Exclusive: AI startup Viktor raises $75 million to put a virtual 'coworker' in Slack and Teams

The former Meta engineers behind Viktor say their AI agent has hit a $15 million revenue run rate in about 10 weeks.
Rest of World on MSN

The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s thought leadership content mill

For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives.
Canadian Underwriter

TD Insurance releases client-facing chatbot

TD Insurance releases its first client-facing generative AI chatbot, the TDI Virtual Assistant, to help clients via natural ...
eWeek

AI Meeting Assistant Cheat Sheet: Best Tools for Notes, Scheduling, and Follow-Up

Compare the best AI meeting assistants for notes, transcripts, summaries, scheduling, CRM sync, and privacy in this 2026 ...
Fast Company

There’s no rogue McDonald’s AI bot, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies

There appears to be a recent epidemic of users hijacking companies’ AI-powered customer service bots to turn them into generic AI assistants. The goal is to get the branded bots to do their bidding, ...
Wall Street Journal

The AI Assistants Are Talking To Each Other

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Belle Lin: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, February 6th. I'm Belle ...