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ChatGPT's AI agents can now buy things for you
A small group of US ChatGPT Pro subscribers can add a card and ask a Dots agent to find and buy products. You'll still need to review each order and approve it with Face ID or a fingerprint.
The agent and merchant get a payment token rather than your card number.
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A communications outage grounded flights across the US
The FAA paused departures from airports nationwide on Friday after a telecommunications outage affected all US air traffic control centers.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of an attack, but airlines warned that disruption would continue.
Microsoft services are recovering after the global outage
The company reported broader improvements in North America on Friday, with gains in Europe and signs of recovery in Asia Pacific.
Outlook users may still see delayed email or unreliable connections after the disruption hit schools, healthcare providers and government services.
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AMD fell sharply as the chip stock rally reversed
AMD was down 10.5% by midday Friday, after climbing nearly 45% over the previous five sessions.
The reversal followed a report that restricted Nvidia chips had been installed at a Shanghai data center tied to a company founded by Alice Huang.
AI is now the top financial risk in a Fed survey
AI was named by 87% of respondents, up from half in the Federal Reserve's spring survey.
They pointed to high stock valuations, cyberattacks and complex AI financing, though the Fed described the financial system as fairly stable overall.
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Treasury chief blames Commerce for not blacklisting Megaspeed
Scott Bessent says Treasury, the Pentagon and other agencies had supported cutting the Nvidia customer off from US technology for months.
He also questioned whether Nvidia did enough to check its customers and prevent chips reaching China through intermediaries.
Gemini can now help you track your spending
US users can opt in to connect Google Wallet and ask about budgets, recurring charges or cash flow.
Gemini can't move your money, but Google says transaction summaries may be used for training depending on your activity settings, and people may review some chats.
Filings link restricted Nvidia chips to an Alice Huang-founded company
A Shanghai Longteng unit listed servers with restricted Nvidia chips as collateral, according to filings examined by Bloomberg.
Alice Huang, whose relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is under scrutiny, left the company in 2017, and the filings don't establish whether she helped procure the hardware.
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OpenAI folds its robotics researchers into broader AI teams
The company says its general-purpose AI models can be applied directly to robotics, so it no longer needs a stand-alone research group.
It says it's still developing a humanoid, with CEO Sam Altman targeting a first public demonstration in 2027.
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Hackers stole Uber drivers' data through Fireworks AI
Driver's license information for at least 7,870 people in three states was exposed in the Fireworks breach disclosed last month.
Uber says it has cut off its data connections with the AI provider and hasn't found any misuse of the information.
