The Register
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2 months ago
Anthropic released a set of financial agent templates for Claude that package skills, connectors to external data sources, and subagents to assist with tasks like customer screening, earnings review, and account reconciliation. Claude's Opus 4.7 model achieved 64.37 percent accuracy on Vals AI's Finance Agent benchmark. Users must review and approve Claude's work before it is used in client-facing operations or filed documents.
The Register
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2 months ago
IBM has added support for Google Vertex AI and Intel Gaudi to its Db2 Genius Hub, enabling AI agents to propose and execute database operations with user approval while maintaining human oversight. The tool promises to cut management costs by 25 percent, reduce manual intervention by 30 percent, and decrease time to resolution by 35 percent according to IBM's claims. This allows database administrators to focus on higher-level business decisions while AI handles routine monitoring and optimization tasks.
The Register
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2 months ago
ServiceNow expanded its AI Control Tower from a governance dashboard into an enterprise command center that now manages AI assets across multiple cloud providers and applications, addressing AI agent sprawl through discovery, observation, governance, security, and measurement capabilities. The platform can now map over 30 billion fine-grained permissions across systems and tracks every LLM call in real-time, while ServiceNow internally manages over 1,600 AI assets and has tracked $500 million in cumulative AI value from internal use cases in 2025. The new Action Fabric mechanism allows external AI agents from Claude, Copilot, and other platforms to trigger governed enterprise actions through ServiceNow's workflow engine, with every action audited and permission-scoped through the Control Tower.
OpenAI Blog
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2 months ago
OpenAI updated ChatGPT's default model to GPT-5.5 Instant, which produces more accurate responses and fewer hallucinations. The model includes enhanced personalization controls that let users customize how ChatGPT behaves based on individual preferences. Users switching to this default model can expect more reliable answers and greater control over the system's output characteristics.
OpenAI Blog
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2 months ago
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OpenAI launched a beta self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT that allows advertisers to create and manage campaigns directly within the platform. The system uses cost-per-click bidding alongside enhanced measurement tools while maintaining separation between user conversations and advertising content. Advertisers now have direct control over campaign creation instead of relying on OpenAI's sales team for ad placements.
