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• Creating AI value with enterprise context

  28-10-2026 21:32 via MIT Technology Review
  
  Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and process automation tools. Each one is sophisticated, advanced, and quick to respond. But, when set to work, the outcomes and actions that emerge may be wrong, confused, or lacking a proper understanding of the business. Many organizations find themselves in this situation—and it could be one of key reasons they
  
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• The Download: dead startups fueling AI and interspecies communication

  28-10-2026 13:10 via MIT Technology Review
  
  This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their modelsWhen Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup, he didn’t think its data was worth much. But he’s since turned the company’s digital archives into tens of thousands of dollars, selling its codebase and workspace data.He’s part of a growing market in which companies that help
  
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• 'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones

  28-10-2026 01:01 via BBC News
  
  As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.
  
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