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Dutch shops pull Meta camera glasses over privacy fears
Two retailers have stopped selling them while the Dutch government looks at a ban.
CNBCInterpol says AI makes scams faster and harder to spot, so protect what matters most first
Businesses are using more AI and paying less for it, says the Ramp AI Index
Microsoft rebuilds Copilot as the "OS for work", with Office and agents inside
The Verge· 1 OctSatya Nadella pitched a rebuilt Copilot to large customers as the "OS for work". Microsoft has merged its consumer and business Copilot apps into one design, with tabs for chat, coding and a new agent called Autopilot, and is bringing the full Office apps inside Copilot for the first time. Nadella compared the shift to spreadsheets and email replacing memos and faxes.
- If your team pays for Microsoft 365, list which Copilot features people actually use before the new app reaches you.
- Ask your IT supplier what Autopilot will be allowed to do in your account, and who can switch it on.
Source: The Verge. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Microsoft, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
The VergeA US judge throws out publishers' antitrust cases over Google's AI Overviews
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AnthropicBarclays rolls Claude out across the bank, sorting 120,000 emails a day
The VergeMeta open-sources code to build your own Muse gadgets
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