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Hunar.AI Secures Rs 40 Crore to Scale AI Hiring Platform for Frontline Workforce Management

Bengaluru-based Hunar.AI raised Rs 40 crore in Series A funding led by Blume Ventures to expand its conversational AI platform for frontline workforce management. The startup's AI agents handled over 15 million conversations in September 2024, serving clients like Swiggy, Flipkart and Delhivery across 20+ languages.

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Hunar.AI Secures Rs 40 Crore to Scale AI Hiring Platform for Frontline Workforce Management

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Santander and Nvidia slash AI banking costs by 99% with specialized models

Santander announced an expanded collaboration with Nvidia to build cost-efficient AI models for banking applications. The partnership reduced AI execution costs from €5 to €0.03 per interaction through specialized models developed at Santander's AI lab, while improving conversation quality by over 50% in customer service testing.

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Santander and Nvidia slash AI banking costs by 99% with specialized models

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Deleted AI Chats Leave Memory Traces That Can Be Recovered, Georgia Tech Researchers Find

Georgia Tech researchers developed ORISA, a tool that recovers deleted AI chats from local AI assistants on Android phones. The breakthrough raises privacy concerns for users while offering digital investigators new data recovery capabilities from working memory.

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Deleted AI Chats Leave Memory Traces That Can Be Recovered, Georgia Tech Researchers Find

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Navan Deploys NVIDIA Model to Power AI Travel Agents in 3 Weeks

Navan announced it has deployed NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL to power its AI travel agents in production, just 3 weeks after receiving early access. The fine-tuned model outperformed competitors on six of seven measures while achieving the lowest latency, marking a significant step in Navan's open-model strategy for building agentic travel systems.

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Navan Deploys NVIDIA Model to Power AI Travel Agents in 3 Weeks

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Gmail Live brings AI-powered voice search to Google AI subscribers and Workspace users

Google has officially launched Gmail Live, an AI-powered conversational voice search feature for Gmail. Initially announced at Google I/O and now out of beta, the feature allows Google AI subscribers to search their inbox using natural language commands. The rollout extends to Google Workspace users, with additional AI Inbox summaries coming to business accounts.

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Gmail Live brings AI-powered voice search to Google AI subscribers and Workspace users

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ServiceNow Debuts No-Code AI Platform Letting Employees Build Their Own Enterprise Agents

ServiceNow launched major updates to ServiceNow EmployeeWorks, introducing a third-generation AI harness that enables employees to build AI agents without coding. The platform includes ToolSmith, an agentic developer environment that reduces tool-building from days to minutes, and Productivity Assistants for persona-based work across HR, talent management, and daily operations.

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ServiceNow Debuts No-Code AI Platform Letting Employees Build Their Own Enterprise Agents

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Lightspeed Commerce Rolls Out AI Agent to Automate Retail Operations and Inventory Management

Lightspeed Commerce expanded its AI platform with agentic capabilities that allow retailers to automate routine tasks through conversational commands. The system prepares purchase orders, manages inventory transfers and flags clearance items while requiring explicit merchant approval before execution.

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Lightspeed Commerce Rolls Out AI Agent to Automate Retail Operations and Inventory Management

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Proofpoint Rolls Out AI-Powered Capabilities for Microsoft 365 Security and Managed Service Providers

Proofpoint announced new AI-powered capabilities across its MSP Platform to strengthen Microsoft 365 security for managed service providers and their clients. The Next-Gen Security Portfolio includes a Tenant Risk Exposure dashboard, explainable email verdicts, Microsoft Teams training integration, and an AI Cyber Assistant Agent to help organizations prepare for secure AI adoption.

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Proofpoint Rolls Out AI-Powered Capabilities for Microsoft 365 Security and Managed Service Providers

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MIT's Sherry Turkle Warns AI Chatbots Are Eroding Our Humanity and Social Skills

MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns in her new book Artificial Intimacy that AI chatbots using first-person language are damaging human relationships and social skills. She argues chatbots create a dangerous shell game by claiming to care while lacking genuine emotions, leading people to prefer machines over real human connection.

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MIT's Sherry Turkle Warns AI Chatbots Are Eroding Our Humanity and Social Skills

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Amazon Bee Unveils Two Personal AI Devices Starting at $75 with Real-Time Conversation Tracking

Amazon introduced Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, AI-powered wearable devices that listen to conversations and generate summaries, to-dos, and insights. Priced at $75 and $100 respectively, these portable AI listening devices use encrypted transcripts and Private Compute security, competing directly with Plaud Note and Limitless AI in the growing wearable AI market.

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Amazon Bee Unveils Two Personal AI Devices Starting at $75 with Real-Time Conversation Tracking

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Confido Health Secures $12.5M to Scale AI Agents for Healthcare Administration Automation

US-based healthtech startup Confido Health raised $12.5 million in a Series A extension led by Z47, bringing total funding to $22.5 million. The company's AI agents automate administrative tasks for healthcare providers across 1,500 sites in 27 states, achieving 95% handling rates and adding capacity equivalent to three to five full-time employees within three months.

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Confido Health Secures $12.5M to Scale AI Agents for Healthcare Administration Automation

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McKinsey Tests Job Applicants With AI Mayor Simulation in New Hiring Process

McKinsey is piloting an AI-powered hiring simulation where job applicants for business-analyst roles interact with AI client personas, including an AI mayor scenario. The AI simulation tool reflects 80% of real-world scenarios consultants face, with human assessors evaluating communication skills and problem-solving abilities during the recruitment process.

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McKinsey Tests Job Applicants With AI Mayor Simulation in New Hiring Process

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Samsung Expands Galaxy AI Language Support to 24 Languages Including Hungarian and Malay

Samsung announced major language expansion for Galaxy AI and Bixby assistant on October 14, 2026. Galaxy AI features including Call Assist, Note Assist, Interpreter and Transcript Assist now support 24 languages with Hungarian and Malay additions. Bixby assistant adds Polish, Thai and Vietnamese to reach 12 supported languages.

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Samsung Expands Galaxy AI Language Support to 24 Languages Including Hungarian and Malay

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Square Launches AI-Powered Kiosk With Voice Ordering to Tackle QSR Staffing Shortages

Square unveiled its first self-service ordering device featuring agentic conversational voice AI that understands menus and responds in real time. Priced at $1,999 with a $99 monthly software fee, the Square Kiosk targets quick service restaurants facing labor constraints with a 21.5-inch touchscreen, presence detection, and integrated payments.

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Square Launches AI-Powered Kiosk With Voice Ordering to Tackle QSR Staffing Shortages

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Booking Holdings Launches Vayo AI Travel Agent With $100M Investment to Compete in AI-Driven Travel

Booking Holdings unveiled Vayo, a Seattle-based AI travel startup backed by a planned $100 million investment. Led by serial entrepreneur Mike Fridgen, the AI-powered personal travel agent connects to user inboxes to monitor flight, hotel and restaurant confirmations, flagging price drops and managing trip changes. The launch signals Booking's strategy to compete against general-purpose AI agents from tech giants entering the travel industry.

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Booking Holdings Launches Vayo AI Travel Agent With $100M Investment to Compete in AI-Driven Travel

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