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Today's Stories

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   Coca-Cola's Perfect Basket AI boosts retailer sales in Malaysia

   Coca-Cola's Perfect Basket feature within Coke Buddy recommends what and how much retailers should order. Among participating Malaysian outlets, 83% adopted these AI suggestions, and those who did saw stronger sales revenue growth. Inventory decisions are working-capital decisions. Ordering too much ties up cash, too little risks empty shelves. The 83% adoption suggests retailers trust AI assistance, potentially shifting how they manage stock.

   Whether Coca-Cola expands Perfect Basket’s AI-driven insights into financing. Data on purchasing patterns could help lenders offer credit based on expected inventory turnover, which small businesses already want.

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   Meta launches Superintelligence, a personal AI agent for everyone

   Meta launched Superintelligence, a personal AI agent designed to be easy to use, aiming for broad accessibility. Meta's new agent positions it in the consumer AI space, likely competing with existing personal assistants by prioritizing simplicity.

   The success of Superintelligence hinges on how easily non-technical users adopt it and whether Meta can overcome trust and privacy concerns.

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   Pranav Dixit tests Instinct, the AI assistant that runs errands via text

   Business Insider's Pranav Dixit tested Instinct, a text-message-based AI assistant, and it booked a cabin, ordered whey protein from Costco, and faxed a document to his bank. The WSJ reported Instinct is raising $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation. Unlike tools like OpenClaw, Codex, and Claude Code that require setup, Instinct lives in your text messages with no technical fiddling. It is part of the industry's shift toward "agentic AI," where AI performs tasks directly instead of giving instructions.

   The more access you give Instinct to your email and calendar, the more useful it is, but its terms of service allow it to train models on user data. Its founder, 23-year-old Noah Shinn, did not respond to requests for comment.

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   Meta's new Muse AI agent app starts at $20 a month

   Meta introduced the Muse personal agent app on Tuesday, powered by the Muse Spark foundation models. It helps with tasks like booking appointments and monitoring home security feeds. Meta is asking users to pay, with monthly plans of $20 or $100. This comes as it faces a nearly $17 billion settlement and lawsuits over harm on its apps.

   The test is whether users trust Muse enough to let it handle sensitive tasks. Wang says the app is "pretty early" in the era of personal agents.

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   Denso Create's DC Agentiqs V1.2 adds Agent Skills, design asset use

   Denso Create released DC Agentiqs V1.2, an AI agent platform update that strengthens design asset utilization and adds 'Agent Skills' support. The update notably expands what the platform can do, moving beyond earlier capabilities to incorporate design assets and Agent Skills.

   The value of the update hinges on how effectively Denso Create applies Agent Skills and design assets to real engineering workflows.

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   Direct Cloud launches 'SmartFiling AI Powered by DirectCloud' for Canon MJ

   Direct Cloud began providing 'SmartFiling AI Powered by DirectCloud' to Canon Marketing Japan on September 7. It combines office multifunction printers, the 'DirectCloud' storage service, and AI features like full-text search and RAG. Previously, digitizing with office printers mainly meant 'scan and save,' leaving documents hard to find or reuse. This service aims to shift documents from 'saved information' to 'usable business data' by adding search, understanding, and reuse.

   Direct Cloud targets 300 contracts within one year of service launch through Canon MJ's sales channels. Its success likely hinges on whether the basic plan's AI chatbot and security features convince businesses to adopt AI-driven document workflows.