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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.
GPT-6.1 Sol: close to OpenAI's top model at a fifth of the price
TechCrunch· 29 SepOpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol one week after GPT-6 Sol. It says the model nearly matches GPT-6 Astra while costing a fifth as much per input and output token. At low reasoning effort its error rate fell from 11.4% to 7.7%, and across all settings it stays within 1.9% of Astra. It is in ChatGPT Work and Codex for paid plans.
- If you pay for Astra through the API, rerun a week of real jobs on 6.1 Sol and compare cost per finished task.
- Use the cheaper model for routine document and spreadsheet work, and keep Astra only where you can see a difference.
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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
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
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