Kit Eaton

AI tech is pretty neat, but sometimes its usefulness seems elusive, and chatbots can seem like mere toys. That’s not so for a new AI system from Shopsense that taps into timely shopping cultural trends. Source link Kit Eaton

Agentforce marks the latest evolution of AI systems becoming capable of acting more like humans. In chats, it canact itsown–potentially taking on some sales-related tasks for Salesforce’s software customers. Source link Kit Eaton

About 3 percent of the unit’s workforce is cutas the tech giant sews up its acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard. Source link Kit Eaton

SpaceX published an unusually blunt statement condemning regulatory barriers slowing down its rocket program, even as a group of lawmakers said current FAA rules were risking the nation’s lead in the space race. Source link Kit Eaton

A group of senators seeks a probe into possible anticompetitive practices associated with trainingand keeping AI systems up to date by usingreams and reams of data, some of which is scraped from the original creators’ websites. Source link Kit Eaton

The goal of many small businesses is to grow as large as possible, but Google’s and Apple’s legal woes remind us that throwing your weight around as a market giant can have costly consequences Source link Kit Eaton

After a report said Tesla, a public company, could share revenues with xAI, his own startup, Musk quickly stepped in to quash the rumors. It’s a textbook CEO response, but still leaves many unanswered questions. Source link Kit Eaton

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk aren’t in competition for who has the biggest rocket (it’s Musk), but their space startups are definitely competitors–with very different business models and leadership styles. Source link Kit Eaton

‘Hey, Alexa. Explain yourself.’ Trump supporters were upset when Amazon’s voice assistant seemed to favor his opponent. An AI upgrade was to blame–reminding us of the tricky intersection of tech and politics. Source link Kit Eaton

One marketing agency says it’s sought permission to snoop in clauses buried deep in lengthy user agreements many ignore. Source link Kit Eaton