Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 26th of June
Wrap up your week strong with 4 new AI tools and 77 AI news articles. Fast, skimmable highlights-what launched, what's trending, and what you can use today.
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Latest AI Tools
Heron
Heron is a passive analyzer that reconstructs AI agent actions from network traffic for engineering teams. It captures LLM traffic and stitches multi-call interactions into agent turns for debugging without requiring proxies.
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Nashra
Nashra manages email marketing and blogging for consultants and course creators. It handles publishing, automations, and delivery to provide centralized data and reliable email distribution.
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Ruby
Ruby is an AI assistant that listens to your calls and suggests the right follow-up question in real time, helping interviewers, salespeople, and founders achieve their call objectives.
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Tencent EdgeOne Makers
Tencent EdgeOne Makers is an edge platform for developers to build and deploy web apps and AI agents. It provides built-in runtime and storage to launch applications without assembling complex infrastructure.
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All AI News for Today
77 News Articles published.
Latest General AI News
MIT and Microsoft develop system to optimize AI workflows and reduce energy costs
MIT and Microsoft built Murakkab to optimize multi-step AI workflows. Tests show it cuts cloud costs to under 25 percent of the baseline while using 27 percent of the energy.
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AI tools gain ground in Illinois hospitals as doctors emphasize careful oversight
Illinois hospitals deployed 80+ AI tools for stroke detection, sepsis flagging, and documentation. They aim to reclaim hours from paperwork that now doubles patient-care time.
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Latest AI News for Creatives
Stylist Anna May and team publish print magazine MISC in response to AI in editorial imagery
A self-funded print magazine called MISC launched as a pushback against AI eroding editorial work, with all contributors volunteering their time.
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New York City artists call for two-year moratorium on AI in public schools
Nearly 500 NYC artists demand a two-year AI moratorium in schools. They say it's built on stolen work and threatens kids and the city's creative future.
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Nigerian fintech Cardtonic publishes free in-house report on design trends in the AI era
Cardtonic's design report finds imperfect layouts drive 1.5x higher interaction than AI graphics. The free guide details eight trends showing authentic flaws build user trust.
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Latest AI News for Customer Support
eGain integrates AI agent with Zoom Contact Center
eGain launched an AI agent for Zoom Contact Center on June 24, 2026, to deliver real-time, compliant answers. It integrates into Zoom to cut handle time and track interactions.
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Anthropic refunds Martinez man after compromised add-on triggers fraudulent charges on Claude account
A malicious Claude AI add-on stole $315 from a Martinez man via gift card fraud. Chase Bank initially denied his claim, citing a receipt as proof of authorization.
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Latest AI News for Education
Microsoft adds AI teaching tools to Microsoft 365 Education
Microsoft adds AI unit plans and assignment controls to its 365 Education platform. This follows a survey showing 92% of students and leaders use AI for schoolwork.
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Norway bans most AI in schools while Poland and the UAE integrate it into classrooms
Norway will ban generative AI for young students, while Poland equips 12,000 schools with AI labs. The split policies show how nations handle classroom technology.
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Medical education integrates simulation, VR, and AI to personalize learning and build clinical skills
A 2024 meta-analysis confirms simulation training improves medical skills better than traditional methods. AI and VR now personalize this learning for physicians.
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Universities use adversarial AI debates to teach critical judgment
A University of Queensland lecturer created two assessments requiring students to argue against AI. The tasks teach students to evaluate outputs instead of blindly trusting them.
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Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy
Canadian news and cultural groups criticize federal AI strategy for omitting copyright
Canada's $2.3B AI strategy omitted copyright, sparking industry outcry and raising legal risks for firms training AI on Canadian content.
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Business schools offer AI leadership programs to help executives manage enterprise deployments
71% of AI deployments fail due to executive strategy gaps. Top universities now offer non-technical programs to teach leaders ROI and risk oversight.
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Ashwin Rangan joins ReadyAI as executive advisor and strategic brand ambassador
ReadyAI hired former Walmart CIO Ashwin Rangan as executive advisor effective July 1, 2026. He will help enterprises build secure, compliant AI capabilities.
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Latest AI News for Finance
Qualcomm stock jumps as company raises non-handset revenue target to $40 billion
Qualcomm raised its non-handset revenue target to $40 billion by 2029, including $15 billion from data centers. Shares jumped 12% as it challenges Nvidia.
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Financial Executives International releases AI framework for internal controls in financial reporting
Financial Executives International published an AI framework for financial reporting controls. The new guidance costs $195 and focuses on outcome validation.
