OpenAI Launches ‘Research-First’ Shopping Agent Powered by GPT-5 Mini, Pauses Instant Checkout

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has launched a GPT-5 mini shopping agent with 64% accuracy, but has paused instant checkout capabilities amid a fierce agentic commerce war.The post OpenAI Launches ‘Research-First’ Shopping Agent Powered by GPT-5 Mini, Pauses Instant Checkout appe…

3 months / cnbc

OpenAI's Shopping Bot Lands at 64% Accuracy Just in Time for Its $74 Billion Loss Projection

3 months / implicator / Robert Brown

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT Shopping Research Drops In Time For Black Friday With Nearly Unlimited Usage

bgr - OpenAI just launched a new model in time for the holidays: ChatGPT Shopping Research is available to all users, with almost unlimited access.

#ecommerce #digitalmarketing #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #ux #technology #assistant

OpenAI’s First Device Takes Shape

3 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

ChatGPT Adds AI Shopping Research Feature for Holiday Gift Finding

3 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

ChatGPT shopping research builds you a buyer’s guide using AI

3 months / theverge / Elissa Welle

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Shopping Research tool for personalized product discovery

3 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

ChatGPT Adds AI Shopping Research Feature for Holiday Gift Finding

3 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

OpenAI Launches Shopping Research Experience in ChatGPT

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

ChatGPT’s New Shopping Tool Arrives Just in Time for Black Friday

3 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a shopping agent that researches and compares products

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Your next smartphone buying decision might be made by ChatGPT

3 months / digitaltrends

ChatGPT Gets Major Shopping Upgrades in Time for Black Friday

3 months / cnet / Imad Khan

ChatGPT Shopping Research Drops In Time For Black Friday With Nearly Unlimited Usage

3 months / bgr

ChatGPT now offers a dedicated shopping assistant

3 months / engadget

Anthropic releases new flagship Claude Opus 4.5 model

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today launched Claude Opus 4.5, its new flagship large language model. The company says Opus 4.5 is its safest and most capable LLM yet. The model is rolling out a few weeks after the two other entries into the Claude 4.5 series: Sonnet 4.5 …

#ai #cloud #automation #software #anthropic #aiethics #chatgpt #productivity #api #developertools

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3 months / bgr

Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel

3 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Release Announcements

Claude Opus 4.5: Everything You Need to Know About Anthropic's New Flagship

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic Targets Coding and Agents Markets With Latest AI Model

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.5, Its Latest And – It Says – Most Powerful AI Model Yet

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Anthropic releases new flagship Claude Opus 4.5 model

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.5, its latest AI model following $350 billion valuation

3 months / cnbc

Opus 4.5

3 months / claude

Claude Opus 4.5

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Anthropic has launched Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model, with new integrations into Chrome and Excel.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - AWS has been working with the U.S. government since 2011 and is now building AI infrastructure specifically for the entity.

#ai #cloud #amazon #aiethics #government #datacenter #us #supercomputers #technology

AWS to build 1.3 gigawatts of government-grade supercomputing power for Uncle Sam

3 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Amazon Pledges Up To $50 Billion To Expand AI, Supercomputing For US Government

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

AWS has been working with the U.S. government since 2011 and is now building AI infrastructure specifically for the entity.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Amazon says it will invest $50 billion to help Trump create a surveillance state www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/a...

3 months / bsky / @thedailyedge.bsky.social / thedailyedge.bsky.social

AWS to invest up to $50 billion in U.S. AI and supercomputing for government agencies

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government

3 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

Amazon Investing $50 Billion in Government AI Infrastructure Efforts

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

AWS Announces $50 Billion Government AI Infrastructure Investment

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Amazon to spend up to $50 billion on AI infrastructure for U.S. government

3 months / cnbc

Amazon to Invest $50 Billion Building Data Centers to Support U.S. Government

3 months / wsj / Connor Hart

Amazon announces $50B investment to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for US government

3 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Sam Altman and Jony Ive Break Silence on OpenAI Device: Prototype Finalized, ‘Less Than Two Years’ to Release

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Jony Ive and Sam Altman have confirmed a "less than two years" timeline for their planned AI device , rebutting reports of technical delays with a finalized "whimsical" prototype.The post Sam Altman and Jony Ive Break Silence on OpenAI Device: Prototype F…

#ai #hardware #innovation #openai #aiethics #gadget #altman #technology #jonyive

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Confirmed Prototypes: Ready in Under Two Years

Jony Ive and Sam Altman Say They Finally Have an AI Hardware Prototype

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Execs say OpenAI has first hardware prototypes, plan to reveal device in 2 years or less

