Business & Industry

Business and Industry covers the commercial adoption of artificial intelligence across corporate sectors and economic markets. Truncated covers enterprise deployments, industry investments, market trends, workforce impacts and regulatory compliance.

Monday 2 November

OpenAI is finally merging ChatGPT's chat and Work tabs

AI-generated summary OpenAI plans to combine the Chat and Work tabs in the ChatGPT desktop application according to an email sent to users. OpenAI stated that Codex will stay a separate experience and both will draw tokens from the same allowance pool.

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Earlier: OpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing

Marvell and Lumentum officially plan to combine. Here’s what to know.

AI-generated summary Marvell Technology and Lumentum Holdings announced they plan to combine in a deal intended to target the optical-networking market. Marvell shareholders will own about two thirds of the combined business once the transaction is complete in the first half of 2028.

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Anthropic IPO: up to $3.5 billion of shares for Japan

Anthropic IPO: up to $3.5 billion of shares for Japan

AI-generated summary Anthropic plans to sell up to 552.9 billion yen or 3.5 billion dollars of shares to investors in Japan as part of its initial public offering. Investors in Japan would buy the same Nasdaq-listed shares under the ticker ANT through brokers registered in Japan without a separate Tokyo listing.

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Earlier: Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO could turn staff into millionaires

S&P's negative outlook on Meta underscores the risks of the AI spending boom

The Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US.

AI-generated summary S&P Global revised its outlook on Meta to negative from stable while affirming the company credit rating at AA-. Meta says its artificial intelligence investments are already delivering stronger engagement and greater returns for businesses.

Earlier: AI boom hits a wall on Wall Street as OpenAI cuts fundraising target while Meta gets a credit warning over its cash flow, spending and monetization

Saudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI firm Humain with $2.6 billion deal

AI-generated summary Saudi Aramco announced it will acquire a 49 percent stake in the artificial intelligence company Humain through a deal valued at 2.6 billion dollars. Saudi Aramco states that the oil giant will contribute its own artificial intelligence technology and use the new solutions within its own operations.

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Telecom AI ROI below 3% with Nvidia the 'sun' of the AI-ecosystem: GSMA

AI-generated summary GSMA released its third-quarter report detailing that approximately 66% of tracked telecom artificial intelligence deployments are now operational across more than 760 operators worldwide. The research shows artificial intelligence currently contributes about 2.5% of revenue for telecom operators while Nvidia ranks first among publicly announced telecom artificial intelligence partnerships.

Anthropic's internal AI use is now worth more than employee pay, at the prices it charges customers

AI-generated summary Anthropic released details in its IPO filing showing that the value of Claude AI used internally at retail prices is now available and exceeds its monthly employee compensation costs. The company states that more than ninety percent of the code added to its software in September was written by Claude.

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

AI-generated summary Apollo Global Management released a note from chief economist Torsten Slok stating that artificial intelligence has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of the technology sector. Torsten Slok argues that it will be difficult for non-tech companies to turn cheap intelligence into higher revenue growth and higher profit margins because business intelligence requires judgment rather than just calculation.

Will Chinese AI build a global advantage?

AI-generated summary According to The Japan Times, artificial intelligence has reportedly become a central arena of U.S.-China competition spanning semiconductors, energy, communications, and manufacturing. President Xi Jinping called for technological self-reliance and application-oriented development to improve domestic AI models through deployment in manufacturing and government administration.