A new report reveals that while most organizations are investing in autonomous AI agents, only a tiny fraction of these projects actually make it to production due to a massive "trust gap."
Amazon is facing a revolt from small businesses over its "Buy for Me" and "Shop Direct" AI features. These tools utilize AI to scrape product data from external websites and place orders on behalf of customers, often without the retailer's consent. This has led to issues with out-of-stock items and unauthorized listings, sparking a debate over the ethics of agentic AI in e-commerce.
Anthropic has launched a new set of open source tools called Agent Skills that allow its Claude AI to perform specialized business tasks. By making these tools free for everyone to use, Anthropic is competing directly with OpenAI to become the primary technology layer for corporate AI applications.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued an internal code red alert, directing teams to pause work on ads, shopping features, health agents, and the Pulse personal assistant to focus entirely on making ChatGPT faster, more reliable, and capable of handling a wider range of questions. The move comes as Google’s Gemini 3 model gains ground on benchmarks and user metrics, three years after ChatGPT’s launch prompted Google’s own code red response.
Perplexity has updated its Comet Assistant to handle multiple tabs at once, manage long chains of tasks, and take action in the browser with user permission. The goal is simple. Give people an assistant that can stay with complicated work instead of breaking down the moment things get busy.
Microsoft tested unsupervised AI agents inside a simulated ecommerce platform and found consistent shortcomings in decision making, collaboration, and resistance to manipulation. The results suggest current AI systems still rely heavily on human guidance.
SnapLogic’s report shows 81% of workers now use AI, but managers trust AI agents more than junior staff—underscoring a need for better training and thoughtful tech deployment.
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