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Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, told investors during the Q2 earnings call 📈 that the platform is evolving into an AI-enabled shopping assistant, powered by proprietary multimodal AI, visual search, conversational search, and AI-driven ads for personalized style recommendations. Addressing concerns over the “agentic web,” Ready said autonomous AI shopping is still far from mainstream, while highlighting Pinterest’s push for positive, responsible AI engagement and improved generative content quality. Q2 revenue hit $998M, with Gen Z making up over half of monthly users. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eEYy_fR6 #AI #Ecommerce #Pinterest #VisualSearch #ConversationalAI #Advertising #GenZ #BillReady

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the GPT-5 team hosted a lively AMA on Reddit, Inc.’s r/ChatGPT, tackling questions on the new model, user concerns, and the viral “chart crime” from its launch. Altman revealed a faulty real-time router had made GPT-5 seem weaker than GPT-4o at launch, confirmed it’s now fixed , and announced plans to double Plus user rate limits. He also said the team is considering reinstating GPT-4o for Plus subscribers while refining GPT-5 with community feedback. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/e5e2B_it #AI #GPT5 #OpenAI #AMA #ArtificialIntelligence #ProductUpdate #SamAltman

Alaan الآن, co-founded by Parthi Duraisamy and Karun Kurien, has raised $48M in one of the largest Series A rounds in the Middle East, led by Peak XV Partners with support from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Pioneer Fund, and regional leaders Hosam Arab, Mudassir Sheikha, and Khalid Al Ameri. Since launching in 2022, the AI-driven spend management platform has processed over 2.5M transactions for clients like G42, Careem, Tabby, and Lulu Group, saving finance teams 1.5M+ hours of manual work. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eeRdVzdE #Fintech #Funding #AI #SpendManagement #SeriesA #MiddleEast

Kotoba Technologies, Inc. Technologies has secured USD 11.83M in Seed 2 funding led by Globis Capital Partners and Boost Capital, with participation from SIP Capital and prominent global angel investors. Co-founders Noriyuki Kojima, Ph.D. and Jungo Kasai, Ph.D. are driving breakthrough AI-powered simultaneous translation, already showcased at NVIDIA AI Summit Japan with sub-500ms latency. With the release of DOTSU and cutting-edge speech-to-speech models, Kotoba is set for global deployments this August. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/ej_aPGHz #AI #SpeechAI #TranslationTech #Funding #LanguageTechnology #KotobaTech Justin Turkat Thomas Wolf Yusuke Shimomura Hugging Face

Will AI agents change the web? A research team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 上海交通大学, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Liverpool, and other institutions say it will. The team reports we're entering the "Agentic Web," which would be the internet’s third major era, one defined by autonomous AI agents that plan, negotiate and execute tasks without human intervention. The Agentic Web will redefine the internet through: → Autonomous AI agents powered by large language models, executing complex, multi-step workflows → A shift from human-driven search and feeds to agent-driven actions, such as booking flights or compiling research autonomously → New economic models, like the "Agent Attention Economy," where services compete for agent selection via APIs and registries → Evolving web architecture, with hyperlinks as coordination channels and agent orchestrators replacing traditional search engines This research further suggests that such a transformation could shift how value is created and tasks are fulfilled online. For the full article, find the link below. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eSgv3NNy #AIAgent #AgenticAI #Internet #AIResearch

Tesla is shutting down its Dojo supercomputer team, marking the end of its in-house chip program for autonomous driving. Dojo lead Peter Bannon will depart, with remaining staff moving to other compute and data center roles. The shift follows the launch of DensityAI by around 20 former Dojo engineers and will see Tesla deepen partnerships with NVIDIA, AMD, and Samsung Electronics, which recently signed a $16.5B deal to produce Tesla’s AI6 inference chips. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eBdyMJd4 #AI #AutonomousDriving #Supercomputing #Semiconductors #ArtificialIntelligence #Tesla #Dojo #NVIDIA #AMD #Samsung #DensityAI

Meta has acquired WaveForms AI, the AI audio startup known for hyper-realistic voice tech, in its second major AI audio deal this month after PlayAI. Co-founders Alexis Conneau and Coralie Lemaitre join Meta as part of its new Superintelligence Labs, bringing expertise in solving the “Speech Turing Test” and developing “Emotional General Intelligence” for human-like, emotionally aware AI speech. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eSvuNTN2 #AI #VoiceAI #GenerativeAI #AudioTechnology #MergersAndAcquisitions #Meta #WaveForms #PlayAI #SuperintelligenceLabs

Elon Musk has revealed plans to embed advertising directly into responses from Grok, X’s AI chatbot, allowing paid suggestions to appear when users seek solutions—aimed at boosting X’s ad business. The initiative will leverage xAI technology to enhance targeting and help offset GPU infrastructure costs, following xAI’s $45B acquisition of X earlier this year. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eSs7DR_Z #AI #Advertising #GenerativeAI #Chatbots #AdTech #xAI #Grok #ElonMusk

OpenAI has launched GPT-5, its first “unified” AI model blending the reasoning power of the o-series with the speed of GPT, now the default for all free ChatGPT users. Designed for building AI agents rather than simple chatbots, GPT-5 can autonomously handle tasks from app creation to calendar management and research briefs, with a real-time router for optimal speed and accuracy. The model offers reduced hallucinations, stronger safety, and API access in multiple sizes with higher limits for Plus, Pro, and enterprise customers. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eYtKCc9y #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GPT5 #MachineLearning #AIagents #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Airbnb posted Q2 revenue of $3.1B and EPS of $1.03, beating expectations, while detailing its growing AI strategy. CEO Brian Chesky emphasized that AI chatbots aren’t yet ready to replace search engines like Google. Current AI projects include a customer service agent using 13 models trained on tens of thousands of conversations—already reducing U.S. guest requests to human agents by 15%—with multilingual support and agentic capabilities coming in 2025, plus AI-powered search and potential third-party AI integrations next year. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/euavheqx #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Earnings #TravelTech #MachineLearning #Airbnb #BrianChesky #Google