AI news for Friday, October 16, 2026

How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base

With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its…

Reported by OpenAI

Fostering community amid Kendall Square’s innovation

The 18th annual Kendall Square Association Annual Meeting explored how new technologies could be a force for shared prosperity…

Reported by MIT News · 2 min read

How Localiza reorganized work around generative AI

See how Localiza uses ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and 60+ specialized agents to reorganize work and…

Reported by OpenAI

Welcome Beam: a 501B open model you can own, customize, and scale

Reported by Hugging Face · 2 min read

Benefit Street Partners answers questions faster with Codex

Anant Kumar builds tools to compare loan valuations and analyze credit agreements, using Codex for code review…

Reported by OpenAI

Stack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT plugin

Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT…

Reported by OpenAI

How Grupo Boticário uses AI to strengthen human connections

Almost 50 years after starting in a compounding pharmacy in Paraná, the group operates a proprietary…

Reported by OpenAI