Daily 'AI for Work' Pulse: 6th of January
Tuesday update: 5 new AI tools and 74 AI news articles. Skim the highlights, flag the standouts, and get on with your day.
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Latest AI Tools
Invoce.ai
Invoce.ai turns conversations into invoices: chat with AI to describe your work and get clean, ready-to-send invoices instantly. Fast, no forms or bloat - AI handles setup so you save time.
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Opttab
Opttab tracks your brand's visibility in AI answers (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude), delivers GEO scores, sentiment/context insights, optimization steps and controls to manage AI access to your content.
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NativeBridge
NativeBridge runs AI-driven Maestro tests on real iOS and Android devices via one Magic Link, capturing crashes and producing rich bug reports in minutes to speed mobile QA and issue triage.
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CogniMemo Extension
CogniMemo Extension adds long-term, cross-tool memory to any AI: sync chats and X, search your knowledge with @cogni, and use a floating copilot on any website via a single browser extension. Works with any LLM.
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PostSyncer
PostSyncer is an all-in-one social HQ to create, schedule, publish and reply across 10+ platforms from one dashboard, with AI content, video & image generation, a 3M+ trend library and a unified inbox.
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All AI News for Today
74 News Articles published.
Latest General AI News
MUFG's Role-Based AI Strategy Keeps Humans in the Loop
MUFG is building role-based AI colleagues that assist across tasks while humans stay in control. Security, clear ownership, and measured handoffs guide what gets automated next.
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GENISOM AI raises hundreds of millions of yuan to scale embodied AI and mass-produce quadruped robots
GENISOM AI raised hundreds of millions of yuan to scale robots and software, with backers like AGIBOT. Targets by Dec 2025: 5,000 units, 100m+ yuan revenue, 300m+ intent orders.
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AI jitters and policy splits test Asia's stock rally
Asia stocks kicked off strong, but AI concentration and split rate paths could stir bumps. Investors balance chip plays with broader bets in India, ASEAN, and China's supply chain.
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Vinod Khosla's predictions are landing: AI, healthcare, and education move from promise to practice
Vinod Khosla says the future he mapped-AI, energy, healthcare, education-is arriving sooner. Think AI tutors, natural-language coding, and real gains in clinics.
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Latest AI News for Creatives
AI Faces a Public Reckoning: Jobs, Culture, and Trust on the Line
AI promised efficiency, but creatives feel squeezed as pay falls and trust erodes. The fix: consent, credit, fair pay, transparency, and steps to protect work and contracts.
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AI-Native Filmmaking Meets AI Media Buying: Studio Blo CEO Warns Old Ad Workflows Face an Extinction-Level Event
Studio Blo's CEO says AI-native production ends logistics headaches and puts creators back in control. Taste, consent, and rapid test loops will separate signal from slop.
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Predis.ai Launches AI Social Media Post Generator: From Simple Prompt to Scheduled, On-Brand Content
Predis.ai launched an AI post generator that turns a short brief into captions, images, videos, and carousels. Create, tweak to brand, then schedule across channels in one place.
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Latest AI News for Customer Support
VoAgents Puts Your Best Employee on Every Line, 24/7
Most businesses answer just 37.8% of calls, and 85% of lost callers never return. VoAgents answers 24/7, qualifies and schedules, keeps context, and hands off to humans.
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Train AI Agents on Real Customer Conversations Without Breaking Trust
Train AI agents with real, anonymized conversations and full context, not scripts. Set guardrails, keep humans in the loop, and watch metrics; results climb and risk stays low.
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Hong Kong pushes finance-tech integration amid AI boom as Biren jumps 82% on debut
Hong Kong is tying finance to AI as markets jump and listing rules widen for specialist tech. Biren's debut soared 82% - a clear sign for list-build-scale at home.
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1 in 4 Small Business Owners Are Losing Clients to AI-Keeping It Human in 2026
One in four owners are losing clients to DIY AI, putting support on the frontlines. Speed with automation, trust with humans-that balance is how teams win in 2026.
