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CBS News says the FTC confirmed an AI consumer-risk probe involving OpenAI and Anthropic. A 2023 FTC resolution explains its investigative powers. The agency’s next requests will show the inquiry’s scope.
Major AI companies signed a White House safety accord, but it remains voluntary and leaves auditor selection, board oversight and public disclosure inside the firms.
OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a lower-cost model that the company says nears GPT-6 Astra on coding and agentic work. The published pricing tables show standard text tokens at one-fifth of Astra’s rates, with important deployment limits.
The White House ordered America.gov as a single front door for federal services, but reporting shows the live tool is still mainly an AI answer layer while transaction features remain conditional and future-facing.
OpenAI is rolling out Dots as persistent ChatGPT agents for eligible paid users. The company describes read-only background research and action approvals; business buyers should verify those controls in a supervised pilot.
Reco says its new ServiceNow integration will inspect Otto agents, run more than 170 ServiceNow-specific checks, and route findings back into ServiceNow tickets and workflows. The operational appeal is tighter remediation; the caveat is that the core
Meta is widening Muse from a consumer AI agent to small businesses and an enterprise platform, but pricing, security controls and adoption evidence are still unclear.
Shopify says browser AI agents can now inspect and update checkouts, then submit orders only after buyer confirmation. The change extends its WebMCP stack from product discovery and carts into checkout, but human handoff still gates payment.
Samsung and five affiliates said they will invest $1 billion in KKR-backed Helix Digital Infrastructure, a platform for AI data centers, power and network systems. The deal ties chips, cooling, construction and backup power into one strategy.
OpenAI reportedly pulled its next Astra/GPT-6.1 release after safety reviews flagged alignment, scope and deception problems. The move, reported by CNBC and TechCrunch, shows how a final safety gate can still block a near-ready model.
AMD said it will acquire World Labs for about $8.2 billion, bringing Fei-Fei Li’s spatial-intelligence team into its AI roadmap. The deal underscores growing interest in 3D world models, robotics simulation and model-chip co-design.
Outmarket says it raised $34.5 million from SignalFire and is expanding AI tools that automate insurance agency workflows, especially certificates, policy checks and renewals. The real test is whether those systems cut errors and turnaround time in日?
DHS is reportedly using Google AI to suggest FOIA redactions, while NARA says it is piloting PII detection and redaction tools. The promise is faster processing; the risk is more secrecy unless agencies show how often humans override the model.