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AI tools expand smallholder finance access, though risks remain
AI tools raised smallholder credit uptake by 20 percentage points in India. Lenders now use satellite data to price agricultural risk across East Africa.
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Micron shares gain after company reports record quarterly earnings and secures long-term AI memory contracts
Micron posted Q3 revenue of $41.5B and an 84.9% gross margin, sending shares up 18%. The firm also locked in $100B in minimum contracted revenue from AI buyers.
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Priority acquires AI finance startup Obol in fourth deal since Blackstone takeover
Priority Software acquired 20-person AI startup Obol to add cash flow forecasting. The ERP firm was valued at $800M after Blackstone bought a 70% stake.
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Latest AI News for Government
Meta is the only major US AI developer without a voluntary security review agreement with the Trump administration
Meta lacks a voluntary agreement for 30-day government security reviews of new AI models. Officials want it to join five rivals in giving the Commerce Department advance access.
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Central Oregon local governments adopt AI chatbots for internal staff use
Central Oregon local governments use internal AI chatbots for daily tasks. In Bend, 400 of 800 employees requested Microsoft 365 Copilot to draft documents and analyze data.
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GSA suspends draft AI contract clause requiring US-only sourcing
A draft GSA clause gives the government royalty-free AI licenses and sets a 72-hour incident reporting deadline. It bans foreign AI parts and government data for AI training.
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Clerks teach judges AI in a quiet role reversal that is modernizing the courthouse
More than 60% of federal judges now use AI tools, up sharply in 18 months. Reverse mentorship with clerks is helping courts manage heavy workloads.
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Canada releases national AI strategy with a pro-worker focus and implications for hiring and training
Canada's new AI Strategy regulates algorithmic hiring and requires worker training. Data shows 80% of manufacturing and finance workers report AI improves their performance.
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Latest AI News for Healthcare
General-purpose large language models outperform specialized healthcare AI tools in clinical evaluations
Three consumer LLMs beat two specialized clinical AI tools across all three healthcare tests, including a novel benchmark of 100 real physician queries rated by 12 clinicians.
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Xsolis data breach affects 1.4 million individuals
A phishing attack on AI vendor Xsolis exposed the medical records of 1.4 million people. Patients at Mayo Clinic and UW Medicine are among those affected.
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Prosus leads €480 million funding round for Alan at €5.5 billion valuation
Prosus led a $550 million funding round for health tech company Alan, valuing it at $6.3 billion. The money will drive global expansion and AI health services.
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Healthcare compliance podcast examines AI documentation risks and increased False Claims Act enforcement
Healthcare fraud drove 83% of False Claims Act recoveries last year. Regulators aim to recover $100 billion within five years using AI-driven detection.
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Patients want AI for scheduling and after-hours support but require human oversight, Salesforce survey finds
A Salesforce survey of 3,200 consumers finds 58% of patients skip care due to scheduling friction. Most want 24/7 AI support, but demand human oversight.
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Connecticut home care agencies use artificial intelligence to monitor clients and reduce administrative work
An estimated 40% of Connecticut home care agencies now use AI for scheduling and monitoring. The tools reduce administrative workloads and help detect early illness signs.
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Ai learning tools mirror human cognitive biases and amplify existing gender and cultural stereotypes in healthcare
AI medical tools scale human gender stereotypes from training data. This bias creates inequitable performance and worsens health outcomes for women and minoritized groups.
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AI tools gain ground in Illinois hospitals as doctors emphasize careful oversight
Illinois hospitals deployed 80+ AI tools for stroke detection, sepsis flagging, and documentation. They aim to reclaim hours from paperwork that now doubles patient-care time.
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Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events
EnParadigm AI hiring platform saves hospitality enterprise 6.5 crore annually
enParadigm's AI platform saved an Indian hotel group 6.5 crore annually in hiring costs. It cut recruitment timelines from eight months to two months.
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Latest AI News for Human Resources
Sofia Airport wins European HR Excellence Award 2026 for AI in human resource management
Sofia Airport won the 2026 European HR Excellence Award for using AI in hiring and training. The tools automate screening and predict crew turnover to boost staff retention.
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Global employers prioritize communication and problem-solving alongside AI capabilities, survey finds
A survey of 600 recruiters finds communication remains the top MBA skill, though AI demand grew the most. Nearly two-thirds want new hires to automate routine tasks with AI.
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Workers want human connection at work and remain anxious about AI, Hilton report finds
Hilton's report finds 52% of U.S. workers feel anxious about AI's impact on their jobs. To address this, 55% want employers to provide AI training.
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Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs and blames AI and company overhaul
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs over the past year, citing AI and corporate restructuring. The layoffs drove severance costs to $1.84 billion.
