#ai-integration

#ai-integration

While chatting with ChatGPT, mention Spotify. The first time you do this, you'll be asked to connect your Spotify account (this is entirely opt-in, and you can connect or disconnect at any time). Ask ChatGPT for songs, podcasts, artists, playlists, or albums. You can say things like, "Make a workout playlist from the artists I listen to regularly," or ask for recommendations based on vibes, themes, or moods. Once your list is generated, you can tap a track to open it in the Spotify app.

According to Rajat Taneja, Visa's president of technology, the global payments company has woven AI into every part of its business. Employees across Visa are tapping AI in their everyday workflows for tasks ranging from data analysis to software development. The company has built more than 100 internal AI-powered business applications tailored to specific use cases and has over 2,500 engineers working specifically on AI. Visa is also using AI to create new products and services for its customers, such as faster onboarding, simplified processes for managing disputes, and infrastructure for agentic AI technologies.

The Clean Navigation system of the Matrix is a marked improvement over simple robot vacuums that navigate randomly. This tech instructs the vacuum to methodically vacuum in a specific grid pattern and repeatedly passing over the same areas until all dirt and debris have been removed. Rather than rely on the hope that, over time, the robot catches all places through random movement, you enjoy deliberate coverage that systematically takes on your whole floor area one step at a time.

"Overall, [Briggs] said, AI is becoming less of a rising star and more of an ambient operator that will quietly influence how organizations think about every process, product, and decision. 'AI is poised to evolve much like electricity-invisible in our daily lives but powering everything,' he said."

A huge amount of knowledge, information, and context is hidden in Slack conversations. This can now be used by AI. Slack has been critically examined by many organizations and developers in recent years. It was the preferred platform for many developers, but was then acquired by Salesforce. After that, the focus was heavily on integrating Slack into the Salesforce ecosystem.

Honor will launch the Magic8 series soon, and the devices will be powered by Qualcomm's recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. If you were wondering how well it would perform, no need to wonder anymore, as Honor's Li Kun has shared the Magic8's AnTuTu results on Weibo earlier today. As you can see from the screenshot below, the phone managed a total score of 4,166,339 in AnTuTu v11.

Florida Realtors and Virginia Realtors are investing in data-driven platforms, safety apps and legal support tools. Florida's SunStats offers statewide real estate data while Virginia provides a Legal Hotline and FOREWARN app for member safety Amid regulatory changes, lenders face significant compliance challenges with 64% of mortgage respondents reporting compliance issues leading to rework or legal exposure.

The company announced on Thursday that it plans to supercharge its Chrome browser with a raft of new AI features, including AI agents that will complete tasks for you, as it transitions one of its key products for the AI era. Google is also putting AI Mode - its more conversational take on traditional Google Search - right into the address bar via something it's calling the "omnibox." This will allow users to run searches in AI Mode without leaving the page they're on.

Microsoft has released its first preview of the Visual Studio 2026 IDE through the company's new Insiders channel, which replaces the old Preview channel for early access to upcoming features. The new IDE offers deeper integration of the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant, including a profiler agent that analyzes performance and suggests fixes. Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, announced September 9, can be downloaded at visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/.

Many buyers struggle to picture themselves in a home, especially when it's empty or styled differently from their own, the release states. Virtual Staging gives them a quick, interactive way to see how it could look and feel in a style they love. The launch of Virtual Staging is the first major integration Zillow has made since its acquisition of Virtual Staging AI last October.

The flagship series will offer powerful hardware that will use AI to deliver optimum performance when needed, Honor CEO James Li explained in a Weibo post. He added that the Magic8 series will run MagicOS 10 with a SOTA-level MagicGUI large language model. MagicOS 10 will offer deeper AI integration that can automate a wide range of tasks. The Magic8 series will also bring improved ecosystem integration.

The release of the Google Pixel 10 phones with deeply integrated AI features that offer impressive new capabilities has revealed the biggest gaps the iPhone 17 needs to fill. Many of the smartest AI services in the world are already on the iPhone as apps, and so there's the possibility that Apple could partner with them for deeper integrations. The new AI camera features in the Pixel 10 could be the biggest differentiator between it and the iPhone 17.

For decades, the mortgage industry has relied on automation to reduce errors, standardize workflows, and cut loan turn times. Now, AI is enhancing those systems with real-time data interpretation, predictive modeling, and intelligent decision support. For the first time, we're seeing AI extend far beyond basic productivity tools. Lenders are using it to improve lead scoring, accelerate underwriting, enhance fraud detection, and even support post-close analysis.

Rie Qudan expresses confidence that, despite her work being used to train AI, there remains an authentic part of her that cannot be copied.

"We've admired what Justin built with Unity MCP and how the community has rallied around it. By stepping in as its official steward, we're helping ensure that Unity developers have a reliable and continually improving gateway to AI-powered workflows, whether they use Coplay or not."

Around 2022, I started noticing a major shift in LinkedIn. Thought-provoking content was being replaced with shallow business ideas. There was a rise of generic advice, more ads started creeping into my feed, and people would connect with you but refuse to follow-up or respond to DMs.

GPT-5, OpenAI's most capable, intelligent, and fastest model, will soon be accessible to Apple users via iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26.

The legal tech industry is experiencing an unprecedented wave of consolidation, driven primarily by the demand for expanded AI capabilities among customers.

The new smart mode in Copilot allows the AI assistant to switch models for you to use deeper reasoning or quickly respond based on the task.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 is extremely lightweight and easy to sleep with on, even though its initial design felt bulky on my wrist.

Celona has launched AerFlex, the industry's first cloud-controlled, access point-only private 5G service designed for industrial environments requiring reliable, high-performance connectivity.

"If you're using ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot, they all do knowledge grounding with web search [...] our index can power deep research and AI summary features. Google and Bing's solutions are also pricey, and our index can offer power search features at a tenth of the cost," Christian Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, told TechCrunch.

"It's amazing how quickly it's moved from being a novelty to rapidly becoming part of the creative instinct itself," he says. Unlike previous technological disruptions like mobile or social media, which took years to reach boardrooms, AI is different.

The UK's eLearning market is expected to grow by USD 12.66 billion between 2025 and 2029, driven by the academic sector's growing adoption of learning process enhancements.