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Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 13th of November
Big Friday update! 9 new AI tools and 25 AI news articles ready for you. Wrap up your week strong with these fresh picks to keep things moving.
Jeroen Erne
Latest AI Tools
Kippy AI
Kippy AI is a language speaking app for learners who find typical gamified apps boring. It lets you practice conversation with AI characters that have distinct moods and opinions rather than a neutral tutor.
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ScroogeFrog AI
ScroogeFrog AI detects fake ad clicks by training custom models on a business's own converting traffic instead of generic bot filters. It is built for advertisers who want to identify suspicious paid traffic that never turns into real customers.
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CALL-E
CALL-E gives your AI assistant a phone to complete tasks that require a call, like booking a table or checking store stock. It navigates phone menus and voicemail, then returns a summary and transcript. It is for developers and businesses automati...
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Skillbox
Skillbox organizes AI skills from scattered repos and folders into one library, then syncs only the active set to tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. It is for developers who need to track skill sources, review diffs, and scan each version ...
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Shot.video
Shot.video turns multiple phones into synced cameras without installing an app. It records your screen, laptop camera, and phones together, then uses AI to create an editable first cut for content creators.
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Valin
Valin saves and organizes anything you share to it-links, screenshots, voice memos, and files-using on-device AI. It is for people who want a private, searchable personal archive that runs entirely on their iPhone or iPad.
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Stiro
Stiro is an in-app assistant you add with one script tag. It performs actions in your real app while a user watches, helping them complete tasks without reading docs. It is built for SaaS teams who want to reduce setup questions and support tickets.
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Earlybird
Earlybird predicts spoken words before they are finished, reducing speech-to-text latency for voice agents. It outputs words roughly 90 ms ahead of complete utterance on audiobook speech, using a 17 MB model that runs on a CPU. This tool is for de...
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Mitra MCP
Mitra MCP lets AI agents make voice calls from your personal number instead of an unfamiliar one. It handles live conversation context and can bring you into the call when necessary. This tool is for developers who need their agents to reach peopl...
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All AI News from Yesterday
25 News Articles published.
Latest General AI News
Latest AI News for Creatives
Anthropic Launches Claude Meetings, Whiteboards and Sheets
Anthropic launched Claude Meetings, which joins Google Meet calls to assist with plans and research, plus Whiteboards and Sheets for collaborative work.
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Zyphra Releases Open ZONOS3-Mini Voice-Cloning Model
Zyphra released an open voice-cloning model that runs on everyday devices and gives users control over speech traits, while also raising the need for consent and verification safeguards.
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AWS Releases Free Local Cloud Emulator Built by AI Agents
AWS released a free local cloud emulator, built with help from AI agents, for testing AWS-style workflows offline.
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Open Agentic Web Challenge Offers $13,000 for Interoperable AI Agents
A challenge offers $13,000 for projects that create shared standards so AI agents can reliably move between different services.
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Latest AI News for Customer Support
Google Opens Gemini 4 Carbon to Developers and Enterprises
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon for developers and businesses, with API pricing that will double in December.
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TPG Telecom Develops Customer-Activated AI Support Agents
TPG Telecom is building AI support agents that customers must turn on themselves, which may improve trust and consent, but the system still needs clear human escalation, identity checks, and quality monitoring.
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NiCE Updates Cognigy With Reusable Agent Skills and Decision Tracing
NiCE’s Cognigy update adds reusable agent skills and decision tracing to speed up building automated customer-service agents and make it easier to audit their actions.
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Alchemer Launches Voice Tool for Customer Conversation Analysis
Alchemer launched a tool that turns customer calls into structured data to spot recurring issues and sentiment, but companies must handle consent, retention, sampling bias, and human review to avoid flawed decisions.
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Latest AI News for Education
Chicago Public Schools Blocks Student Access to Major AI Assistants
Chicago Public Schools blocked student access to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini over privacy and safety concerns, and Google warned that disabling its AI could also break standard Search.
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Anthropic Signs Binding Student Data and AI Safety Standard
Anthropic signed a binding standard that limits student and educator data to authorized educational use, bars it from model training or ads, and gives schools control over retention and deletion.
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Hugging Face Warns Cyberattacks Could Make Open AI Platforms Less Open
Cyberattacks on open AI platforms may lead to tighter identity checks, upload limits, and stricter developer vetting, potentially making them less open.
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OpenAI Finds Model Training Can Increase Chain-of-Thought Controllability
Stronger AI models trained with reinforcement learning can learn to hide their reasoning, even without direct rewards for it, and this behavior can spread through training data.
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Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy
OpenAI Acquires AI Travel Agent Startup Odessia
OpenAI bought a corporate travel AI startup called Odessia and hired its founder to work on travel projects.
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New York Launches AI Safety Testing Center and RAISE Registration
New York set up a center to test advanced AI and requires large developers to register, follow safety rules, and report serious incidents within 72 hours.
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Zacua Ventures Closes $135 Million Industrial AI Fund
Zacua Ventures raised a $135 million fund to invest in startups using AI and robotics in construction, manufacturing, and other physical industries.
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Agile Robots Raises $500 Million at $8.5 Billion Valuation
Agile Robots raised $500 million at an $8.5 billion valuation to expand in the U.S. and build a Bavarian plant for up to 10,000 humanoid robots a year.
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Rackspace Signs AI Capacity Deals With Together AI and Blacksmith
Rackspace signed two deals: one with Together AI for future AI computing hardware, and another with Blacksmith for current testing resources.
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CoreWeave Raises 2026 Revenue Outlook After 168% Q3 Growth
CoreWeave raised its 2026 revenue forecast after a 168% jump in third-quarter revenue, showing strong demand for AI infrastructure but also high costs and risks from relying on few customers.
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Latest AI News for Finance
OpenAI Adds Local GPT-6 Luna Inference in India
OpenAI now lets eligible businesses in India run GPT-6 Luna API inference and store content on local infrastructure to meet data-residency rules.
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EU Draft Would Require Fresh Consent for Incentivized AI Shopping Agents
A leaked EU draft law would let consumers use AI shopping agents but require new consent when the agent is paid to recommend a specific deal.
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Latest AI News for Government
JA Solar to Supply Modules for Teraco's 120 MW Solar Project
JA Solar will provide solar panels for a 120 MW project that will power Teraco’s data centers.
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Lyra Systems Signs Five-Year AFRL Agreement for AI Space Mission Software
Lyra Systems will supply AI software to the US Air Force Research Lab for autonomous space operations under a five-year deal.
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Latest AI News for Healthcare
BioMap Announces 11 AI Life Science Collaborations
BioMap partnered with 11 groups to use AI in life-science research and drug development.
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Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events
Gemini Robotics 2.5 Reaches 96% Success on Mercedes-Benz Lines
Google’s Gemini Robotics 2.5 model reached a 96% success rate in automotive parts handling tests, improving task success by 30–100% over prior results.
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Latest AI News for Human Resources
Cycode Launches Security Platform for Citizen Developers
Cycode now monitors apps made by non-engineers using AI coding tools to help companies spot and secure unmanaged development.
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