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How Intuit killed the chatbot crutch – and built an agentic AI playbook you can copy

venturebeat.com • Aug 29, 2025

This is the inside story of Intuit's transformation journey with AI — including a grueling nine-month pivot to "burn the boats" and reinvent how the 4...

TL;DR

Intuit's AI pivot, from a chat-driven approach to a customer-centric, builder-centric model, resulted in a 5-day faster payments and 12 hours saved monthly for small businesses using their AI agents.

Key Takeaways:

Intuit's AI-native pivot involved hiring aggressively to build a large AI team, empowered small cross-functional teams, and implemented a high-velocity iteration process to achieve customer obsession and speed.
The company's GenOS AI platform allows for the creation of hundreds of agents within a five-week period using its Agent Starter Kit and features like runtime orchestration and governance framework.
Intuit's AI agents surface their work through tiles in the QuickBooks business feed, transforming the dashboard into an active, collaborative space and potentially leading to market share gains from competitors.

Microsoft’s Copilot AI is now inside Samsung TVs and monitors

www.theverge.com • Aug 27, 2025

Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you...

TL;DR

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant is integrated into Samsung's 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors, allowing users to access AI-powered features through voice commands or remote control.

Key Takeaways:

Copilot is available on supported Samsung TVs, including Micro RGB, Neo QLED, OLED, The Frame Pro, and The Frame models, as well as M7, M8, and M9 smart monitors.
The integration enables users to access AI-powered features such as movie recommendations, spoiler-free episode recaps, and general question answering through a friendly, animated AI assistant.
Users can access a more 'personal' Copilot experience by signing into the app, allowing the AI assistant to reference previous conversations and preferences.

The next step for content creators in working with AI bots: Introducing AI Crawl Control

blog.cloudflare.com • Aug 28, 2025

Cloudflare launches AI Crawl Control (formerly AI Audit) and introduces easily customizable 402 HTTP responses....

TL;DR

Cloudflare introduces AI Crawl Control, enabling content creators to license their content to AI crawlers using customizable 402 HTTP status codes.

Key Takeaways:

Content creators can now send customizable 402 response codes to AI crawlers, specifying licensing terms and contact information.
Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control aims to strike a balance between blocking unwanted crawlers and enabling legitimate licensing opportunities.
The solution paves the way for new monetization models and direct communication channels between content creators and AI companies.

The Pixel 10’s AI screamed at us

www.theverge.com • Aug 29, 2025

This seems to be the year that Google's AI features are actually starting to add up to something useful. After a week testing the Pixel 10 Pro, my col...

TL;DR

Google's Pixel 10 Pro AI features show promise, but also exhibit issues, such as the live translate feature breaking down into screeching sounds.

Key Takeaways:

The Pixel 10 Pro's AI features show some promise and can be useful, at least when they work as expected.
Google's AI-infused Pro Res Zoom feature in the camera app seems accurate and un-AI-like, until it encounters text and becomes a jumbled mess.
Other companies, such as Dish, Intel, and Elon Musk's xAI, face their own challenges, including failed business ventures and lawsuits.

Google adds iPhone-like ‘Calling Cards’ to its Phone app

www.theverge.com • Aug 29, 2025

Google’s Phone app is adding “Calling Cards” that let you customize the appearance of contact screens for incoming calls. They’re similar to the Conta...

TL;DR

Google adds 'Calling Cards' to its Phone app, allowing Android users to customize images, colors, and text on contact call screens.

Key Takeaways:

Customize images, colors, and text on contact call screens, similar to iPhone's Contact Poster feature.
The update includes a 'Take a Message' feature that automatically answers and transcribes voicemails when a user misses a call.
Calling Cards are only available on Pixel 4 phones or newer, and on Pixel Watch 2 models or newer when paired with Pixel 6 or more recent Google phone models.