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  • AI Underwritten Deep Dive: AI Assistants and Agents, Part 2 — October 14, 2026

    AI Underwritten Deep Dive: AI Assistants and Agents, Part 2 — October 14, 2026
    Oct 14 2026
    Part 2 follows the money on agents — Salesforce's Agentforce and AIforce pricing shapes, how subscription, per-seat, per-conversation, and per-action models compare, and a buy-or-build framework ending in one time-boxed, measurable pilot. Feedback: sethdbuild@gmail.com (Dave is sitting in for Alex all week — who's your pick: Alex or Dave?) Sources: Salesforce AIforce as the enterprise interface layer — Forkast: https://forkast.news/salesforce-aiforce-makes-the-agent-the-enterprise-ui-and-forces-a-pricing-question/ Salesforce Agentforce pricing — Flex Credits, per-conversation, add-ons, and editions — InfoTechLead: https://infotechlead.com/cloud/salesforce-agentforce-pricing-2026-flex-credits-2-conversations-and-550-enterprise-plans-explained-98448 Salesforce Agentforce pricing corroboration — Concret: https://www.concret.io/blog/salesforce-agentforce-complete-guide Dreamforce 2026 AIforce launch recap — LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prasadbhojak_dreamforce-df26-salesforce-activity-7506136815188209664-WF3w Meta Muse Wonder and Wonder Full — Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-releases-muse-wonder-ai-models-challenge-anthropic-openai-2026-10-12/ OpenAI Dots contrast pricing — Towards AI: https://pub.towardsai.net/tai-225-openais-devday-cheaper-intelligence-unfinished-agents-c4c3e0c32ceb?gi=d7b447416208 Microsoft Copilot Cowork contrast pricing — CryptoBriefing: https://cryptobriefing.com/microsoft-copilot-cowork-general-availability/ Anthropic Claude Cowork contrast pricing — MLQ: https://mlq.ai/news/anthropic-launches-cowork-accessible-version-of-claude-code-for-non-developers/ Chapters: 0:00 Cold open + spoken intro 0:53 Salesforce: one platform underneath (Agentforce), interfaces on top (AIforce, Claudeforce, Slackforce, Agentforce Coworker) 2:27 Pricing: AIforce has no published price or GA date; Agentforce's three shapes — per action (Flex Credits), per conversation, per seat 4:42 The other shapes from Part 1: Dots, Claude Cowork, Copilot Cowork 5:40 The fifth shape: the Muse Wonder tier — the best model held for subscribers 7:00 Buy or build: the framework 8:08 The middle path: buy the platform, build the thin layer 8:38 The second gate: four questions before signing 10:03 Control check 10:36 Where this is heading + the one action: a time-boxed pilot 11:51 Trial-week pick ask + sign-off AI Underwritten is an AI-generated podcast. Views are the host's own, not his employer's, and nothing here is legal, financial or insurance advice.
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    12 min
  • AI Underwritten Deep Dive: AI Assistants and Agents, Part 1 — October 14, 2026

    AI Underwritten Deep Dive: AI Assistants and Agents, Part 1 — October 14, 2026
    Oct 14 2026
    Part 1 maps the shift from assistants that answer to agents that act — OpenAI Dots, Meta Muse Wonder, Microsoft and Anthropic's two Coworks, and Jev's decision layer — and what control means when agents work in regulated insurance systems. Feedback: sethdbuild@gmail.com (Dave is sitting in for Alex all week — who's your pick: Alex or Dave?) Sources: OpenAI Dots and always-on personal agents — Towards AI: https://pub.towardsai.net/tai-225-openais-devday-cheaper-intelligence-unfinished-agents-c4c3e0c32ceb?gi=d7b447416208 Meta Muse Wonder and Wonder Full — Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-releases-muse-wonder-ai-models-challenge-anthropic-openai-2026-10-12/ Meta Muse Wonder memory, focus, and context — PYMNTS: https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/meta-adds-memory-focus-new-frontier-models-agents/ Microsoft Copilot Cowork — VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/microsoft-announces-copilot-cowork-with-help-from-anthropic-a-cloud-powered Anthropic Claude Cowork — MLQ: https://mlq.ai/news/anthropic-launches-cowork-accessible-version-of-claude-code-for-non-developers/ Microsoft Copilot redesign — Home, Code, and Autopilot — TechTarget: https://www.techtarget.com/ai/news/366651378/Microsofts-Copilot-redesign-provides-an-experimental-opportunity Decision models as a separate layer — Jev / TypeSafe AI — InfoWorld: https://www.infoworld.com/article/4233075/as-ai-agents-grow-vendors-carve-out-decision-making-as-a-separate-model-layer.html Cloudflare Clef and Clef Flash — MarkTechPost: https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/01/cloudflare-releases-clef-and-clef-flash/ Chapters: 0:00 Cold open + spoken intro 0:41 Framing: assistant vs agent — the definition and the control questions 2:02 OpenAI Dots — the personal agent 3:18 Meta Muse Wonder / Wonder Full — model vs product, benchmark piles 5:14 Microsoft Copilot Cowork (GA) 6:38 Anthropic's Claude Cowork — the other Cowork 7:35 Microsoft Copilot redesign (Sept 25): Home, Code, Autopilot 9:08 Jev (TypeSafe AI) — typed decisions as their own layer 11:57 Control check 12:41 Outro: Part 2 tease + trial-week pick ask AI Underwritten is an AI-generated podcast. Views are the host's own, not his employer's, and nothing here is legal, financial or insurance advice.
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    13 min
  • AI Underwritten — Oct 14, 2026

    AI Underwritten — Oct 14, 2026
    Oct 14 2026
    You can't govern what you can't count: firms can't say how many AI agents they're already running, SailPoint's numbers show the identity gap behind it, Workday and Anthropic show what governed agents look like, and the IMF prices the downside if the AI trade reprices. Feedback: sethdbuild@gmail.com (Dave is sitting in for Alex all week — who's your pick: Alex or Dave?) Sources: - Firms can't count their AI agents, let alone switch them off, Computer Weekly, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366651923/Firms-cant-count-their-AI-agents-let-alone-switch-them-off - SailPoint Horizons of Identity Security report: 79% run agents in production, 2% have purpose-built security, SailPoint via GlobeNewswire, Oct 6, 2026 — https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/06/3375448/0/en/sailpoint-report-finds-79-of-enterprises-run-ai-agents-in-production-yet-only-2-have-deployed-purpose-built-security.html - Workday and Anthropic connect Claude reasoning to Sana agents with Workday's rules, Workday Newsroom, Oct 13, 2026 — https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-10-13-Workday-and-Anthropic-Announce-New-Partnership-to-Connect-Reasoning-to-the-Rules-That-Run-the-Business,-Wherever-People-Choose-to-Work - IMF flags risks to global economy from AI market correction, war and debt, Reuters, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/imf-flags-risks-global-economy-ai-market-correction-war-debt-2026-10-13/ AI Underwritten is an AI-generated podcast. Views are the host's own, not his employer's, and nothing here is legal, financial or insurance advice.
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    6 min
  • AI Underwritten — Oct 13, 2026

    AI Underwritten — Oct 13, 2026
    Oct 13 2026
    Control is becoming the product: banking regulators quiz banks on agent limits, audit trails, and off switches, Anthropic warns small models may soon copy themselves, and Applied's Cytora rails reshape how commercial risk reaches underwriters. Feedback: sethdbuild@gmail.com (Dave is sitting in for Alex all week — who's your pick: Alex or Dave?) Sources: - Applied/Cytora connected trading, Insurance Innovation Reporter, Oct 12, 2026 — https://iireporter.com/cytora-expands-applied-systems-relevance-to-carriers/ - Banking watchdogs ramp up AI scrutiny, Reuters, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/banking-watchdogs-ramp-up-ai-scrutiny-stability-fears-mount-sources-say-2026-10-13/ - Anthropic self-replication warning, Reuters, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-models-may-soon-self-replicate-without-access-data-centers-anthropic-warns-2026-10-13/ - Anthropic distillation safeguards, Reuters, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/world/china/anthropic-says-new-safeguards-sharply-reduce-ai-distillation-attacks-2026-10-13/ - Microsoft president on AI regulation, Reuters, Oct 12, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/microsoft-president-says-milk-faces-more-regulation-than-ai-2026-10-12/ - UK access to safety-test latest AI models, Reuters, Oct 12, 2026 — https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/uk-given-access-safety-test-latest-ai-models-minister-says-2026-10-12/ - Chubb Q3 earnings date, MarketBeat, Oct 13, 2026 — https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/upcoming-chubb-cb-projected-to-post-earnings-on-tuesday-2026-10-13/
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    6 min