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Latest AI News for Insurance
Insurers update commercial policy wording to clarify AI coverage
CFC added explicit AI coverage to seven insurance products to address AI risks. It replaces silent protection with affirmative language across tech and liability lines.
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Insurers tighten claims verification as AI-generated image fraud rises
Insurance document forgeries jumped 244% in 2024 as AI makes faking property damage easy. Carriers now demand unedited files and extra records to verify claims.
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Insurers face new liability risks and coverage gaps from autonomous robots
Regulators approved over 80% of requests to exclude AI damages from general policies. New robot coverage still leaves gaps in the liability chain.
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Breeze launches Quote AI Autofill to automate freight insurance quoting
Breeze released Quote AI Autofill on June 23 to extract freight data and populate insurance quotes. It cuts manual entry but requires user approval before submission.
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Latest AI News for IT and Development
Amazon joins RAISE US coalition to prepare workforce for AI transition
Amazon joined the RAISE US coalition to support the AI workforce transition. This extends its $2.5 billion pledge to train 50 million people.
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Qihoo 360 claims new AI system matches capabilities of Anthropic's Claude Mythos
Blacklisted Chinese firm Qihoo 360 built an AI matching Anthropic's Mythos for finding software flaws. It has already discovered over 3,000 vulnerabilities.
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MIT and Microsoft develop system to optimize AI workflows and reduce energy costs
MIT and Microsoft built Murakkab to optimize multi-step AI workflows. Tests show it cuts cloud costs to under 25 percent of the baseline while using 27 percent of the energy.
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OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño LLM inference chip
OpenAI and Broadcom built the Jalapeño AI inference chip in just nine months. It targets gigawatt-scale data center deployments starting in 2026.
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Nissan reduces software development time from months to hours to catch China
Nissan will cut vehicle software development cycles from months to hours using cloud-based AI. The shift aims to close the gap with Chinese rivals in software-defined cars.
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AI tools gain ground in Illinois hospitals as doctors emphasize careful oversight
Illinois hospitals deployed 80+ AI tools for stroke detection, sepsis flagging, and documentation. They aim to reclaim hours from paperwork that now doubles patient-care time.
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Latest AI News for Legal
TruLegal launches legal AI self-assessment to help candidates document tool experience
TruLegal launched a free Legal AI Self-Assessment covering 60 platforms to help job seekers prove their skills. The three-minute test documents hands-on experience for employers.
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New York appeals court orders law firm to pay $2,500 over AI hallucinations
A New York court fined the Lamonsoff law firm $2,500 for submitting AI-generated false citations. The ruling holds firms responsible for verifying AI outputs, rejecting ignorance.
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Ai erodes junior lawyers' judgment but simulation offers a way to rebuild it
Firms use AI simulators to train junior lawyers as automation replaces traditional grunt work. Over 50% of senior leaders suspect this shift erodes critical thinking.
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Perplexity AI launches Computer for Counsel
Perplexity AI launched Computer for Counsel on June 24, 2026, to handle legal research and contracts. The tool packages the internal workflows its own legal team built.
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AI strategy needs governance to avoid failure, legal and compliance teams advise
AI initiatives stall without governance, forcing legal and compliance teams to retrofit controls. Unapproved AI use without rules exposes firms to regulatory and operational risk.
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Minneapolis lawyer explains the legality of AI-generated restaurant advertising
Minnesota restaurants using AI-generated food photos face false advertising risks. Defending a single deceptive marketing claim costs at least $10,000.
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Shoosmiths uses artificial intelligence to capture legal expertise and improve contract reviews
Shoosmiths built an AI contract review tool that saves 3 to 5 hours per document. The firm also deployed a no-code agent to enforce procedural consistency for retail clients.
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Latest AI News for Management
Federal agencies use AI to streamline hiring and develop mid-career employees
GSA reduced job classification time from eight hours to two using AI. The savings support an agency goal to reclaim one million work hours through automation.
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UiPath introduces Maestro Case for enterprise case management
UiPath introduced Maestro Case to automate unstructured enterprise workflows. Early adopters report a 60% to 80% reduction in case processing time.
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ICMCI launches code for responsible use of AI in management consulting
ICMCI's new AI code for 50 member institutes requires consultants to retain accountability for AI-generated work. Firms must verify all outputs before client delivery.
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Artificial intelligence automates expense management by capturing receipts and enforcing spending policies
AI expense management automates receipt capture and policy checks, cutting processing from days to minutes. Real-time enforcement drops out-of-policy spend events by 62%.
