There’s a rule: any headline phrased as a question can always be answered with no. So when The New Yorker asks whether you can trust OpenAI’s Sam Altman to make the right calls on how A.I. is used “in immigration enforcement, domestic surveillance, and autonomous weaponry in war zones” – what do you think the answer is? (Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz)
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ChatGPT is getting ads, starting with US users: people on the free tier and on the $8 Go plan are being shown ads tailored to answers, in prominent photo boxes. If only OpenAI would link to journalistic content with the same enthusiasm. (Emma Roth, The Verge)
New paper: Which sources does ChatGPT provide in Germany when asked for the latest news? Main takeaway: Very different results depending on whether you use the customer chat interface or the API. Customers get more results from content partners, the API is more diverse or even fringe.
Sora Watermarker: Add the Sora watermark to any video.
“Should news publishers build for ChatGPT’s 800M users? Dug into OpenAI’s new Apps SDK documentation and the implications are fascinating.” (Florent Daudens, LinkedIn)
“Just an endless dribble of computer generated nonsens”: YouTuber millionaire Casey Neistat on OpenAI’s TikTok competitor Sora.
OpenAI has released Pulse, a new ChatGPT feature that shows personalized cards based on previous interactions to boost discovery and engagement. Conor Grennan got early access and shared a screen recording.
“A year ago, custom GPTs were the thing. Fast forward to today… and it almost feels vintage. But here’s the truth: many of us use custom AI agents in the newsroom, they are real and USEFUL.” (Alba Mora Roca, LinkedIn)
Will ChatGPT-5 break me?
Short answer: maybe. Longer answer: I'm a runner. On September 21, I'll be shoulder to shoulder with 50,000 other masochists at the Berlin Marathon, trying to shave three minutes off my time from the previous year. (Idea initially shared in my newsletter, then made into a posting.) I have a solid training plan. Problem is:...
I tried ChatGPT Agent and Perplexity Comet to actually get things done
I've been playing with ChatGPT Agent and Perplexity Comet—and I'm not sure if I'm witnessing the future of productivity or just an elaborate way to make simple tasks more complicated. The premise sounds great: tell an AI what you want, and it'll just… do it. Book your train tickets, find that obscure book, curate a...
How AI Companies Turn Your Browser Into Their Business Model
OpenAI will launch a browser, Perplexity has just released Comet, and YouTubers are going full clickbait mode: "NEW AI Browser is INSANE!🤯" (Really? It's insane to chat with tabs? That word gets used pretty liberally these days, considering it's AI-bros getting excited about summarizing five YouTube videos simultaneously while doing important thought leadership. Anyhow.) The...
Time spent on ChatGPT is approaching that spent on social platforms. (Coatue’s 2025 Market Report via Lucy Küng)
OpenAI is launching its own podcast where Sam Altman claims that coding with o3 gives people their next big “wow moment.” He suggests that while his AI won’t exactly cure cancer, it will make researchers more productive. Of course, critical questions are missing.
“Use responsibly when recording others”: ChatGPT Record captures and summarizes meetings and voice notes.
Judicial panel overrides author preferences, bundles diverse copyright claims against AI companies into single NY proceeding. (Ella Creamer, The Guardian)