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Latest AI News for Education
Make AI a Spark, Not a Crutch: Amplifying Student Thinking and Joy in Learning
Don't have AI think for students-use it to spark connections, questions, and better drafts. Keep the hard parts human: framing problems, testing ideas, and making meaning.
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Johor-Alibaba partnership to launch Medini AI Centre of Excellence, first cohort starts Q2 2026
Johor is gearing up on AI: JTDC and Alibaba-linked partners will launch an AI design program and a Centre of Excellence in Medini. First intake lands Q2 2026 for 200 trainees.
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Homework Is the Weight Room for the Brain, Not a Job for ChatGPT
Letting AI handle the hard parts robs students of the mental workout school's meant to build. Set clear limits and design work that rewards process, judgment, and real effort.
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Illinois moves to protect immigrant students and set AI rules in classrooms
Illinois is moving on two fronts: keep K-12 access open for immigrant students and set clear AI rules in schools. Expect quick changes to enrollment, data, and classrooms soon.
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Illinois' 2026 School Laws Protect Immigrant Students and Set Guardrails for Classroom AI
Illinois reaffirmed public schools must enroll students regardless of immigration status. Districts must set clear AI rules: transparency, privacy, human review, and staff training.
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Latest AI News for Executives and Strategy
AI as Co-Pilot for Food Safety Culture-Why HACCP Training Still Matters
AI gives food safety teams real-time eyes and early warnings, strengthening culture under pressure. Start small, lead with data and training, then scale what proves value.
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Satya Nadella: AI's Bottleneck Has Shifted from GPUs to Electricity
GPUs aren't the holdup anymore-electricity is. The winners lock grid capacity, PPAs, siting, and efficiency now so model launches and costs don't get tripped up later.
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Celiveo 365 adds AI document management to cloud print-shared knowledge base, Teams Q&A, 1-hour setup, 30-day trial
Celiveo 365 folds AI into cloud print, creating a shared knowledge base with plain English questions right in Teams. Deploy in under an hour and cut waste while boosting decisions.
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Latest AI News for Finance
AI boom set to widen America's productivity lead, economists say
Economists say the US is set to widen its productivity lead as AI shifts from demos to daily work. Expect early gains in software and services, with capex, margins, and the dollar in focus.
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Should AI Manage Your Money in 2026? Co-Pilot, Not Captain
AI is a speed boost for budgets, comparisons, and tax ideas. It's a sharp co-pilot for 2026, not a captain-keep humans for context, judgment, and accountability.
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Hong Kong pushes finance-tech integration amid AI boom as Biren jumps 82% on debut
Hong Kong is tying finance to AI as markets jump and listing rules widen for specialist tech. Biren's debut soared 82% - a clear sign for list-build-scale at home.
Read more →
GENISOM AI raises hundreds of millions of yuan to scale embodied AI and mass-produce quadruped robots
GENISOM AI raised hundreds of millions of yuan to scale robots and software, with backers like AGIBOT. Targets by Dec 2025: 5,000 units, 100m+ yuan revenue, 300m+ intent orders.
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AI jitters and policy splits test Asia's stock rally
Asia stocks kicked off strong, but AI concentration and split rate paths could stir bumps. Investors balance chip plays with broader bets in India, ASEAN, and China's supply chain.
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YEIDA Plans 500-Acre AI and Financial Services Hub in Sector 11 on Yamuna Expressway
YEIDA plans a 500-acre AI and finance hub in Sector 11 with data centers and strong utilities. Land is mostly acquired; EOIs open next for banks, fintechs, and DCs.
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AI bubble? 62% of Americans say long-term gains ahead, led by younger investors
62% of Americans now expect strong long-term returns from AI-heavy companies. Gen Z and Millennials lead, so treat it as a steady, multi-year bet amid choppy prices.
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GE Vernova Jumps to Start 2026 as AI Infrastructure Trade Rebounds; Dividend Date and Jobs Report in Focus
GE Vernova jumped nearly 4% to start 2026 as investors chased AI infra plays tied to data-center electricity needs. Eyes now on $700, dividend record Jan 5, and Jan 28 earnings.