3 months / cnbc

Ive and Altman Say OpenAI’s First Device Will Launch in Under 2 Years

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI Leaders Sam Altman and Jony Ive Have a Prototype of Screenless AI Device

3 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

OpenAI and Jony Ive Reveal Screen-Free ChatGPT Device

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Sam Altman and Jony Ive Break Silence on OpenAI Device: Prototype Finalized, ‘Less Than Two Years’ to Release

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

LoveFrom has a prototype for the first piece of OpenAI Hardware

3 months / appleinsider

Jony Ive and Sam Altman say they finally have an AI hardware prototype

3 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Design Whimsy: Calming, Tactile, Playful Innovation

Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone

3 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Jony Ive and Sam Altman Discuss AI Device That's Playful, Bite Worthy, and as Peaceful as a Cabin By a Lake

3 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Sam Altman and Jony Ive Say You’ll Want to ‘Lick’ and ‘Bite’ Their New Hardware Prototype

3 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Mystery & Investment: A $6.5 Billion Puzzle

OpenAI's $6.5 Billion Mystery Box: Why Altman and Ive Can't Explain Their Own Device

3 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

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this is going to be so deliciously embarrassing

3 months / bsky / @karlbode.com / karlbode.com

This looks like two clowns out of makeup speaking at a clown panel at a clown con about differing methodologies of clowning.

3 months / bsky / @monteiro.bsky.social / monteiro.bsky.social

Calling it now: this device will never be released www.theverge.com/news/827607/...

3 months / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

DOGE Is Officially Dead

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The project no longer exists, despite eight months left on its mandate.

#cybersecurity #innovation #techpolicy #defensetech #doge #aiethics #government #doj #DHS #darpa

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal dismantlement https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/doge-doesnt-exist-anymore-but-expert-says-its-still-not-dead/ > Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated

3 months / bsky / @nek.blue-ocean.social / nek.blue-ocean.social

DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

3 months / arstechnica

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

3 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

DOGE is dead — and it barely took a bite out of federal spending

3 months / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

DOGE is dead, but the damage is still with us. Here’s a look back at some of its most egregious moves

3 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

DOGE Is Officially Dead https://gizmodo.com/doge-is-officially-dead-2000690664

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk’s team of federal cost-cutters

3 months / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

DOGE Is Officially Dead

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

DOGE Quietly Dissolves 8 Months Early: Personnel and Tech Absorbed by Federal Agencies

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: With the release of its third version last week, Google's Gemini large language model surged past ChatGPT and other competitors to become the most capable AI chatbot, as determined by consensus industry-benchmark tests…

#ai #innovation #ml #google #aiethics #genai #alphabet #chatgpt #technology #gemini

Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT’s Lunch

3 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Google Is Reportedly Bringing NotebookLM Access Directly Into Gemini

3 months / bgr

When an AI model release immediately spawns memes and treatises declaring the rest of the industry cooked, you know you’ve got something worth dissecting. www.theverge.com/report/82755...

3 months / bsky / @haydenfield.bsky.social / haydenfield.bsky.social

We Finally Know When Gemini Will Officially Replace Google Assistant

3 months / bgr

Google Gemini 3 vs ChatGPT: How they compare

3 months / mashable

These 6 Nano Banana Pro prompts are wild with the Gemini 3 upgrade

3 months / mashable

Beyond Google's obviously impressive AI tech, it's the product work that's starting to surprise in good ways... https://spyglass.org/gemini-vs-chatgpt-product/

3 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

‘Holy shit’: Gemini 3 is winning the AI race — for now

3 months / theverge / Hayden Field

How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Google Does Not Read Your Gmail To Train Gemini AI Models

3 months / bgr

Apple prepares a system-wide code cleanup in iOS 27 to pave the way for AI

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Apple is reportedly planning a strategic shift for its next major operating system update, iOS 27, prioritizing system stability and performance refinement over the introduction of flashy new features. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On …

#ai #software #mobiletech #apple #aiethics #ios #performance #updates #bugs #operatingsystems

Report: Apple to Focus on Performance Improvements and AI Features With Next Year’s iOS 27

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

iOS 27 might finally deliver the iPhone experience I've been waiting for

3 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Apple iOS 27: Everything we know so far

3 months / mashable

Apple iOS 27 to Be No-Frills 'Snow Leopard' Update, Other Than New AI

3 months / slashdot / msmash

iOS 27 to Focus on Quality Improvements and New AI Features Over Drastic Redesigns

