Applications
Where AI is actually being used: products, industries, and the work it changes.
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Amazon Go opens the first checkout-free shop to the public
Amazon opens its Go shop in downtown Seattle, where cameras along the shelves track what shoppers pick up and bill their account…
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Amazon launches Rufus, its generative AI shopping assistant
Amazon starts testing Rufus with a small group of US shoppers in its mobile app, answering product questions from its catalogue, customer…
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Shopify’s Canvas lets merchants design a whole online shop by chatting with AI
Shopify merchants can now redesign their whole shop by chatting with its Sidekick agent, though the tool is early and does not…
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US bank Customers Bancorp says AI freed $15 million in capacity, partly by not refilling roles
Customers Bancorp’s third-quarter results say its AI agents doubled and report self-estimated savings of about 76,000 hours.
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Anthropic previews Claude Duet, an agent that works in the background and asks before acting
Anthropic’s new Claude Duet app watches your connected work apps, sends a morning brief and carries out tasks, but waits for approval…
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Walmart sets the rules for AI agents that shop for you, with spending limits and approvals
Walmart is opening a gateway for approved AI agents to shop on customers’ behalf, with separate agent profiles, spending limits and a…
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Barclays to cut about 5,000 jobs, and says AI is part of the reason
Barclays expects to cut about 5,000 full-time roles, mostly in support functions, and its finance chief named fewer developers as AI makes…
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AI helped find two critical PHP flaws, and the NSA says patch now
Two critical PHP flaws let attackers take over web servers without logging in. Here is the problem, what it means and exactly…
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GM says AI will cut its vehicle development time roughly in half from 2028
GM says AI and simulation will halve its four to five year development cycle as it tries to keep pace with Chinese…
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How AI Agents Work in Practice: Tools, Loops and Where They Go Wrong
Explains how AI agents turn a chatbot into something that takes actions, how the plan, act and check loop works, and why…