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Practical AI news for people running businesses. Today, ChatGPT lets businesses claim their own listing, Anthropic turns Claude into an office suite, and thousands of apps built with Grok Build turn out to be open to anyone. Gritt Scott, who writes Skill Issue, joins us on the Anthropic story. Plus three quick hits, and what each one means for you.
Today's stories
- 00:20 OpenAI launches Businesses in ChatGPT in beta. Through Business Hub, a verified business can update its details, add product feeds with prices and availability, and see how often ChatGPT mentions it and sends clicks. Eligible US online stores and online service businesses can also launch a Business Agent that answers customer questions, and sponsor it as a ChatGPT ad. Claim the listing now; test the agent hard before it speaks for you. (OpenAI, The Verge)
- 02:18 Anthropic launches Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards in beta on all paid plans, makes Claude Data generally available with certified queries, and, per TechCrunch and The Verge, puts Claude Meetings in beta on Team and Enterprise plans for Google Meet. Gritt Scott, who writes Skill Issue, on which tools to keep, rules for a bot in your meetings, and the admin defaults (Claude Data turns on by default for Enterprise on November 19). (Anthropic, TechCrunch, The Verge)
- 04:45 Security firm Claroc found more than 43,000 Grok Build app links through public DNS records, and over 35,000 opened for anyone, exposing business plans, worker medical exams and sales prospect lists, including 24 apps from the vendor's own staff. The vendor says apps are private unless shared. Lovable, Bolt and Replit use the same kind of per-app address. Check who has shared AI-built apps and switch them to invited people only. (Ars Technica)
Quick hits
- Google's Gemini 4 Carbon is available to paying developers and businesses at an introductory $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output, doubling at the end of November; it uses more tokens than Argon, so compare the full bill. (Google, The Verge)
- Railway says attackers who broke in last month stole customers' AI provider keys and ran up about $740,000 in charges; it will cover what providers won't refund. Set spending limits on any AI keys you store on a platform. (Railway)
- eBay appears to be blocking third-party AI shopping agents, including Meta's Muse, from browsing listings; Amazon already blocks them entirely. (The Verge)
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