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Is your mother suddenly taken with her new agent? Does dad refuse to use the tech? Did your 14-year-old Zoomer kid give all his passwords to Mark Zuckerberg? bit.ly/4hdxwRo
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Marcus von Kapff didn't expect to return to JPMorgan after 20 years at the firm. But after a stint in the public sector, he's back at the bank, and his years away are proving invaluable. bit.ly/4hMccCx
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One analyst says Meta's new Muse agent is up there with ChatGPT and Claude as a transformational AI product. bit.ly/4yj6oX8
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AI can't take over your holiday shopping yet, a new study suggests. bit.ly/4xHrjlm
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A flip phone startup was getting flooded with intern job applications written by AI — until it made handwritten cover letters mandatory. bit.ly/4dnWISX
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"I got a rejection at 4 a.m. on that Saturday. I don't think a human had looked at my application at all, and that is shocking to me," Former Oracle employee Jerehmiah Jesse-Lantz told Business Insider. bit.ly/4hdPH9z
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BNP Paribas says the most likely next move for bond yields is up. bit.ly/4rs2W9S
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"I've realized that if you can't stop thinking about something, then it's a good idea, and you should just do it because the biggest thing holding you back is yourself," said Audrey Finocchiaro of The Nitro Bar. bit.ly/4dYXnu3
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Scott Wilson, the chief investment officer of Washington University in St. Louis, became the envy of his peers after a bold early bet on SpaceX helped vault the school into the ranks of America's wealthiest endowments. Now Wilson is sounding the alarm ... bit.ly/3TNUbuw
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Meta's Muse AI assistant has exploded popularity, which could spark a fierce rivalry with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Industry insiders predict a swift response from Sam Altman's team. bit.ly/4dVYavI
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The bulk of these appeared over the summer, surging from 350 jet-powered drones in June to 1,500 in July, before leaping to 2,850 in August, he said. bit.ly/3T3hUGT
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These are the biggest names in tech who showed up for dinner at the White House. bit.ly/4yVT6zF
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Kalshi is drawing major heat online after creator Elliot Choy accused the company of ripping off one of his videos for an ad — and making his face look like a white man's. bit.ly/4yVFl3Z
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Alexandr Wang dressed like every 20-something in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley lost their minds. bit.ly/4run1wp
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"This is mainly what we're doing to ourselves," the PayPal cofounder said. bit.ly/4xFUEN5
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White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US review, sources say. bit.ly/4iNmzqW
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Billionaire Peter Thiel says he's more interested in what Democrats decide to do in 2028. bit.ly/4AwTMNE
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Wall Street is questioning whether Oracle can deliver the capacity needed to support its AI business. bit.ly/4hLhPAY
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Have you ever called customer service and wondered “am I talking to an AI?” Now, call center reps are the ones asking the question.
With the rise of user-friendly agents such as Meta's Muse and the upstart Instinct, consumers are giving corporations a taste of their own medicine.
AI agents are increasingly being used to call customer-service lines, sit on hold, and try to negotiate bills or cancel subscriptions, all while the people they're "working" for don't lift a bureaucratic finger.
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A lawsuit filed against the Department of Education argued that student-loan borrowers' forgiven debt is being improperly reported to credit bureaus. bit.ly/4yk6lKO
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