3 months / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

iOS 27 To Prioritize Bug Fixes And Deeper AI Integration

3 months / bgr

Apple prepares a system-wide code cleanup in iOS 27 to pave the way for AI

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Social Links raises €2.6 million to enhance AI tools that detect fraud, scam messages and brand misinformation

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Amstelveen-based Social Links, a global technology company, has secured €2.6 million ($3 million) in additional follow-on funding to accelerate the development of next-generation defense tools designed to secure companies’ brand, assets, and people in the…

#ai #cybersecurity #analytics #aiethics #chatgpt #cybercrime #scam #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Social Links raises $3M to boost AI digital risk protection

3 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Social Links Secures €2.6 M To Advance AI Tools Combating Fraud, Scams, And Brand Misinformation

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Social Links raises €2.6 million to enhance AI tools that detect fraud, scam messages and brand misinformation

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Exclusive: Social Links nets $3M to fight AI fraud and misinformation

3 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts

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#ai #aiethics #business #finance #technology #litigation #regulation

Major insurers move to ring-fence AI liability as multi-billion dollar risks emerge — Recent public incidents have lead to costly repercussions

3 months / tomshardware

Major insurers seek to exclude AI-related risks from corporate policies

3 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Insurers to Pull Back From AI Liability Coverage

3 months / datamation / Datamation Staff

"Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts" www.ft.com/content/abfe... via techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a... "AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk"

3 months / bsky / @freakonometrics.bsky.social / freakonometrics.bsky.social

In more AI bubble news, major insurers are declining to insure risks from AI chatbots & agents, saying AI models are too unpredictable & error-prone with no one clearly liable when things go wrong. Firms & universities better consider this in

3 months / bsky / @ntusikov.bsky.social / ntusikov.bsky.social

Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts

3 months / ft

Insurers Uneasy About Covering Corporate AI Risks

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

iOS 27 will reportedly focus on performance improvements and AI upgrades

Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - After years of introducing major changes with its annual iOS releases, Apple may be altering its approach next time around, instead focusing on refinement over a bevy of flashy new features. According to Mark Gurman in this week's Power On newsletter, for…

#ai #software #mobiletech #apple #aiethics #ios #performance #updates #bugs

iOS 27 will reportedly focus on performance improvements and AI upgrades

3 months / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

iOS 27 to prioritize stability and new AI upgrades

3 months / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

iOS 27 Will Reportedly Just Be Bug Fixes for iOS 26

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

iOS 27 Will Reportedly Have Two Key Upgrades

3 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

iOS 27 rumored to be focused on stability, like macOS X Snow Leopard was

3 months / appleinsider

AI robots with the power to crush skulls? "Whistleblower" lawsuit sounds alarm on Figure AI

techspot - The case has been filed in the Northern District of California by Robert Gruendel, a principal robotic safety engineer. He alleges that he was dismissed from Figure AI in September after lodging safety complaints about the company's humanoid robots.Read E…

#ai #robotics #automation #ml #aiethics #law #technology #litigation #safety #regulation

Heist Exposes AI's Flaws

3 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

You Must Read This Riveting Whistleblower Lawsuit About Allegedly Dangerous Robots

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

iRobot Co-Founder Calls Out Elon Musk's Optimus Robot 'Fantasy'

3 months / slashgear

AI robots with the power to crush skulls? "Whistleblower" lawsuit sounds alarm on Figure AI

3 months / techspot

Waymo gets California DMV's approval to test robotaxis in more areas

Mariella Moon / engadget - The California DMV has approved Waymo’s request to conduct driverless testing and to deploy its robotaxis in more locations in the state. As CBS News reports, Waymo now has the permission to operate across the whole Bay Area, Sacramento and most of Southe…

#robotics #selfdriving #robotaxis #aiethics #technology #automotive #regulation #california

Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State.”

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Waymo gets regulatory approval to expand across Bay Area and Southern California

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

California Just Legalized Waymo in Some of the Nation’s Most Populous Areas

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Waymo gets California DMV's approval to test robotaxis in more areas

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Waymo's California Land Grab: 47,493 Square Miles of Permission, 2,500 Cars of Reality

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has internally mandated a 1,000-fold increase in AI capacity by 2030, defying CEO Sundar Pichai's public warnings about an AI market bubble.The post Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears appeared first on WinBu…

#ai #cloud #innovation #ml #google #aiethics #datacenter #alphabet #technology

This unlikely Google-Microsoft duo works better than it should

3 months / pocket-lint / Chris Hachey

Google's Nested Learning aims to stop LLMs from catastrophic forgetting

3 months / the-decoder / Jonathan Kemper

Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google says it isnt using your Gmail to train AI

