3 November · UTC

Before the first meeting.

What changed in AI that should reach a business owner before the first meeting.

40 items · about 16 min · Business lens

• Capital/Bloomberg Technology · 3 Nov

  Uber President, Longtime Executive Hazelbaker Departs for OpenAI

  Uber Technologies Inc. President Jill Hazelbaker is leaving the ride-hailing giant to lead communications at OpenAI, becoming the latest veteran executive to depart Uber this year.

• Capital/CNBC Technology · 3 Nov

  CrowdStrike launches AI kill switch that it says can stop internal agents that go rogue

  CrowdStrike launched an AI kill switch that the company says can stop internal agents, block relaunches and cut enterprise network access.

• Capital/TechCrunch AI · 3 Nov

  AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges

  The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.

• Capital/Bloomberg Technology · 3 Nov

  Delivery App Grab Sees Return on AI, Says CFO

  Grab CFO Peter Oey says the company is seeing returns from its use of AI tools in the form of higher spending by customers. The ride-hailing, delivery and financial services app raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts. Oey joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech" to discuss…

• Capital/Bloomberg Technology · 3 Nov

  AllianceBernstein’s Yu Urges Investors to Diversify Beyond AI

  Investors who rode the technology rally this year should look beyond the biggest tech stocks as growing doubts about the artificial intelligence boom rattle markets, says AllianceBernstein’s head of equities Nelson Yu.

• Capital/CNBC Technology · 3 Nov

  Jim Cramer likes CrowdStrike's new 'AI kill switch' and the cyber stock

  Jim Cramer sees the tool as a significant growth driver for CrowdStrike and a breakthrough for the broader industry.

• Capital/TechCrunch AI · 3 Nov

  Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood

  The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in the mood for.

• Capital/CNBC Technology · 3 Nov

  Meta seeks to raise up to $25 billion in debt sale as AI spending jumps

  Meta is aiming to raise between $20 billion and $25 billion in a bond sale as the company ramps up spending on infrastructure and AI models and services.

• Capital/CNBC Technology · 3 Nov

  AI-generated 'slopaganda' in political ads puts internet platforms on alert

  Tuesday's midterm elections follow record spending on AI-generated political ads.

• Capital/TechCrunch AI · 3 Nov

  Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute

  At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.

• Cloud/Google Cloud Blog · 3 Nov

  Leading in the agentic era: How to put people first as you adopt AI agents

  <div class="block-paragraph_advanced"><p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Over the past few years, our Google Cloud Consulting team has partnered with many companies to introduce AI into their daily operations.</span></p> <p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">In that…

• Cloud/AWS Machine Learning · 3 Nov

  Bring structured and unstructured data together with Amazon Quick

  Amazon Quick brings structured and unstructured data together in one experience. In this post, you connect Amazon S3 as a knowledge base, enrich a dataset, build a Space, and create a custom chat agent that answers business questions across both data types through a single…

• Cloud/AWS Machine Learning · 3 Nov

  ServiceNow on-behalf-of token exchange with Bedrock AgentCore Gateway

  Learn how to configure Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway for an on-behalf-of (OBO) token exchange with Microsoft Entra ID, so an AI agent can call the ServiceNow REST API while preserving the calling user's identity. AgentCore Gateway performs the exchange natively, with no…

• Cloud/AWS Machine Learning · 3 Nov

  How Gen Digital built Norton Revamp’s AI-curated News Engine with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Web Search

  Gen Digital built Norton Revamp, a generative AI-powered professional reputation management platform, with an AI-curated News Engine grounded by Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. See how the Gen team delivers real-time, cited content suggestions, goal setting, and news…

• Cloud/AWS Machine Learning · 3 Nov

  Build a semantic layer for agentic AI with EDB Postgres AI and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

  Learn how to build a governed semantic layer for agentic AI inside EDB Postgres AI and query it from a Strands Agents agent on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Business meaning, join paths, and access control all live in Postgres, with GRANT and row-level security enforcing what each…

• Capital/TechCrunch AI · 3 Nov

  Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search

  Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.

• Cloud/NVIDIA Blog · 3 Nov

  AI Is Changing How Semiconductor Fabs Work — and Engineers Are Moving Faster Because of It

  Demand for advanced chips is rising. The processes to build them are getting more complex. And the margin for error is shrinking. For engineers, understanding how a process change will behave, how a material will interact with a new step, how a defect maps back to a root cause…

• Watch/AI News & Strategy Daily · 3 Nov

  You've Never Lost $19 Billion. So Why Are You Playing It Safer Than Zuckerberg?

  10 million people set up Meta's personal AI agent, Muse, in six weeks. That came after Reality Labs lost $19.2 billion in 2025 alone. Here are three things Zuckerberg did that you can copy without his money: who they hired, the details nobody asked for, and swinging again after…

  

• Watch/IBM Technology · 3 Nov

  Can Your AI Use Sensitive Data Safely? 5 Capabilities You Need

  Learn more about Digital Sovereignty here → https://ibm.biz/~Wxx0y9d9w Sensitive data makes AI powerful, but also risky. Jeff Crume explains five essential capabilities for using sensitive data safely across AI systems, agents, tools, and RAG pipelines. Learn how visibility,…

  

• CIO stack/OpenAI News · 3 Nov

  Accelerating engineering for the physical world

  Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across the physical world.

