Shopping by chat hits Walmart; Kayak ships an AI travel agent. Anthropic rolls out Claude Haiku 4.5 for cheaper agent teams. OpenAI locks a 10 GW custom chip deal. California regulates companion bots. DeepMind helps steer fusion plasma. Plus: Swiss SMEs ramp up real AI use.
AI moved from demo to duty this week. Real deployments in support, finance and travel; fresh model and agent tools from OpenAI and Google; new rules from Brussels and watchdogs; standout research in space and materials; plus what it means for Swiss SMEs. All signal: act now, wisely.
AI delivered real gains (legal aid, farms, contact centers). Vendors shipped updates (OpenAI Sora, Google Jules, Microsoft’s agentic Sentinel). Policy moved (California SB 53, Swiss trust focus). Research flagged a new antibiotic. Clear takeaways for business.
Real deployments cutting factory downtime, OpenAI/Microsoft push proactive workplace agents, Google speeds up models, the UN moves on guardrails, an AI “immune system” lands in security, and Swiss firms face a use-it-but-no-plan gap.
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