AI didn’t slow down after GPT-4. It got more use case-specific, more useful—and way more ambitious.

From regulated industries to your reading list, it’s showing up in places no one expected six months ago.

And the use cases? More autonomous, more integrated, and less about chatbots.

Here’s what that looks like this week.

📈 How are companies using AI?

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➜ Agentic Titles Are Now a Thing. Lloyds just appointed a Head of Agentic AI. It’s no longer just innovation theatre—AI agents are stepping into strategic roles. Titles like this could soon be as standard as Chief Data Officer.
Fintech Futures

➜ Compliance Teams, Meet Your Copilot. Fenergo just added an agentic AI layer to automate investigations, simplify onboarding, and remove repetitive drudge work. It’s a big bet on AI to reduce costs and regulatory risk.
FF News

➜ Capital Markets, Streamlined. Platonic taps GenAI to modernize capital markets ops—think automated workflows, faster data extraction, and smoother compliance. Legacy processes are being reimagined for speed and scale.
Finextra

➜ Nuclear Energy Gets a Copilot. Atomic Canyon has been training their LLM to support engineers in the nuclear sector—handling documentation, Q&A, and even safety support. It’s ChatGPT for reactors, with safeguards built in.
TechCrunch

➜ AI-Powered Glam Gets Results. Ulta Beauty’s AI strategy has shown to drive 95% customer repurchase rate—hyper-personalized journeys, optimized inventory, and seamless loyalty. Beauty meets data, and it’s a match made in margin heaven.
PYMNTS

💡 What are the nerds up to?

➜ Browsers That Build. Opera’s new AI browser now lets you not just search, but create—apps, docs, sites—right from a single prompt. It’s a browser that thinks like a product manager and codes like a dev.
The Verge

➜ Text-to-Film, Upgraded. Google's new AI video tool turns text into high-res cinematic footage. Directors, marketers, and creators are watching this space closely.
Axios

➜ Beyond the Forecast. Microsoft’s Aurora AI foundation model started with weather prediction and now tackling energy grids, climate modeling, and even emergency response. It’s a glimpse at how domain-specific models can scale beyond their niche.
Microsoft Source

➜ Claude Learns to Speak. Conversational voice just hit Claude’s mobile apps. Think voice assistants, but with deeper memory and actual reasoning power.
VentureBeat

➜ Books That Talk Back. Cleo is an app that connects to your Kindle and pairs it with a large language model. It’s like having a study buddy, audiobook narrator, and lit professor—all in your pocket.
X / Joseph Albanese

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