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Leaders today face critical challenges when going from AI ambition to practical implementation.
One of the biggest obstacles is integration.
While integration is critical to unlocking AI's value, CIOs may not feel fully prepared to manage and integrate AI technology into their existing business.
This can lead to AI agents and assistants operating in silos which can be a barrier to progress.
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🛒 OpenAI launches shopping inside ChatGPT
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- OpenAI has launched Instant Checkout in the US for all users, allowing people to buy single items with a "Buy" button directly inside of a regular ChatGPT conversation.
- The system is built on the open-source Agentic Commerce Protocol developed with Stripe, which passes a shopper’s order details directly to the merchant for payment processing and fulfillment.
- Merchants pay a small fee on completed sales, but OpenAI says that whether a product supports Instant Checkout will not influence how its results are ranked in the chatbot.
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🎧 Spotify founder Daniel Ek is stepping down as CEO
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- Spotify founder Daniel Ek is stepping down from the CEO role he has held since 2006, transitioning to become the music streaming company’s new executive chairman by year's end.
- The company is replacing him with two in-house co-CEOs: current co-presidents Gustav Söderström, the chief product and technology officer, and Alex Norström, the chief business officer.
- Ek stated the new titles match how Spotify already operates, and his new focus will be on the company's long-term direction while remaining deeply connected to the board.
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🤖 Anthropic's new Sonnet model can code for 30 hours
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- Anthropic just launched its new Claude Sonnet 4.5 model, designed to code on its own for up to 30 hours, a substantial increase over Claude Opus 4’s seven-hour limit.
- The updated Sonnet version is better at following instructions and can use a person's computer to take actions, improving on a feature the company introduced a year ago.
- Co-founder Jared Kaplan says Sonnet 4.5 is stronger than the high-end Opus model, adding that an improved version of Opus will likely come out later this year.
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⚖️ YouTube settles Trump lawsuit for $24.5 million
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- YouTube is paying $22 million to settle the lawsuit from Donald Trump over his account suspension, with the money funding construction of the White House State Ballroom through a nonprofit.
- The settlement also includes payments of $2.5 million from the online video platform to a host of other Trump allies, including a specific payment to the American Conservative Union.
- This follows similar legal settlements from other major tech companies, including a $25 million payment from Meta and another $10 million agreement reached with Elon Musk's platform X.
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👨⚖️ California passes first major AI safety law
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- California's new law, SB 53, requires large AI labs including OpenAI and Google DeepMind to be transparent about their safety protocols and provides whistleblower protections for their employees.
- The bill establishes a system for companies and the public to report potential critical safety incidents to the state’s Office of Emergency Services, creating an official channel for AI-related alerts.
- Firms must now disclose when a model is responsible for deceptive behavior or crimes committed without human oversight, such as cyberattacks, which goes beyond requirements in the EU AI Act.
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🎥 OpenAI to release a social app for AI videos
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- OpenAI is reportedly building a social app for Sora 2 with a TikTok-style feed where users can scroll through personalized, AI-generated videos that are up to 10 seconds long.
- The app will ask users to confirm their identity using facial recognition, which then allows their personal likeness to be tagged and included by other people in their video creations.
- You will supposedly get a notification whenever your likeness is used in a video, even if the generated clip is only saved to a user's drafts and is never actually posted.
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