Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape
Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape

You can watch Ring’s recent Super Bowl ad and see a cute story about dogs being reunited with their families. You can also watch the very same ad and see the seeds being planted for a massively connected, utterly ubiquitous surveillance system that will end the concept of privacy forever. Maybe you can even see […]

Chatbots rated more empathetic than humans in controlled tests

New research suggests AI chatbots can generate responses people rate as more empathetic than humans, raising questions about emotional intelligence in machines.
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The ‘QuitGPT’ movement is targeting ChatGPT with a boycott and spotlighting the politics behind the AI giant

QuitGPT is a viral grassroots campaign encouraging users to cancel ChatGPT over political and ethical concerns, highlighting rising tensions between AI platforms and their users.

A new version of OpenAI’s Codex is powered by a new dedicated chip

OpenAI calls the new coding tool the “first milestone” in its relationship with the chipmaker.

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team, which focused on ‘safe’ and ‘trustworthy’ AI development

The team’s leader has been given a new role as OpenAI’s chief futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company.

Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT

OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversations with the AI chatbot. Several companies have announced plans to show ads inside ChatGPT – placements that will reportedly cost them a pretty penny – ranging from major retailers […]

ChatGPT now includes ads — and that subtle shift could reshape the emotional bond users have with the world’s favorite AI chatbot

ChatGPT’s introduction of ads may subtly erode user trust and attention at the exact moment Gemini’s ad-light, deeply integrated approach is making it easier for people to drift toward Google’s AI instead.

You can steer ChatGPT deep research with your own sites and apps

ChatGPT deep research is getting easier to use when you care about sourcing as much as answers. OpenAI is rolling out tighter controls that let you steer a research run toward specific websites, pull in connected apps as inputs, and read the finished w…

OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim

The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.

ChatGPT’s deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports
ChatGPT’s deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT’s deep research tool with a full-screen viewer that you can use to scroll through and navigate to specific areas of its AI-generated reports. As shown in a video shared by OpenAI, the built-in viewer allows you to open ChatGPT’s reports in a window separate from your chat, while showing a table […]