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Is the AI Boom a Bubble or the Real Deal? What History Tells Investors Now
AI is pushing markets to highs, but history says manias overshoot before the real operators compound. Track liquidity, unit economics, and cash to stay on the right side.
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Latest AI News for Government
Malaysia, France, India slam X as Grok generates sexualized images, including minors
Malaysia, France, and India are pressing X after Grok produced sexualized images, including minors. Expect probes, tighter safeguards, and possible fines if fixes lag.
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India's First Government AI Clinic Opens at GIMS, Fast-Tracking Diagnoses and Personalised Care
India's first public AI clinic opens at GIMS, Greater Noida to spot cancer and organ risks early. AI plus genetics reads scans and labs, speeds triage and care in public hospitals.
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Inside India's first public AI clinic, where early detection meets everyday care
GIMS, Greater Noida opens India's first public AI clinic, using AI and genetics to flag risk, read scans, and guide care. Faster reports, fewer misses, and a boost for startups.
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From Pilots to Marketplace: Germany's Quiet AI Flood Across Government
AI has seeped into federal work-everyday tools, plus shared platforms like MaKI and Kipitz. Gains are real, but oversight, security, and sovereignty still need hard answers.
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Latest AI News for Healthcare
When AI Draws Blood, Nurses Keep Care Human
Hospitals are piloting AI that trims clicks and even draws blood, with promising stats. Still, patients need human judgment and reassurance, so tools stay supervised and scoped.
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AI in Your Care: States Push Disclosure to Keep Patient Trust
AI is increasingly used in messages, reviews, and coverage, making disclosure essential for trust. Some states now require clear notices and easy access to a human.
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Inside India's first public AI clinic, where early detection meets everyday care
GIMS, Greater Noida opens India's first public AI clinic, using AI and genetics to flag risk, read scans, and guide care. Faster reports, fewer misses, and a boost for startups.
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Unisound AI Secures RMB20M in Public Health Contracts, Taking UniGpt From Single Hospitals to Regional Systems
Unisound won RMB 20M+ in regional healthcare AI contracts for its UniGpt Medical Large Model. Hospitals and payers gain smarter oversight, cleaner data, and leaner ops.
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Making AI a Trusted Partner in Medicine: Dr. Essam Hamza on Rocket Doctor AI
Dr. Essam Hamza shares how clinically governed AI can support care teams, cut waste, and cut errors. Built for real workflows, it boosts accuracy while clinicians stay in control.
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UP's first AI clinic at GIMS spots cancer and heart disease early
Greater Noida's GIMS has opened an AI clinic that flags early risks for cancer, heart disease, and organ disorders. It promises faster diagnosis and triage to cut late stage cases.
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Vinod Khosla's predictions are landing: AI, healthcare, and education move from promise to practice
Vinod Khosla says the future he mapped-AI, energy, healthcare, education-is arriving sooner. Think AI tutors, natural-language coding, and real gains in clinics.
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Latest AI News for Hospitality and Events
Dubai's Citywide Check-in Shows How AI Finally Improves Hotel Stays
Hoteliers love pilots, but guests want results they can feel. Dubai's citywide contactless check-in proves it: faster arrivals, fewer bottlenecks, cleaner data, better margins.
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Latest AI News for Human Resources
MUFG's Role-Based AI Strategy Keeps Humans in the Loop
MUFG is building role-based AI colleagues that assist across tasks while humans stay in control. Security, clear ownership, and measured handoffs guide what gets automated next.
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Latest AI News for Insurance
Latest AI News for IT and Development
MUFG's Role-Based AI Strategy Keeps Humans in the Loop
MUFG is building role-based AI colleagues that assist across tasks while humans stay in control. Security, clear ownership, and measured handoffs guide what gets automated next.
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Johor inks MoU with Alibaba partners to launch Medini AI Centre of Excellence, first cohort Q2 2026
Johor inks an AI design MoU with Alibaba-linked partners and launches a Centre of Excellence in Medini. First training intake lands Q2 2026, with certification and 200 seats.
