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Meta Brings Sundial’s AI Analytics Team Inside
Meta acquired Sundial, adding its AI analytics technology and team to a new internal unit developing tools for analysis, experimentation and monitoring.
Gemtek and Starman Plan U.S. Optical Transceiver Joint Venture
Gemtek and Starman plan U.S. production of 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers, with a New Jersey facility and mass production targeted within six months.
OpenAI’s FDE Model Puts Engineers Inside Enterprise Workflows
OpenAI says its forward-deployed engineers work with customers to put AI into production, then turn successful custom builds into reusable workflows.
Uber Extends ChatGPT Work to More Than 30,000 Staff
Uber is expanding ChatGPT Work from a 1,000-person pilot to more than 30,000 employees, connecting workplace apps as it tests AI agents at scale.
Walmart Gives AI Agents a Checkout, With Guardrails
Walmart is opening shopping to AI agents with per-agent profiles, spending limits and approvals, while blocking access to customers’ payment-card data.
ABB Links Record Orders to AI Data-Center Power Demand
ABB reports record $12.055 billion orders as AI data-center demand surges, alongside its Infinitus DC portfolio and Japan power-distribution expansion.
Disney Offers Jobs to Majority of Character.AI Workforce
Disney’s Character.AI deal would offer jobs to at least 60 workers for an estimated $60 million in annual compensation as bankruptcy proceedings continue.
SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 Sets a 32-Payload Oct. 20 Run
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon-5 is targeting Oct. 20 after a weather scrub, carrying 32 payloads—from Starfall to ICEYE and Xona—from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
Anthropic Plans 5% Share Commitment to Public-Benefit Fund
Anthropic will place 5% of its shares into a public-benefit LLC, with possible increases tied to company growth and a ban on lobbying and political giving.