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Today's Stories

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   Interactive Brokers adds AI trading assistant powered by Claude

   Interactive Brokers, a major online brokerage, launched an AI-powered trading feature using Claude (Anthropic's chatbot AI) on June 9th. The system can help execute trades and provide market analysis directly through conversations with users.

   Individual investors using Interactive Brokers can now get AI-powered trading advice and execute trades through natural conversation, potentially making stock trading more accessible to beginners.

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   Visa partners with OpenAI to enable shopping directly through ChatGPT

   Visa announced a partnership with OpenAI on June 10th to secure payments for users shopping through ChatGPT. The integration will allow people to make purchases during conversations with the AI assistant.

   ChatGPT users will soon be able to buy products directly through their conversations with the AI, without switching to separate shopping websites or apps.

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   Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 with modest improvements at double the cost

   Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 on June 12th, which scores 64.9 points on AI performance benchmarks and tops five of ten testing categories. However, the new model performs only 5.7% better than the previous version while costing twice as much per use.

   Businesses using Claude for tasks like writing and analysis may see slightly better results but will pay significantly more, forcing them to weigh whether the small improvement justifies the higher costs.

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   Verizon CEO warns AI could replace most customer service jobs

   Verizon's CEO stated on June 8th that AI agents (automated customer service systems) could displace 'a large percentage' of human customer service representatives. The company is actively developing AI systems to handle customer inquiries.

   Customers calling companies for support may increasingly interact with AI systems instead of humans, while many customer service jobs could be eliminated in the coming years.

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   Japanese trading giant Marubeni opens its internal AI system to other companies

   Marubeni released its internal AI platform called 'Marucha' as a commercial service on June 12th, starting at 30,000 yen ($200) per month. The system can work with multiple AI models and handle complex document searches for businesses.

   Small and medium businesses in Japan can now access enterprise-grade AI tools previously only available to large corporations, potentially leveling the playing field for document analysis and business insights.