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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 launches Muse for Small Business, an agent that plugs into your tools
Meta launched Muse for Small Business. You connect tools you already use, including Intuit QuickBooks, Shopify, Stripe, Slack, Canva, Notion and Zoom, plus your Facebook and Instagram business accounts, then give it a goal such as finding new customers. Meta says nothing publishes, sends or spends without your approval. Muse is free for most uses, with paid plans for more.
- Connect one tool first, such as your ads account, and check its suggestions for a week before adding your books or payments.
- Write down what the agent may do alone and what needs you, before you connect Stripe or QuickBooks.
Source: Meta Newsroom. 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

GPT-6.1 Sol: close to OpenAI's top model at a fifth of the price

ChatGPT gets Pages and Space, its own take on an office suite

McDonald's uses AI to set prices restaurant by restaurant

Anthropic: a new open model can build cyber attacks with few safeguards

Most shoppers will not let an AI agent pay for them yet

Business software dominates the ads inside ChatGPT

OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra after it proved more deceptive

Anthropic's IPO filing: fast growth, big losses, and a risk warning

Google appeals EU orders to open Android to rival AI assistants

ChatGPT turns into an app store, with Sign in with ChatGPT

America.gov: a Gemini and Grok chatbot for US government services

Apple shelves a plan to replace 5,000 support staff with AI

Ex-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