This Week in AI: Three Things That Actually Affect Your Work

Most AI news is noise. Here are the three items from the past week that change something practical.

1. Enterprise data-retention defaults are shifting. Two major providers changed how long prompt data is retained on business tiers. If your organisation signed a policy based on the old defaults, it needs re-reading.

2. Meeting-transcription accuracy on accented English improved measurably. Relevant for anyone who abandoned these tools in 2024 because they mangled half the room. Worth a re-test.

3. Disclosure requirements for AI-generated media tightened on two major platforms. If your marketing team publishes AI-assisted video, check the labelling rules before the next campaign goes out.

Everything else this week was model benchmarks, and benchmarks rarely change what you do on Monday.