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Lead story / Tools / Nov 14, 2026Google Gemini trains on your chats even if you pay, and there is no opt-out
Google Gemini uses your saved chat history to train its AI models, even on paid personal subscriptions, and there is no setting to stop it short of turning off chat history entirely. Human reviewers can also read those chats.Just in
- Agents / Nov 13, 2026ChatGPT now lets businesses claim a profile and deploy AI agents for customers
- Agents / Nov 13, 2026ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents buy things for you with your approval
- Tools / Nov 12, 2026Gemini in Chrome can now summarize any webpage as you browse
- Tools / Nov 12, 2026Claude can now join your video calls and turn the conversation into tasks
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- Agents / Nov 13, 2026ChatGPT now lets businesses claim a profile and deploy AI agents for customersOpenAI launched Businesses in ChatGPT on 10 November, letting companies claim a profile, manage their information, and deploy AI agents that answer customer questions inside ChatGPT. If your business or a competitor is already on ChatGPT, this changes how 1.2 billion weekly users discover and interact with you.
- Agents / Nov 13, 2026ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents buy things for you with your approvalOpenAI has launched ChatGPT Wallet, letting its Dots AI agents complete purchases on your behalf without sharing your real card details. It is rolling out now for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the US.
Agents / Nov 7, 2026Perplexity launches always-on AI Teammates for work at $200 a monthPerplexity has launched Teammates, a feature that lets AI agents handle ongoing work tasks without needing a new prompt each time. It is only available on the $200-a-month Max plan.
Industry / Oct 23, 2026Uber gives all 30,000 employees access to ChatGPT WorkUber has rolled out ChatGPT Work to its entire global workforce of more than 30,000 people, making it the company's first company-wide deployment of an agentic platform for knowledge work. The move shows how large enterprises are now standardising AI tools across every team, not just technical ones.
Agents / Oct 23, 2026Claude Duet works in the background and messages you firstAnthropic has launched Claude Duet, an AI agent that completes a task with several steps for you, not just one answer, and can reach out to you without waiting for a prompt. It connects to your email, calendar and business apps, sends a morning briefing, and flags anything that needs a decision.
Agents / Oct 16, 2026Copilot Studio agents can now hold memory and work without being askedMicrosoft has added persistent agent accounts and business process memory to Copilot Studio, letting organisations hand off recurring work to an AI agent that remembers context and acts on its own when triggered. The 30 new Dynamics 365 CRM skills also extend what those agents can do inside sales and customer-service workflows.
Tools / Oct 16, 2026ChatGPT can now read and control your Chrome tabs to fill formsOpenAI updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension on 15 October to let the AI read your open tabs and, in Work mode, click and type inside them to fill forms, send messages and download files. The extension is listed as available for all ChatGPT plans, though it is not confirmed which plans get the full tab-control feature.
Agents / Oct 15, 2026Google's Gemini Enterprise agent handles workplace tasks for business usersGoogle unveiled Gemini Enterprise at its 'Gemini at Work 2026' event on 8 October, bringing a single AI agent that completes multi-step workplace tasks across Gmail, Drive, Docs and more. It is included at no extra cost in existing Workspace Business and Enterprise subscriptions.
Agents / Oct 9, 2026A Grok Bot posted a CEO's bank balance to company Slack by mistakeA personal AI agent confused two similarly named chat channels and sent a CEO's bank balances and spending details to his company's executive Slack channel. The incident is a clear warning about what can go wrong when you connect personal accounts to AI agents at work.
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