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ChatGPT Adds Scheduled Tasks Hub for Paid Users
OpenAI has given ChatGPT a dedicated page to create, view, and manage automated tasks that run on a schedule, replacing a previous feature called Pulse, and the practical implications for busy professionals are worth understanding now.
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Most Americans Use AI but Don't Trust It
A large Pew Research survey finds that only 16% of Americans expect AI to benefit society, while usage has quietly doubled since 2023, creating a gap that matters for any business deploying AI-facing tools or services.
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AWS Adds Knowledge Access and Self-Monitoring to AI Agents
Amazon Web Services announced new capabilities for its AgentCore platform that let AI agents read internal company documents, search the web, access paid data feeds, and automatically detect when they are quietly failing, addressing the most common reason enterprise AI agents underperform in real-world use.
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OpenAI Codex Can Now Control Your Browser
OpenAI has given its Codex tool direct access to the Chrome browser's internal controls, while also buying a German cloud company to let Codex run tasks for hours or days unattended, a combination that moves AI from answering questions to quietly operating software on your behalf.
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Canada Pension Fund Puts $741M into India Data Centers
Canada's largest pension fund is investing $741 million into Indian data center operator CtrlS, the latest in a wave of global capital pouring into India's fast-growing computing infrastructure, and a signal that this country is becoming one of the world's most fought-over building sites for AI.
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Pramaana Labs Raises $27M to Make AI Provably Correct
A new startup called Pramaana Labs has raised $27 million to build a verification layer that mathematically checks AI answers in high-stakes fields like tax, law, and drug discovery, where a wrong answer carries real consequences.
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Google Launches $100 Gemini Smart Speaker on June 25
Google's first new smart speaker in six years goes on sale June 25 for $100, replacing its old voice assistant with Gemini, and arrives just as Amazon and Apple are each racing to do the same thing with their own devices.
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Google Signs HSBC Deal at UK AI Summit
Google Cloud held its annual London summit today, announcing a multi-year AI partnership with HSBC, a new AI studio with Deloitte, and a cloud deal with secretive British startup Ineffable Intelligence, all part of a broader £5 billion push to make the UK a global center for AI.
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Pinterest Launches AI Shopping App Ask Pinterest
Pinterest has launched a standalone AI chat app called Ask Pinterest, designed for complex shopping questions, arriving just as Google, ChatGPT, and Meta have all moved to make conversational AI the new default for product discovery.
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GM Uses AI to Build Cars Twice as Fast
General Motors is using AI-driven virtual testing to cut car development from four-to-five years down to two, a direct response to Chinese automakers who already build new models at that speed, and the approach has broader lessons for any industry where long product cycles are a competitive liability.
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DeepL Buys Mixhalo to Add Live Event Translation
DeepL, a German translation company preparing for a US stock listing, has acquired Mixhalo, a San Francisco startup that streams real-time audio and AI interpretation directly to attendees' phones at conferences and sports events, giving DeepL a visible, physical product in a multi-billion-dollar market it previously could not reach.
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AI Is Now Building Itself. No One Is in Charge.
Anthropic has disclosed that its AI already writes most of its own code and can autonomously find security holes across every major computer system in the world, raising a question every business operator should take seriously: who decides where this stops?
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Coherent Breaks Ground on New Texas Optical Chip Plant
Coherent has started construction on an expanded factory in Sherman, Texas, backed by $50 million in federal grants and a $2 billion investment from NVIDIA, to build the lasers that connect AI systems together at a moment when China's export controls have made this type of component a global supply chain chokepoint.
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MIT Builds Industry Network to Bring AI Into Factories
MIT's Initiative for New Manufacturing is one year old and has quietly grown into a serious industry consortium, pairing research labs with companies like Siemens, GE Vernova, and Sanofi to solve the problems keeping AI tools off real factory floors.
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Google Builds AI Tool to Speed Up UK Home Planning
Google DeepMind and the UK government are testing an AI planning tool in three councils that aims to cut the time officers spend processing home extension and loft conversion applications in half, a move that matters because a severe shortage of planning staff is one of the clearest obstacles to the government's target of 1.5 million new homes by 2029.
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Pentagon Uses AI to Write Reports for Congress
The US military is now using AI tools to draft official reports it is legally required to send to Congress, cutting preparation time from 200 hours to five, which raises real questions about accuracy and oversight that matter well beyond defence.
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OpenAI Lost $38.5 Billion in 2025, Files for IPO
Leaked audited financials show OpenAI spent $34 billion last year against $13 billion in revenue, with the company now filing confidentially for a stock market listing that could value it above $1 trillion.
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Google Releases Android 17 and Wear OS 7 Today
Google has launched Android 17 and Wear OS 7 simultaneously today, bringing floating app windows and smarter multitasking to phones, better battery life to smartwatches, and laying the groundwork for AI-powered smart glasses arriving this fall.
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Consumers Don't Trust Brands That Shout About AI
A new survey of 2,000 people finds that 60% of U.S. consumers are put off when brands use 'AI' as a selling point, while search data shows that fewer people are clicking through to websites at all, creating a split challenge for every business with an online presence.
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Databricks Launches App Store for Enterprise Data Teams
Databricks has opened a marketplace where enterprise customers can install third-party data and AI apps directly inside their own secure environment, removing the usual weeks-long procurement and security review process that slows down business teams.
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