AI in Business

AI adoption by industry shows what other sectors can learn

Survey data shows AI adoption varies significantly across industries, with tech leading at high usage rates while healthcare and education lag behind, reflecting different speeds of workflow integration rather than failure to adopt. Workers across all sectors report being asked to learn new AI-related skills, with finance emerging as the second-highest adopter after tech, while training investment and access to learning resources remain unequally distributed across industries.

Source: MIT Technology Review

GPT‑6 Cyber: Advancing the frontier of aligned cybersecurity agents

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model designed to identify exploitable vulnerabilities and develop fixes while remaining within authorized scope. The model represents an advance in AI-assisted security through alignment techniques that constrain the agent's behavior. Source: OpenAI

Merge builds product and business tools with OpenAI technology

Merge has integrated OpenAI technologies including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex into its product development and business operations for code review, marketing support, and administrative tasks. The company uses these AI tools across teams for engineering, sales, and executive functions. Source: OpenAI

Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb announced plans to launch an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027 that will assist users with trip planning, option comparison, booking management, and in-stay support. The feature represents the company's integration of AI capabilities into its core travel platform. Source: TechCrunch

Matsoso, Mokete clash again

Chief of Police Advocate Borotho Matsoso has transferred Deputy Commissioner of Police Paseka Mokete from his position as head of the Criminal Investigation Division to head of a newly created Logistics Department, a move Mokete's lawyers argue is unlawful and amounts to demotion. Mokete has threatened court action

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GPT‑6 Cyber: Advancing the frontier of aligned cybersecurity agents

Merge builds product and business tools with OpenAI technology

Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Matsoso, Mokete clash again