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OpenAI Cracks Down on Insiders Sharing Data With Safety Watchdog

OpenAI Cracks Down on Insiders Sharing Data With Safety Watchdog
OpenAI Cracks Down on Insiders Sharing Data With Safety Watchdog
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has “parted ways” with three employees who allegedly shared company information with an organization focused on artificial intelligence safety, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has launched three new artificial intelligence models that can be used to power customer service agents, multilingual assistants, interactive learning experiences and live captions...

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DoorDash Opens Beta Waitlist for AI Text Ordering
DoorDash Opens Beta Waitlist for AI Text Ordering
October 01, 2026  |  Delivery

DoorDash customers can now order dinner by sending a text. The company’s new artificial intelligence (AI) agent works inside Apple’s Messages, builds the cart and...

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Amazon and Walmart Want Merchants’ Software Budgets
Amazon and Walmart Want Merchants’ Software Budgets
October 01, 2026  |  Retail

The retail landscape used to have four primary levers: share of shoppers, share of sellers, share of advertising dollars and share of wallet. However, artificial...

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St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents
St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) has introduced a FRED MCP Connector that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to simplify connecting FRED data with artificial...

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Armadin Raises $255 Million to Scale Agentic Cybersecurity Platform
Armadin Raises $255 Million to Scale Agentic Cybersecurity Platform
October 01, 2026  |  Investments

Cybersecurity firm Armadin says it has raised $255.5 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Thursday (Oct. 1), values Aramdin at more than $2.5 billion and...

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Fifth Third Launches Innovation Banking for Startups
Fifth Third Launches Innovation Banking for Startups
October 01, 2026  |  Banking

Fifth Third Bank has introduced a new offering aimed at startups and growth companies. Fifth Third Innovation Banking, announced in a news release Thursday (Oct. 1), combines the...

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Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling Tuesday (Sept. 29) that Ross Intelligence’s use of copyrighted material to train its legal artificial...

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