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Commonwealth Bank cut 45 support roles for a voice bot and brought them back a month later: call volume went up, not down.

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October 28, 2026

Commonwealth Bank cut 45 support roles for a voice bot and brought them back a month later: call volume went up, not down.

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what matters in AI right now

01Gemini 4 Carbon: Google's smartest model is for cyber defenders only, for now08:00 PM
02RTX Spark: laptops for local models hit the shelves, from $2,59906:00 PM
03Castle Walls on Prime Video: people in the first fully AI-made series look like melting wax05:00 PM