Meta ran an Instagram ad for its AI helper Muse promising to show who unfollowed you, then pulled it. Instagram itself has long refused to offer that feature.
Read more: Meta's AI helper Muse ran an ad for tracking Instagram unfollowsA Windows 11 preview update adds a menu to customize right-clicks and a way to reinstall Windows from the internet, but the reinstall erases your apps and files.
Read more: Windows 11 lets you rebuild the right-click menu and reinstall from the cloudReddit says it will become a mostly logged-in site to fight AI scraping, so casual readers may soon be asked to sign up before they can keep browsing.
Read more: Reddit will start asking more visitors to log in to see the siteA SpaceX filing points to one customer behind a third of its revenue, and a source says it is Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI assistant.
Read more: Anthropic is now SpaceX's biggest customer, a source saysWEX reported record quarterly revenue of $780.1 million and is testing an AI account manager that could bring big-client service to small fleets.
Read more: WEX posts record $780.1 million quarter as it adds AI to its productsThe FTC says ads and phone pitches during open enrollment can mislead shoppers, so slow down before you sign up for any health plan.
Read more: Health insurance ads are everywhere now, and some are misleadingA Salesforce piece says AI is not one tool for the whole company. It suits some tasks and fails at others, and two simple questions show which is which.
Read more: AI works well for some jobs at a company and badly for othersShufti launched Know Your Agent, a tool that helps businesses confirm an AI shopping agent is real, approved by a person and within its limits.
Read more: Shufti Launches a Way for Businesses to Check AI Shopping AgentsOpenAI reorganized the Model Spec, its public guide to how ChatGPT should act, around five values. Here is what that means for people who use the tool.
Read more: OpenAI rewrites its rulebook for ChatGPT around five core values38 of the 62 companies in a plan from the NYSE's owner to put stocks on a blockchain say no, including Alphabet, Oracle and Microsoft. Here is what that means for investors.
Read more: Big companies push back on plan to put their stocks on blockchainDulo, co-founded by Google veteran Sebastian Thrun, raised a $130 million seed round to build AI that helps design physical devices.
Read more: Sebastian Thrun's new startup raises $130M to teach AI to design hardwareSamsung's Galaxy W27 is a gold-trimmed foldable for China that costs about $2,800 and offers little over the Fold 8 Ultra that US buyers can get for less.
Read more: Samsung's new $2,800 foldable phone is only sold in ChinaA new Gallup poll finds about 30% of voters call AI data centers extremely important to their midterm vote, yet the economy and healthcare still rank far higher.
Read more: Many voters care about AI data centers, but other issues rank higherRoot's CEO says AI assistants could soon get car insurance quotes from every insurer for you, which might make price shopping easy. Here is what is claimed and what is not known.
Read more: Car insurance CEO says AI shopping assistants could upend the industryFusemachines added a consent step to its hiring software so candidates can say no to an AI helper joining a job interview. Rules differ by state.
Read more: Hiring software now asks job candidates before AI joins the interviewNeo says its new tool stops people and AI agents from deleting the safety checkpoints that security software sets up in popular AI coding tools.
Read more: New tool stops AI coding helpers from switching off their safety rulesVisa and Tencent will make cross-border payments easier for travelers and explore AI tools that shop and pay for you, which could matter if you visit or sell in China.
Read more: Visa and Tencent team up on AI-assisted shopping and travel paymentsSamsung says year-end deals are coming and the Galaxy S27 models will each feel more distinct, which could matter if you are thinking about buying a Samsung phone.
Read more: Samsung hints at a bigger Galaxy S27 lineup and new foldable phonesAs AI moves from writing answers to doing tasks on its own, business leaders say control over data and systems may decide who earns the money.
Read more: As AI starts taking action, who controls it may decide who profitsA report in Inc. follows California business owners caught in merchant cash advance debt, a warning for anyone tempted by funding that arrives fast.
Read more: Fast Business Cash Advances Can Trap Small Owners in DebtAttackers and defenders both use AI that works on its own, and security leaders say that is opening new weak spots for businesses to manage.
Read more: Hackers and defenders both use AI to move faster than people canMastercard says AI shopping agents should pay with a secure stand-in for your own card, so your rewards and spending controls could carry over.
Read more: Mastercard Wants AI Shopping Helpers to Pay With Your Real CardA Charles Schwab executive says AI agents will pay off most by improving customer service, not by cutting costs. Customers may soon expect the same from every business.
Read more: Schwab Exec Says AI's Big Payoff Is Better Customer Service, Not SavingsMastercard's CEO says AI shopping agents are already adding transactions and he expects more this holiday season, but many merchants are not ready to be found.
Read more: Mastercard expects AI shopping agents to drive more purchases this holiday season
