AI companies are increasingly making their anticipated moves into the enterprise, but the results are far from consistent. Just this week, Deloitte unveiled plans to bring Anthropic's Claude across its 500,000 employees. However, on the same day, the Australian government demanded that Deloitte refund a contract after an AI-generated report contained fake citations.
This incident is a perfect snapshot of the current state of AI adoption: businesses are eager to embrace AI tools without yet fully understanding how to use them responsibly and ethically.
On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and O'Kanean O'Kane dive into the complexities of AI in the workplace. They also discuss the latest funding updates and regulatory drama unfolding in the tech and transportation industries.
Key highlights this week's news: AltStore's $6 million raise and its ambitious plan to integrate with the fediverse, where app updates become part of your social feed. Power's $1 billion Series C to scale home battery deployment across Texas and NHTSA's
- Investigation of Tesla's FSD after over 50 traffic violations, plus the release of cheaper Tesla models with stripped-down features, including no Autopilot
- Zendesk's new AI agents, which claim they can handle 80% of customer service tickets autonomously, and what happens with the remaining 20%
Listen to the full episode to catch up on all the developments.
