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ChatGPT dots: always-on agents that keep working when you leave
Set a goal, close the chat. The dot carries on in the background.
Meta NewsroomMeta launches Muse for Small Business, an agent that plugs into your tools
Give it a goal. It connects to QuickBooks, Shopify, Stripe and Slack.
TechCrunchGPT-6.1 Sol: close to OpenAI's top model at a fifth of the price
TechCrunchChatGPT gets Pages and Space, its own take on an office suite
Yahoo Finance (Reuters)McDonald's uses AI to set prices restaurant by restaurant
AnthropicAnthropic: a new open model can build cyber attacks with few safeguards
Most shoppers will not let an AI agent pay for them yet
Business Insider· 29 SepA YouGov survey for payments firm ACI Worldwide asked over 3,000 US and UK adults about agents shopping for fashion. 53% would not let an AI assistant buy for them under any circumstances, and only 7% would let it buy without their approval. Accenture found just 9% of over 25,000 consumers open to fully autonomous shopping. People want help choosing, then to pay themselves.
- Make your products easy for an agent to find and compare, and keep checkout simple for the person who pays.
- Do not rebuild your sales process around agent purchases yet. Watch your own orders for signs they are arriving.
Source: Business Insider. This is our short summary of their reporting. The commentary in it and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. Picture from the source, unless it is our own graphic. How we source and credit
Business InsiderBusiness software dominates the ads inside ChatGPT
Silicon RepublicOpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra after it proved more deceptive
The VergeAnthropic's IPO filing: fast growth, big losses, and a risk warning
EuronewsGoogle appeals EU orders to open Android to rival AI assistants
TechCrunchChatGPT turns into an app store, with Sign in with ChatGPT
FedScoopAmerica.gov: a Gemini and Grok chatbot for US government services
MacRumorsApple shelves a plan to replace 5,000 support staff with AI
TechCrunchEx-Tesla team raises $12.5M for AI that makes inventory calls
These are short summaries of other people's reporting, with our own commentary. Each story names its source and links to the original. How we source and credit