#automation

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman clarifies that AI will accelerate white-collar work processes rather than eliminate roles entirely.

OpenAI launches six new Codex plugins targeting analysts, marketers, designers, and investors, expanding its 5M weekly users into non-technical workflows.

From tutoring to craft retail, solo entrepreneurs use AI assistants to automate scheduling, invoicing, and inventory—freeing time for high-value client work.

Health-care providers are adopting autonomous AI agents to automate insurance claims, scheduling, and triage, reducing clinician workload and improving patient outcomes.

Google rolls out Gemini Spark, an AI agent with calendar and email access, in beta. Early testers discover both impressive automation and awkward contextual errors.

Aaron Levie argues tech CEOs are making unrealistic AI automation decisions because they lack hands-on experience with deployment challenges.

AI agents are automating debt collection as delinquency surges, replacing human call-center workers in one of the lowest-satisfaction jobs.

ClickUp laid off 22% of staff while deploying 3,000 internal AI agents, raising questions about whether automation gains translate to business returns.

Project Open Hand partners with Chef Robotics to automate plating for medically tailored meals, addressing volunteer shortages in the Tenderloin.

The nine-state hospital system is using OpenAI's healthcare-specific model to automate documentation tasks, freeing clinicians to spend more time with patients.

Anthropic demonstrated autonomous coding at scale, with half of attendees shipping Claude-written code unseen.

Ramp's engineering team uses OpenAI's Codex to deliver pull request feedback in minutes, reducing manual review cycles and supporting internal agent development.

Figma releases an AI assistant that generates, edits, and automates design tasks using natural language prompts, competing against Canva and Adobe as revenue surges 46% YoY.

Google announced agentic features for Search, letting users create AI agents for real-time monitoring, booking, and alerts—without leaving Google's ecosystem.

Amazon founder pursues massive capital raise to buy manufacturing firms and modernize them through his AI startup Project Prometheus.