Hundreds of AI agent control panels remain dangerously exposed online due to misconfiguration, giving hackers direct access to API keys, user conversations, and administrative controls that enable them to impersonate users and execute malicious commands across major platforms including Telegram, Slack, and Discord.
Anthropic unveils interactive apps feature for Claude AI, enabling users to directly access and control Asana, Slack, Figma, and other professional tools within the chat interface rather than just text-based interactions.
Anthropic launches MCP extension that transforms Claude into an app-integrated operating system, allowing users to directly control Slack, Canva, Figma, and Asana within the chatbot interface instead of just receiving text responses.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis criticizes OpenAI's new ChatGPT advertising strategy as premature, questioning how ads align with AI assistant trust while OpenAI tests revenue generation from 800 million weekly users.
Hospitality software startup Mews secures $300 million Series D funding at a $2.5 billion valuation to enhance AI capabilities and expand its cloud-native platform serving over 15,000 properties globally.
Salesforce launches an AI-powered Slackbot now generally available for Business+ and Enterprise+ users, promising up to 90 minutes of daily time savings by helping employees find answers, organize work, and schedule meetings directly within Slack using context-aware, permission-respecting intelligence.
Listen Labs secures $69 million Series B funding at $500 million valuation after explosive 15x revenue growth in nine months, as its AI-powered platform revolutionizes market research by conducting video interviews with 30 million participants and delivering insights to Microsoft, Sweetgreen, and other major clients in hours instead of weeks.
Walmart partners with Google's Gemini AI to enable direct product discovery and purchasing through chatbot queries, as incoming CEO John Furner declares a complete AI transformation that rewrites retail operations while Google launches new commerce tools showing massive adoption growth.
Global insurance giant Allianz partners with AI company Anthropic to deploy advanced AI agents that will automate claims processing, ensure regulatory compliance, and empower workforce operations across the insurer's worldwide business operations.
Slack launches a completely rebuilt AI-powered Slackbot that reads users' work conversations and files to provide instant catch-ups, personalized drafts, and complex document analysis, rolling out to premium customers today with enterprise-grade security protections.