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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
McDonald's uses AI to set prices restaurant by restaurant
Yahoo Finance (Reuters)· 29 SepMcDonald's pricing engine studies millions of daily transactions across about 14,000 restaurants and suggests an optimal price for each item at each site, weighing what local customers will pay and nearby Wendy's and Burger King menus. Reuters found a Big Mac 21% dearer at a store two miles away. Five franchisees said they were pressured to use it.
- If you price by gut, compare your prices with two nearby competitors each month. That is the core of what this system does.
- If you try AI pricing tools, write down the limits you will not cross, such as prices for regulars, before you switch them on.
Source: Yahoo Finance (Reuters). 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
AnthropicAnthropic: a new open model can build cyber attacks with few safeguards
Business InsiderMost shoppers will not let an AI agent pay for them yet
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