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Latest AI News for Marketing
Gap expands use of AI, data and automation across marketing operations for its retail brands
Gap is expanding AI across its marketing operations with Google Cloud. The move follows a fiscal Q1 where the retailer reported $3.50 billion in net sales.
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EZ Texting appoints Yogesh Khadilkar as senior vice president of marketing and launches AI marketing strategy
EZ Texting named Yogesh Khadilkar SVP of Marketing to lead an agentic AI push targeting a $30 billion market. He previously drove $250 million in revenue.
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Latest AI News for Operations
BlackLine expands agentic financial operations platform with finance control console for ai governance
BlackLine launched a Finance Control Console to centrally govern AI agents across financial operations, giving CFOs real-time visibility and policy control over potentially hundreds of thousands of automated actions.
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Latest AI News for PR and Communications
PR strategist outlines six-part framework to make brand content more citable in AI answers
A six-part framework helps brands format content to earn AI citations. Teams must also track third-party sources, which can drive 25% of these references.
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AI shifts public relations toward data-driven planning and measurement as professionals emphasize human judgment
AI cuts PR research from three days to three hours. Leaders stress human judgment remains critical for crisis management and building journalist trust.
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Latest AI News for Product Development
Tripo Studio reports growing adoption of AI 3D content tools among startups and digital businesses
Tripo Studio reported growing adoption of its AI 3D tools on June 24, 2026. The platform helps teams cut weeks from schedules by automating asset creation.
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Latest AI News for Real Estate and Construction
Latest AI News for Sales
Currax Pharmaceuticals deploys AI tool SuperAgents to help sales reps answer clinical questions during physician visits
Currax released an AI tool that cut time-to-answer for clinical data by 99%. Now 75% of its sales reps use the system to answer physician questions on the fly.
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Nutshell CRM adds AI features and MCP integration to help SMB sales teams streamline workflows
Nutshell CRM added AI tools and an MCP server to query sales data with ChatGPT and Gemini. The new AI Assists include unlimited usage across all plans to cut admin work.
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Saudia Cargo becomes first carrier to roll out cargo.one AI workers for sales operations
Saudia Cargo deployed cargo.one's AI sales workers to handle inbound quotes. The system cuts turnaround time by 68% with 89% first-attempt accuracy.
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Blackpearl launches GTM-Bench to evaluate AI systems in sales workflows
Four of six leading AI agents produced net negative scores in Blackpearl Group's GTM-Bench. Blackpearl's own system scored +26,615.6.
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Yili deploys AI agents to support frontline shopping guides and influencer marketing
Yili Group deployed AI sales agents via Tencent Cloud to help front-line shopping guides. Early data shows a 26% rise in guide orders and a 15.7% increase in link clicks.
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Latest AI News for Science and Research
Google artificial intelligence search summaries reduce traffic to reliable publishers and present inconsistent results, NJIT researchers find
A study of 14,000 Google searches shows AI summaries suppress publishers blocking training crawlers. This favors low-quality sites and cuts referral traffic to newsrooms.
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Artificial intelligence trained on electrocardiograms outperforms standard tests in predicting sudden cardiac death risk
An AI trained on 440,000 EKGs predicts sudden cardiac death better than current tests. It flagged a high-risk group with a 7% annual fatality rate versus 4.6% for standard care.
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Experts say India's young talent pool positions it for a larger role in the global AI ecosystem
AI sorts urban waste and speeds lab research, experts said at Summer Davos. India's young workforce gives the country a decisive role in global expansion.
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MIT and Microsoft develop system to optimize AI workflows and reduce energy costs
MIT and Microsoft built Murakkab to optimize multi-step AI workflows. Tests show it cuts cloud costs to under 25 percent of the baseline while using 27 percent of the energy.
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AI-generated images erode public trust in scientific visuals
AI fakes caused 3 paper retractions, sparking a trust crisis in scientific images. Labs must now document image origins to prove visual evidence is authentic.
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Elsevier adds AI writing and evidence-checking agents to LeapSpace
Elsevier added AI writing and evidence-checking agents to LeapSpace, a research workspace drawing on 20 million peer-reviewed articles and 100 million Scopus records. The platform already helps 97% of its users save time, with more than half cutting research time by over 50%.
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Latest AI News for Writers
Hollywood workers train AI models as entertainment jobs decline
Hollywood creatives train AI models for up to $100 an hour amid layoffs. Unions oppose the tech, yet nearly 11 percent of arts job postings are now AI-related.
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European journalists demand fair compensation as AI overviews cut news traffic by up to 40 per cent
AI search summaries have cut news site traffic by up to 40%, the European Federation of Journalists heard. The body demanded compensation from platforms limiting traffic.
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