Banks are handing more work to artificial intelligence. Some AI tools now handle business activities like credit decisioning, customer service and fraud detection. That raises a simple question: Who makes sure these systems get it right? The nation’s top bank regulator offered its answer. The...
OpenAI is launching a new suite of tools that lets companies manage their presence on the platform, track customer engagement and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents to interact with prospective customers. The announcement, made Tuesday (Nov. 10), introduces Businesses in ChatGPT, a beta offering that...
Shares of major online travel agencies tumbled Tuesday (Nov. 10) after artificial intelligence (AI) developer OpenAI acquired automated travel platform Odessia, Seeking Alpha reported. The transaction triggered investor concern regarding potential disruption to established booking platforms, sending Expedia Group down nearly 4%, Tripadvisor down more...
Anthropic is releasing a suite of workplace applications designed to integrate artificial intelligence directly into daily business operations, escalating competition with major backers Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google as the startup prepares for an initial public offering later (IPO) this month, according to a report by...
Adobe previewed new integrations Tuesday (Nov. 10) that will let creative professionals direct third-party artificial intelligence (AI) agents to edit projects in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects. The integrations use Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard connecting AI assistants to external applications. Unveiled...
Google Cloud introduced an agentic artificial intelligence solution designed for healthcare operations, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 10) press release. Gemini for healthcare is designed to “unify the disparate clinical, operational and administrative systems central to healthcare delivery and health plan operations,” the release said....
A leaked draft of the European Union’s Digital Fairness Act could make an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agent’s commercial incentives determine how autonomously it is permitted to act. As written, the proposed law would place constraints on commission-funded services that promise to handle purchases without...
IBM and Microsoft on Tuesday (Nov. 10) introduced Imagine Enterprise, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent platform combining more than 6,000 prebuilt AI agents and related assets with Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure to help banks, insurers and retailers automate business processes. The platform uses IBM Consulting’s existing...
Walmart wants its artificial intelligence shopping agent, Sparky, to turn a handwritten holiday list into a shopping cart. Amazon wants businesses to put agents to work buying supplies and managing purchases within company spending rules. The moves highlight two fronts in the companies’ competition to...