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Claude Code rebuilds a year of Google work in an hour - bottleneck shifts to articulation
Claude Code rebuilt Google's agent orchestrator in about an hour, echoing the design teams spent a year debating. Takeaway: the bottleneck shifts to clear specs and politics.
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South Korea's Unified AI Plan for Autonomous Ships Faces Pushback from Big Three Shipyards
South Korea wants Hanwha, HD Hyundai, and Samsung to pool data and speed AI autonomy at sea. The firms are wary, citing clashing roadmaps, IP concerns, and need for incentives.
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Filecoin Leads AI and Big Data Blockchain Development, Chainlink and ICP Close Behind
Santiment shows Filecoin leading AI/data-focused dev activity, followed by Chainlink and ICP. For builders, these hubs signal active tooling, docs, and safer integrations.
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Latest AI News for Legal
AI Smart Glasses at Work: How Privacy, Surveillance, and Labor Law Collide
AI smart glasses offer utility but also invite privacy, surveillance, and labor-law risk. Act early: notices, recording limits, risk assessments, and NLRA-aware policies.
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AI Must Assist, Not Replace: Justice P S Narasimha Urges Lawyers to Guard Critical Thinking
Use AI, but keep your judgment sharp, Justice P S Narasimha told the Bar in Vijayawada. He urged training, safeguards, and human review so courts stay grounded in reason.
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RAISE Act In, NYHIPA Out: What New York's Moves Mean for AI and Privacy
New York just green-lit the RAISE Act for frontier models and put NYHIPA on hold. Teams should tune governance, update contracts, and test incident plans before 2027.
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Datavault AI Taps Kasowitz LLP and Marc Kasowitz to Strengthen IP Enforcement for AI, Data Monetization, and Digital Twin Technologies
Datavault AI hired Kasowitz LLP and Marc E. Kasowitz to step up IP enforcement across AI, data monetization, acoustics, and digital twins. Expect quick filings and tougher deals.
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Illinois education laws on immigrant rights and AI take effect Jan. 1
New Illinois laws protect immigrant students, open scholarships regardless of status, and curb AI-only teaching. Counsel: update policies, train staff, and brace for civil claims.
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Latest AI News for Management
AI's Silent Siege Hits Banking: 200,000 Jobs on the Line in 2026
Banks are moving AI from pilots to production, putting up to 200,000 roles at risk by 2026, especially in ops, compliance, and service. Managers must redesign work fast.
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New York's RAISE Act Passes, NYHIPA Vetoed: What It Means for Businesses
New York greenlit the RAISE Act for frontier models and nixed NYHIPA. Leaders should prep contracts, consent, and 72-hour incident playbooks before 2027.
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UMass Amherst turns to AI to cut dining waste and save $1 million
UMass Amherst pairs AI to cut overproduction and clean up recycling, trimming costs and waste. MetaFoodX guides dining orders; rStream boosts recovery, with $1M+ savings in sight.
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Celiveo 365 adds AI document management to cloud print-shared knowledge base, Teams Q&A, 1-hour setup, 30-day trial
Celiveo 365 folds AI into cloud print, creating a shared knowledge base with plain English questions right in Teams. Deploy in under an hour and cut waste while boosting decisions.
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Pan-United's AiR Digital makes US debut at World of Concrete 2026, putting AI to work to cut delays, waste, and emissions
AiR Digital Solutions will debut its AI-led ready-mix operations platform at World of Concrete 2026 in Las Vegas. See live demos at North Hall, Booth N1069, Jan 20-22.
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Latest AI News for Marketing
Train AI Agents on Real Customer Conversations Without Breaking Trust
Train AI agents with real, anonymized conversations and full context, not scripts. Set guardrails, keep humans in the loop, and watch metrics; results climb and risk stays low.
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New York's RAISE Act Passes, NYHIPA Vetoed: What It Means for Businesses
New York greenlit the RAISE Act for frontier models and nixed NYHIPA. Leaders should prep contracts, consent, and 72-hour incident playbooks before 2027.
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Latest AI News for Operations
VoAgents Unveils 24/7 Self-Learning Voice AI That Answers Every Call and Converts More Leads
VoAgents unveils a self-learning voice AI that answers calls, books next steps, and runs 24/7 without extra headcount. Teams get faster responses, better conversions, lower costs.
