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Dell’s AI playbook for CFOs: Budget the tokens, then chase speed

Enterprise AI is crossing from experimentation into production, and financial services firms are among the first to prove it can pay off at scale. …

Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash

Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.

ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats

The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them something in …

Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice

Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.

Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei

The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.

French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests

TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.

Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs

Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.

Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps

Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.

The new economics of enterprise AI

Imagine your company just discovered electricity. At first only a few machines run on it, and nobody worries about efficiency — consumption is low and the value is obvious. …

Adobe Lightroom mobile can now open closed eyes in photos with a simple tap

Adobe announced yesterday that the mobile version of Lightroom, available for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with just a single tap. …

Thought Industries’ Lens checks product knowledge for conflicts before customers see it

Customer learning software company Thought Industries Inc. today launched Lens, an artificial intelligence product that checks a business’ product knowledge for conflicts before it reaches customers. …

Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations

A single query is all that's required to find thousands of conversations listed by title.

AI adoption by industry shows what other sectors can learn

The current narrative around artificial intelligence in the workplace is largely driven by Silicon Valley. But treating the tech sector as an island misses the actual trends in technology adoption–tech is just the first industry in line. …

Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant

Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to create personalized recommendations that remember your preferences.

Franchisee reconciles cash in 94% less time with ChatGPT Work

An independent Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon franchisee cut menu repricing time by 95% and built a workflow that could free up $100K in cash flow.

AI work assistant startup Town secures unicorn status after raising $108M just weeks after launching

Town.com Inc., an artificial intelligence agent startup laser focused on getting work done by collaborating with other AI agents, revealed today that it has raised $108 million in a new funding at a $1 billion valuation. …

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The fossil fuel comeback is here

The US is building more fossil fuel infrastructure than it has in a decade while renewable energy growth slows down, a new report shows. …

CoreWeave’s debt is becoming the whole AI industry’s problem

CoreWeave had a bad week last week. Its bonds slipped into distressed territory by a common definition - when investors demand 1,000 basis points more in yield than they'd get from government bonds. …

Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says

US fears Saudi government will help ex-OpenAI engineer flee spying charges.

NiCE bets the company on AI, data and accountability, and the legacy business buys it time

Every company in the customer experience ecosystem now claims to be an artificial intelligence company. Last week, at NiCE Ltd.’s annual industry analyst summit, the company demonstrated what happens when an AI strategy shifts the organization’s center of gravity. …

WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

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Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’

The company offered some broad-strokes ideas for how this money might actually be used, such as “large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations.”

A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot

Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after blocking the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to get out of the way. …

Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character AI’s workforce

The filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer.

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Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings

The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. …

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What to expect during Dell’s ‘Cyber Resilience’ event: Join theCUBE Oct. 27

Data protection and cyber resilience have emerged as foundational control layers for enterprise AI. This was one of the clear messages from the discussion at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas earlier this year. …

“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops

Discord user flagged AI CSAM, triggering arrest of New Jersey deputy AG.

What to expect at Dell Technologies New York Symposium: Join theCUBE Oct. 20

Most financial institutions today don’t suffer from a lack of customer data; the problem is how to turn the data they have into something useful. …

Have a Meta business account? You’re consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say

And there’s no opt-out available.

Maybe Chatbots Shouldn’t Get to Say ‘I’ or ‘Me’

MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.

Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free

Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. …

Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer

Watch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.

How many jobs is your state losing to AI? This dashboard tracks the cuts – and the cost

CAIS’ Wage Loss Dashboard puts AI-related job cuts into dollars and cents.