AI at work
OpenAI found a recorder plugged into its boardroom TV. Its AI traced an engineer.
OpenAI found the device on 30 September in a USB port behind a television in an executive conference room at its San Francisco office.
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
ERP programmes
IFS polled 2,200 industrial bosses on AI. Only 4% require human sign-off.
SAP puts engineers inside customers. What they build becomes software for the industry.
Workday unveiled four agents on autopilot. Customer Dow has not switched one on.
SAP offered some AI to on-premise users. Half their maintenance must move to cloud.
AI at work
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Workday unveiled four autopilot AI agents. Dow, a customer since 2019, has activated none.
Sony unveiled its Nintendo partnership in 1991. Hours later, Nintendo chose Philips.
La-Z-Boy let Workday's AI summarise up to 80,000 staff comments. It says turnover fell.
Atari started on about $500. Its Pong machine broke, jammed with quarters.
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