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Metcash exploring agentic AI to automate retail ordering
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Metcash exploring agentic AI to automate retail ordering

As a means to win loyalty and orders.

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Google to buy Spirit Airlines' business data for US$10 million

For AI training.

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OpenAI slows model training to bolster security

After Hugging Face hack.

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