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Verisure Expands AI Outdoor Security Cameras to 12 Markets
Verisure expands GuardVision Outdoor, pairing AI detection with professional monitoring across 12 markets.
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Verisure expands GuardVision Outdoor, pairing AI detection with professional monitoring across 12 markets.
Walmart says income, shopping history and data shared with its Sparky AI assistant will not be used to charge customers personalized prices.
BlackRock has published a research paper arguing that broad AI adoption represents an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets, stablecoins, and blockchain-based payment infrastructure.
Spotify has begun rolling out Taste Profile to Premium subscribers in the United States, allowing users to see how the platform understands their listening habits and reshape recommendations using natural language.
OpenAI has automatically enabled marketing cookies for free ChatGPT users, sharing limited data such as cookie IDs and email addresses with advertising partners to promote its products on platforms including Instagram.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Word, a Microsoft add-in that brings ChatGPT's AI capabilities directly into Microsoft Word for drafting, editing, and formatting documents.
Instacart has launched Clementine, an AI-powered grocery shopping assistant that converts conversations, recipes, and grocery lists into ready-to-buy carts.
Google has added flight price tracking, hotel booking, and loyalty points display to AI Mode, its conversational search experience, positioning it as an end-to-end travel planning tool.
OpenAI has launched an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT, allowing users to connect their Messages inbox to the chatbot for drafting, sending, analyzing, and deleting texts.
Tether has announced plans to expand into consumer AI applications for emerging economies, centered on QVAC, a proprietary platform that runs AI processes directly on mobile devices without cloud dependency.
Revolut has integrated its crypto exchange Revolut X with third-party AI assistants including Claude, Gemini, OpenClaw, and Cursor, enabling users to manage portfolios and execute trades through natural language prompts.
Google has launched Gemini Spark for macOS in beta, bringing its AI desktop agent to Mac with file management capabilities, real-time topic tracking, and new app integrations including Google Tasks, Keep, Canva, and Dropbox.