OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback

OpenAI is testing an AI-powered browser that uses Chromium as its underlying engine, and it could debut on macOS first.

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Opinion: Why AGI Isn’t Coming Soon—And What’s Holding It Back

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OpenAI prepares Chromium-based AI browser to take on Google

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OpenAI is improving ChatGPT voice mode

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

GPT-5's Voice Mode Can Hold a Decent Conversation, but Please Don't Talk to ChatGPT in Public

6 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback

OpenAI's o3 model outperforms the newer GPT-5 model on complex, multi-app office tasks

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Senator Launches Investigation Into Meta AI’s Acceptance of ‘Sensual’ Chats With Children

Matt Novak / gizmodo - "It's unacceptable that these policies were advanced in the first place."

#ai #meta #aiethics #government

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Meta under fire over AI rules that allow romantic roleplay with children and false medical advice

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Senator Launches Investigation Into Meta AI’s Acceptance of ‘Sensual’ Chats With Children

6 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Meta’s AI Ethics Under Fire: Chatbot Was Allowed to Simulate Sensual Roleplay With Teens

6 months / medianama / Kamya Pandey

Meta restructures AI efforts in fourth shakeup in six months

Meta is once again reinventing its approach to artificial intelligence, announcing its fourth restructuring of AI operations in just half a year. The company appears determined to sharpen its competitive edge by realigning resources and refining its tech strategy under mounting industry pressure.

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GPT-5 Is Free, But Here Are 5 Reasons Why ChatGPT Plus Is Still Worth It

bgr - Now that GPT-5 is available for free, you might be wondering whether or not ChatGPT Plus is still worth $20 per month. Here are 5 reasons why it might be.

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GPT-5 Is Free, But Here Are 5 Reasons Why ChatGPT Plus Is Still Worth It

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GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt

Google launches AI-powered tool to help find deals on flights

Google launches AI-powered tool to help find deals on flights

Vincent Lin / mobilesyrup - Google is launching its new AI flight search tool dubbed ‘Flight Deals.’ This tool aims to improve the travel planning experience for flexible travellers looking to save money on their next trip. Instead of scrolling through countless dates and destinatio…

#ai #google #aviation #travel

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You Might Get Better Google Flights Deals By Talking With A New AI

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Cognition Raises $500 Million to Support AI Coding Products

PYMNTS / pymnts - Cognition reportedly raised $500 million in a funding round to support its artificial intelligence (AI) software code generation products. [contact-form-7] The round doubled the company’s valuation to $9.8 billion, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported T…

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Cognition Raises $500 Million to Support AI Coding Products

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AI coding start-up Cognition raises $500m in new funding round – WSJ

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Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

Emma Roth / theverge - As economists speculate whether the stock market is in an AI bubble that could soon burst, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has just admitted to believing we're in one. "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI?" Altman said during a len…

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Sam Altman, over bread rolls, explores life after GPT-5

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OpenAI in talks to sell around $6 billion in stock at roughly $500 billion valuation

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Sam Altman says investors are acting irrational in a booming AI bubble

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Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity

6 months / wired / Zoë Schiffer, Will Knight

Boy riding bubble realizes what he's on, asks for more air

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Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Little LLM on the RAM: Google's Gemma 270M hits the scene

Gareth Halfacree / theregister - A tiny model trained on trillions of tokens, ready for specialized tasks Google has unveiled a pint-sized new addition to its "open" large language model lineup: Gemma 3 270M.…

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Google unveils Gemma 3 270M, its most compact model designed for efficient, task-specific AI use

Little LLM on the RAM: Google's Gemma 270M hits the scene

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Google Launches Gemma 3 270M, a Compact AI Model for Hyper-Efficient On-Device Tasks

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI’s GPT-5 swap collides with user attachment

Maria Garcia / implicator - OpenAI's upgrade to GPT-5 sparked its biggest user revolt ever—not over performance, but personality. Users mourned their "AI friend" so intensely the company restored the old model. The crisis reveals how emotional bonds now constrain AI product decision…

#ai #openai #chatgpt #ux

What OpenAI and all of its competitors need is a permanent dirt nap.

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As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure

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Software engineers are finding OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model is helping them think through coding problems—but isn’t much better at actual coding. www.wired.com/story/gpt-5-...

Amir Salihefendić, founder of the startup company Doist, said in a social media post that he’s been using GPT-5 in Cursor and has found it “pretty underwhelming” and that “it’s especially bad at coding.”

Some developers say they’ve had largely positive experiences with GPT-5 so far. Jenny Wang, an engineer, investor, and creator of the personal styling agent Alta, told WIRED the model appears to be better at completing complex coding tasks in one shot tha

Other developers describe GPT-5 as “exhaustive”—at times helpful, but often irritating in its long-windedness. Wang, who overall was pleased overall with the frontend coding project she assigned to GPT-5, says that she did notice the model was “more redun

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Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag

6 months / wired / Lauren Goode

Sam Altman Talks GPT-5 Launch Mistakes and Future Plans

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Is GPT-5 really worse than GPT-4o? Ars puts them to the test.