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Operation Gatekeeper: $50M Nvidia AI chips seized in China-bound smuggling bust
In Operation Gatekeeper, feds halted a scheme to export Nvidia H100/H200 chips, seizing $50M and charging three suspects. Ops teams face tighter controls and audits on AI hardware.
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Fermi America Lands 200 MW Xcel Energy Deal for Project Matador; AI Push Sends Shares Up 11% Amid Valuation Concerns
Fermi America inks a 200 MW utility deal with Xcel's SPS to feed Project Matador AI buildout. Ops should tighten capacity plans, reliability design, and delivery dates for 2026.
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Pan-United's AiR Digital makes US debut at World of Concrete 2026, putting AI to work to cut delays, waste, and emissions
AiR Digital Solutions will debut its AI-led ready-mix operations platform at World of Concrete 2026 in Las Vegas. See live demos at North Hall, Booth N1069, Jan 20-22.
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Latest AI News for PR and Communications
AI + Cloud VoIP Turn Calls Into Intelligence
AI turns cloud calls into transcripts, intent, and action-helping PR move faster with smarter routing and insights. Deploy quickly, integrate with your stack, and keep data secure.
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Latest AI News for Product Development
Xiaoou AI Conference Organizer raises 2 million yuan in angel round to automate the entire event workflow
Xiaoou AI Conference Organizer raised 2M yuan to streamline event ops and grow partnerships. They're already profitable, serving 20+ organizers with flexible SaaS pricing.
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RAISE Act In, NYHIPA Out: What New York's Moves Mean for AI and Privacy
New York just green-lit the RAISE Act for frontier models and put NYHIPA on hold. Teams should tune governance, update contracts, and test incident plans before 2027.
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SkillCorner Scores $60M to Drive Multi-Sport Expansion in North America
SkillCorner raised $60M to scale AI tracking from broadcast feeds into basketball and football. NBA stays on board; product teams can turn common inputs into decisions.
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Latest AI News for Real Estate and Construction
Amarillo's high-stakes bet on a Trump-linked private nuclear grid for AI
Fermi America is building a 5,800-acre off-grid AI and energy campus near Amarillo: 18M sq ft and 11 GW on site. Big scope, but leasing, permits, and nuclear timelines loom.
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Latest AI News for Sales
Train AI Agents on Real Customer Conversations Without Breaking Trust
Train AI agents with real, anonymized conversations and full context, not scripts. Set guardrails, keep humans in the loop, and watch metrics; results climb and risk stays low.
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Latest AI News for Science and Research
Beyond Speed: Physics-Guided AI for Trustworthy Surface-Wave Seismic Imaging
AI is speeding up surface-wave seismology while keeping models grounded in physics. The review maps what works-auto dispersion picks, fast Vs inversion, and checks for trust.
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AI Could Outcompete Us Within Years-and We're Not Ready
Frontier AI may outpace safety, pressuring scientists and institutions. Act now: sandbox models, cap tools, monitor, and require dual sign-off for sensitive actions.
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Dial in the right information: a periodic table for multimodal AI
A simple rule: keep only what predicts. This framework turns loss design into a knob you can tune, helping with data needs, failure checks, and leaner training.
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Yann LeCun Quits Meta after LLM Clash, Bets on World Models
Yann LeCun quit Meta after clashes over LLM timelines, org politics, and world-model research. He's starting a lab to chase perception, prediction, and planning beyond chat.
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Latest AI News for Writers
RobinRafan Inks Record Borshadupur Deal for Fourth Book on Practical AI
AI author-educator RobinRafan signs a high-value fourth-book deal with Borshadupur after 70k+ sales and steady demand. The new, hands-on title drops at Ekushey Book Fair 2026.
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I Tested Pangram's AI Detector on My Writing-and It Kept Flagging the Human Parts
Pangram flags fully synthetic drafts well but stumbles on hybrids, quotes, and generic phrasing. Use its score as a nudge for review, not a final call.
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