• Cloud/Google Cloud Blog · 3 Nov

  Introducing Physical-Engineering’s Last Exam for agents

  <div class="block-paragraph_advanced"><p><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Authors: Burak Gokturk, VP Research & Development; Rujun Han, Research Scientist; George Lee, Product Manager.</span></p> <hr/> <p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Today,…

• CIO stack/OpenAI News · 3 Nov

  How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI

  Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.

• CIO stack/OpenAI News · 3 Nov

  Heimstaden is changing residential real estate management with AI

  Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empower employees across Europe.

• Cloud/NVIDIA Blog · 3 Nov

  Cities Worldwide Build and Scale AI Services With NVIDIA Physical and Agentic AI

  Cities generate enormous amounts of data from cameras, sensors and operational systems, but turning it into useful action — for planning, maintenance and public services — remains a challenge. Physical and agentic AI offer new ways to close that gap, from digital twins for…

• CIO stack/OpenAI News · 3 Nov

  OpenAI appoints Jill Hazelbaker as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

  Jill Hazelbaker will join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, leading the company’s global communications and corporate positioning.

• Watch/AI News & Strategy Daily · 2 Nov

  Big Tech is shifting, and you need to pay attention #tech #ai #business

  On October 27, Salesforce made Microsoft's AI agents easier to use. The same day, Oracle said it's bringing its apps into ChatGPT. Rivals are opening doors for rivals, and nobody does that out of generosity. The full breakdown, plus 8 questions to ask any AI agent vendor:…

• In the field/Google AI · 2 Nov

  The latest AI news we announced in October 2026

  Animated carousel of images from AI posts in October

• Cloud/Google Cloud Blog · 2 Nov

  What Google Cloud announced in AI this month

  <div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="wws10"><b><i>Editor’s note</i></b><i>: Want to keep up with the latest from Google Cloud? Check back here for a monthly recap of our latest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more.</i></p><hr/><p…

• Watch/IBM Technology · 2 Nov

  Context-Aware Coding: Give AI Agents the Right Context

  Learn more about Agentic Coding here → https://ibm.biz/~YeRLqinv2 A good prompt isn't enough for good AI code. Legare Kerrison explains how context helps AI coding agents understand your repository, dependencies, tests, and intent. Learn how to give agents the right context…

  

• Watch/AI News & Strategy Daily · 1 Nov

  Salesforce Just Helped Microsoft. You're Picking The Winner Of A Trillion-Dollar Fight.

  AI agents are turning Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle and OpenAI into rivals for the same job: running the AI agents your business depends on. Here's why rivals are opening doors for each other, and how to choose the AI agent platform that runs your work. Full post:…

  

• Watch/IBM Technology · 1 Nov

  What Is torch.compile? Dynamo, PyTorch & Faster AI Models Explained

  Learn more about Faster AI Models here → https://ibm.biz/~9RJjTpaDF One line can change how your AI model runs. Avery Blanchard explains how torch.compile, Dynamo, AOT Autograd, and Inductor optimize PyTorch models. Learn how graph breaks, recompilation, and kernel fusion affect…

  

• Watch/AI News & Strategy Daily · 31 Oct

  The Future Of The Internet Isn't Open For Your Agent. Muse, Dots And Claude Duet Will Find Out.

  AI agents like Muse, Claude Duet, dots, Grok Bot and Instinct want to book your flights, buy your stuff and manage your accounts. After Black October, the websites they need have a real reason to keep them out. Here's who decides what your AI agent can do, and how to pick one…

  

• CIO stack/Databricks · 30 Oct

  Databricks and SAP unleash end-to-end data & AI capabilities to level up enterprise AI transformation

  Today's AI models are more capable than ever. What they still lack is the business...

• CIO stack/Databricks · 30 Oct

  Wealth Management Client Onboarding Needs More Than AI

  Wealth Management client onboarding can stall even when every system has done its job. The document is collected...

• CIO stack/Databricks · 30 Oct

  Deliberate decisions and enterprise AI value

  AI progress is moving quickly. Expectations are rising, experimentation is spreading...

• Watch/IBM Technology · 30 Oct

  AI Exposes Legacy Code

  AI is forcing teams to revisit abandoned code. What dependencies are lurking? Time to modernize your stack before vulnerabilities strike. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find us on YouTube: 🔵 IBM…

• Cloud/NVIDIA Blog · 30 Oct

  Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals

  While science fiction lore tells us that humans will meet extraterrestrial life in the form of little green men, the detail that should raise hairs this Halloween is this: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence took a major leap forward with AI, and it increasingly focuses…

• CIO stack/Salesforce News · 29 Oct

  Even Within an Organization, There Is No Single AI Strategy

  AI is still jagged. Your enterprise strategy should be, too.

• Cloud/NVIDIA Blog · 29 Oct

  Into the Omniverse: How Developers Turn Ideas Into Simulations With Frontier AI Agents

  Turning a simulation idea into a working application means assembling assets, connecting physics and rendering, and checking that the scene behaves as intended. Developers are combining frontier AI models with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries to help carry out that work — building…