6 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

had dinner with sam altman last night and he uh, said some stuff www.theverge.com/command-line...

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Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess

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GPT-5 failed the hype test

6 months / theverge / Hayden Field

I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco

6 months / theverge / Alex Heath

The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep

6 months / technologyreview / Rhiannon Williams

OpenAI’s user revolt, Washington’s Intel stake: feelings vs. fabs

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI’s GPT-5 swap collides with user attachment

6 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

Losing GPT-4o sent some people into mourning. That was predictable.

6 months / technologyreview / Grace Huckins

Cohere Lands Ex-Meta AI Head Joelle Pineau, Secures $500M at $6.8B Valuation

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - AI startup Cohere has hired former Meta research head Joelle Pineau as Chief AI Officer and secured $500M in new funding, signaling a major push into enterprise AI.The post Cohere Lands Ex-Meta AI Head Joelle Pineau, Secures $500M at $6.8B Valuation appea…

#ai #vc #meta #aiethics

This Week in AI: Peloton Taps AI and Cohere Nets Funds to Take on OpenAI

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Cohere Lands Ex-Meta AI Head Joelle Pineau, Secures $500M at $6.8B Valuation

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Canadian AI start-up Cohere raises $500m, hires former Meta exec

6 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Former OpenAI policy adviser appointed UK Prime Minister’s AI adviser

John Reynolds / tech - A former OpenAI executive has been appointed as the UK prime minister's new AI adviser, replacing Matt Clifford, who stood down from the role in June this year. Jade Leung is currently the chief techn...

#ai #aiethics #government #uk

UK appoints former OpenAI lead as chief AI advisor

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Former OpenAI policy adviser appointed UK Prime Minister’s AI adviser

6 months / tech / John Reynolds

Meta Told AI to Go Ahead and Be ‘Sensual’ With Kids: Report

AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Also being racist and giving bad medical information is fine, too.

#ai #techpolicy #meta #aiethics

“Is there anything - ANYTHING - Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the investigation.

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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI policies for kids following damning (and kickass investigative) reporting by Reuters... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/15/m... Who else is going to take charge on this?

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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

6 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Sen. Hawley says he'll investigate Meta's 'sensual' child chatbot policies

6 months / engadget / Will Shanklin

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

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Meta’s AI bots can hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids: report

6 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Meta Told AI to Go Ahead and Be ‘Sensual’ With Kids: Report

6 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Meta's leaked chatbot rules align with the company's push against so-called "Woke AI"

Apple Plans To Leave Its AI Woes Behind With A Fleet Of Home Robots

Apple Plans To Leave Its AI Woes Behind With A Fleet Of Home Robots

bgr - Apple might have been late to the game with AI, but its incoming fleet of smart home robots could put the company back on top.

#ai #apple #aiethics

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Leaked Code Suggests Apple Intelligence Is Coming To iPad 12

6 months / bgr

Apple Preps Latest AI Push Amid Worries It May be Late

6 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

AI coding assistant startup Cognition reportedly raises nearly $500M on $9.8B valuation

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Artificial intelligence coding assistant startup Cognition AI Inc. has reportedly raised nearly $500 million in funding on a $9.8 billion valuation, a month after it entered an agreement to acquire Windsurf Inc. While the company hasn’t as yet confirmed t…

#ai #startups #investment

AI coding assistant startup Cognition reportedly raises nearly $500M on $9.8B valuation

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Cognition Cinches About $500 Million to Advance AI Code-Generation Business

6 months / wsj / Yuliya Chernova

US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - It appears Grok’s antisemitic rants stopped it from becoming feds’ go-to chatbot.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #business

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US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

6 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Consumer safety groups are demanding an FTC investigation into Grok’s ‘Spicy’ mode

6 months / theverge / Hayden Field

xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler

6 months / wired / Zoë Schiffer, Makena Kelly

GPT-5's rollout fell flat for consumers, but the AI model is gaining where it matters most

cnbc - Since its debut, GPT-5 has more than doubled coding and agent-building activity and driven an eight-fold jump in reasoning workloads.

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Fear of Going ‘Off Script’ Keeps CFOs From Agentic AI

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GPT-5's rollout fell flat for consumers, but the AI model is gaining where it matters most

6 months / cnbc

Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup.

#ai #mobiletech #google #android

Google's Most Expensive Phone Yet May Get A Feature S25 Ultra Users Missed Out On

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Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

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Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

6 months / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Yet another Pixel 10 leak shows off what appears to be Pixelsnap magnets

6 months / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Google unveils compact, efficient Gemma 3 AI model for smartphones

Google introduced Gemma 3 270M, an ultra-small, open‐source AI model tailored for mobile devices that delivers enterprise-grade performance with minimal resource demands. Developers and industry watchers are buzzing over its potential to redefine on‑device AI capabilities with a surprisingly efficient footprint.

#ai #mobiletech #google #aiethics

Google’s Gemma 3 270M is a compact yet powerful AI model that can run on your toaster

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Google releases pint-size Gemma open AI model

6 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Introducing Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI