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Serve Robotics, known for its sidewalk delivery robots, will sell its software tools to other robot builders, which could make new workplace robots easier to build.
Read more: Sidewalk delivery robot maker will now sell its tech to other robot buildersAirbnb says it has a deal that could let it invest in an AI startup run by its CEO, Brian Chesky, and license the technology. Here is what is known.
Read more: Airbnb says it may invest in its CEO's secret AI startupA CNET writer let Meta's Muse AI agent order candy and it added a paid Instacart plan he refused. Here is why checking afterward matters.
Read more: AI Shopping Helper Signed Up for a Subscription I Told It to SkipThe Fed's October survey says banks tightened lending for small businesses and borrowers with weaker credit in the third quarter, while big firms saw little change.
Read more: Banks make it harder for small businesses and weaker-credit borrowers to get loansA man is suing OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT helped draft a poisoning plan against him. The case could shape who is responsible when a chatbot gives harmful answers.
Read more: Man sues OpenAI, says ChatGPT helped plan his poisoningThe Justice Department created a task force to pursue fraud and hacks that use AI, and it plans to press AI companies to keep tighter control of their systems.
Read more: Justice Department forms a team to go after criminals using AITruffle Security will cancel 1.4 million leaked digital keys that still work, because most owners ignore warnings. Here is why that matters to anyone using online services.
Read more: Security firm will shut off 1.4 million leaked digital keys itselfPayoneer says its business-to-business payment volume jumped 59% in the third quarter, while its $2.75 billion sale to Nuvei moves toward a mid-2027 close.
Read more: Payoneer's business-to-business payments jump 59% as Nuvei deal nearsAnthropic added security tools to Claude Enterprise that flag weak settings, sign staff out remotely and block personal accounts on work computers.
Read more: Claude Enterprise adds new tools to help companies keep AI use secureGhana's cybersecurity work faces a funding gap just as AI makes scams cheaper and more convincing, putting banks, mobile money users and small businesses at risk.
Read more: Ghana is short on money to fight online scams that now use AIOpenAI took a lower $1.25 trillion price to fill its funding round, and Anthropic's growth slowed. One founder says cheaper AI models cut his costs 72%.
Read more: OpenAI cuts its price tag to $1.25 trillion as AI growth coolsOpenAI's president says the ChatGPT maker could be ready to sell shares to the public in 2027, as business customers drive its growth.
Read more: OpenAI's president says the company could go public in 2027Electric truck startup Harbinger raised $240 million and is moving into defense, a sign that big fleet buyers like FedEx are backing electric trucks.
Read more: Electric truck maker Harbinger raises $240 million and moves into defenseStripe now lets AI assistants like Claude and Cursor read your Stripe data, so you can ask plain questions about revenue. The main tool is free into 2027.
Read more: Stripe lets AI assistants read your sales data and answer questionsMistral launched Mistral Large 4 and an expanded Studio platform that lets companies run AI on their own systems and keep control of their data.
Read more: Mistral releases a new AI model and a platform to put it to workThe FTC is using National Veterans Small Business Week to urge people to help veteran-owned businesses spot scams. Any business owner can use the same advice.
Read more: Help veteran-owned small businesses spot and avoid scamsGoogle's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes video clips up to 15 seconds and costs 30% less, with edits that no longer mean starting from scratch.
Read more: Google's AI video tool now makes 15-second clips for 30% lessSaaStr let an AI agent test three email vendors on 500,000+ emails. It found a failure that a dashboard marked as complete, and a short trial would have missed.
Read more: An AI Agent Tested 3 Email Vendors and Caught a Hidden FailureTikTok has quietly released a standalone TikTok Shop app in four Asian countries, a sign it wants to compete with Amazon and Temu for your online shopping.
Read more: TikTok launches a separate shopping app in four Asian countriesAdobe expects AI-driven visits to US retail sites to jump 130% this holiday season, and Google's new shared cart is already live for shoppers.
Read more: AI shopping helpers are set to send far more shoppers to stores this holidayMerchantFloor launched an AI tool that turns a photo and a few notes into a Shopify listing in under five minutes, with a free trial for small stores.
Read more: New AI Tool Builds a Shopify Product Listing in Under Five MinutesPotential Sciences, backed by the UK government, wants to train AI on simulated chemistry to find drug candidates faster. Medicines will still take years.
Read more: A UK-backed startup wants AI to find new drugs without lab testsA months-old startup is paying $200,000 for each answer to five open materials science problems, a test of whether AI can crack science that could reach your devices.
Read more: A young startup offers $1 million to anyone who solves five science puzzlesDropbox plans to buy AI storage startup Tigris for $350 million, its biggest deal ever, and says more AI is coming to the files you already keep there.
Read more: Dropbox to buy data storage startup Tigris for $350 million
