OpenAI is quietly building a finance-savvy version of ChatGPT by hiring over 100 ex-investment bankers to teach it how to handle complex financial modeling and pitch decks. Yep, this could be the start of AI going full Wall Street. Here’s what’s going down: - OpenAI calls it “Project Mercury” - Bankers get $150/hour to train AI on Excel models and PowerPoint tweaks - Goal is to target the banking industry with serious B2B tools - Enterprise clients could be a key growth engine beyond $20 consumer subscriptions - Signals growing trend of AI automating high-paying, white-collar grunt work Do you think AI will fully take over finance workflows, or will there always be a human piece to the puzzle? Read the full article here: https://sherwood.news/tech/openai-has-an-army-of-ex-investment-bankers-making-financial-models-to-train/

WhatsApp just announced it's officially banning general-purpose AI chatbots from operating on its Business API, starting January 15, 2026. Here’s what’s going on and why it matters: - Meta says WhatsApp's API was made for customer service, not chatbot platforms - Any AI assistant whose main function is chat (think ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.) will get the boot - Businesses can still use AI for support tasks like booking help, order questions, etc. - Meta says the surge in use from generative bots overwhelmed the system - It all ties back to revenue too, WhatsApp charges for business messaging, but these AI bots weren’t fitting that model - This effectively leaves Meta AI as the only official assistant on WhatsApp This says a lot about platform control in the AI age. What do you guys think, fair move by Meta to protect their business model, or unnecessary roadblock to innovation? I can totally understand why Meta is doing this. Read the full article here: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/whatssapp-changes-its-terms-to-bar-general-purpose-chatbots-from-its-platform/