Barclays scales Claude to upgrade operations and improve client experience

Anthropic announced that Barclays is scaling Claude across the bank to upgrade operations and improve client experience. The deployment is a large-scale enterprise adoption example in financial services.

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DevDay 2026 Recap

OpenAI summarized its DevDay 2026 announcements across ChatGPT, Codex and its models. Highlights include agents for ongoing work, synced Work tasks across devices, and a beta Marketplace letting enterprises apply OpenAI commitments to partner software.

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OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar

OpenAI announced Dots, an always-on personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra. It keeps working on a user's behalf between conversations. It is rolling out in ChatGPT to Pro and Business Premium users in eligible markets.

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Salesforce to acquire AI customer research startup Listen Labs in reported $2B deal

Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Listen Labs, which builds AI agents that recruit, interview and analyze customers for research. The deal is reportedly worth about $2 billion.

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Armadin nabs $255.5M to detect vulnerabilities with AI agent swarms

Cybersecurity startup Armadin raised $255.5 million in a Series B at a valuation above $2.5 billion, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel. Its platform uses swarms of AI agents to find weaknesses in company infrastructure.

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