AI at work
Apple's AI already answers support calls. Its plan to cut 5,000 staff is paused.
Over the summer, Apple drew up a plan to lay off about 5,000 AppleCare support employees, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported on 29 September.
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AI at work
Google challenged two EU orders that help rival AI in court.
Salesforce agreed to buy Listen Labs. Its AI interviews customers in 120 languages.
British Airways owner IAG chose a fuel-saving AI system for 600 aircraft.
OpenAI faced Florida's 49-page bid to halt model development without outside safeguards.
Anthropic said Sonnet 5.5 cut task costs up to 30%.
Meta saw its $2 billion buyout blocked. Manus gave AI agents wallets.
Samsung and affiliates committed $1 billion to AI infrastructure.
Adobe predicted AI-assisted traffic to US retail sites would rise 130%.
Nvidia cleared $150 billion to buy back shares. Apple's biggest was $110 billion.
AT&T moved 40% of its AI work to cheaper open models. It wants 70%.
Bain said AI needs $6 trillion in yearly sales by 2031.
OpenAI sought $30 billion, valuing it at $1.4 trillion, Bloomberg reported.
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