3 months / mashable

Google plans a 1000x jump in AI compute over the next five years

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

This week in AI: Brushing off new bubble warnings, Google’s AI comeback and Nvidia’s China threat

3 months / cnbc

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

BeauHD / slashdot - Google has begun testing sponsored ads inside its Gemini-powered AI Mode, placing labeled "sponsored" links at the bottom of AI-generated responses. Engadget reports: [A] Google spokesperson says the result shown is akin to similar tests it's been running…

#ai #google #aiethics #genai #alphabet #technology #algorithm #ads #advertising #gemini

How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout

3 months / wsj / Katherine Blunt

900 Days to Decide AI's Future

3 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google starts testing ads in AI Mode

3 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Google's AI Mode Gets Ads: The Search Giant Just Admitted It Can't Compete

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Benj Edwards / arstechnica - Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

#ai #cloud #hardware #ml #google #gpu #aiethics #datacenter #alphabet #technology

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Google Must Double AI Serving Capacity Every 6 Months To Meet Demand

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

3 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Google Exec Claims Company Needs to Double Its AI Serving Capacity ‘Every Six Months’: Report

3 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

Google's AI Infrastructure Faces a Brutal Math Problem

3 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI -- here's how to turn that off

appleinsider - Once again, Google has decided for you that your data is its toy. Here's how to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email.GmailThere's no shortage of big tech companies that want to use your data to train their large language models. Recently, I discu…

#ai #ml #dataprivacy #techpolicy #google #aiethics #alphabet #chatgpt #privacy #digitalprivacy

Xの方でGmailに関する情報が流れているが、とりあえずGoogle側はその情報を否定しているとの事。背景： Gmailでスマート機能をオンにしているとメールの中身や添付ファイルがAI訓練に使用されるとの噂が広がる。 Google広報はThe Vergeに対して「スマート機能は何年も前から存在するし、ユーザーの設定を勝手に変更したり、メールの内容をAI訓練に使用したりしていない。この報告はミスリードだ」と話している。 1/2 www.theverge.com/news/826902/...

3 months / bsky / @taineko399.bsky.social / taineko399.bsky.social

Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI -- here's how to turn that off

3 months / appleinsider

Google's AI is eating your email by default. Here's how to shut its mouth

3 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Gmail: Google Quietly Opts Users Into Potential AI Training on Private Emails

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

NexDash launches Europe’s AI-driven electric trucking platform

Berlin-based logistics startup NexDash has secured €5 million in seed funding to launch Europe’s first fully AI-driven, all-electric trucking platform. Aiming to revolutionize freight transport with sustainable technology and intelligent operations, the initiative represents a significant shift in addressing environmental and operational challenges in the region’s aging diesel-dependent fleet.

#climate #ai #startups #aiethics #business #deeptech #europe #batteries #automotive #ev

NexDash launches Europe’s first AI-driven, all-electric trucking platform with €5M backing

3 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

How to combat burnout and boost your productivity

3 months / e27 / Chuen Chuen Yeo

Berlin-based NexDash hauls in €5 million to electrify Europe’s freight

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

NexDash raises €5M and launches AI-powered, fully electric road freight carrier

3 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Numeric Secures $51M In Series B Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Numeric, a San Franciscoand London, UK-based-based AI accounting automation platform founded in 2020, has raised $51M in a Series B round to accelerate its evolution from close management software to a full-scale finance operations platform. The funding w…

#ai #startups #cloud #automation #fintech #enterprise #aiethics #investment #business #technology

Numeric Secures $51M In Series B Round

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Numeric lands $51 million to expand its AI accounting platform

3 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Numeric Launches New Cash Tool After $51 Million Series B

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Elon Musk blames 'adversarial prompting' after Grok spewed embarrassing, sycophantic praise

Karissa Bell / engadget - Stop me if you've heard this one before: xAI is once again nuking a bunch of posts from Grok on X after the chatbot made a series of outrageous claims. This time, though, the company isn't cleaning up a bunch of pro-Hitler posts, but a bout of cringe-indu…

#ai #aiethics #genai #business #chatgpt #technology #elonmusk #grokai

11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone https://gizmodo.com/11-things-grok-says-elon-musk-does-better-than-anyone-2000689254

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Gizmodo har sammanställt 11 saker som Elon är king på. Favoriten måste nog ändå vara sista punkten: "11. Elon would’ve been better at hiding from the Nazis than Anne Frank"

3 months / bsky / @cj.khpodden.se / cj.khpodden.se

11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone

3 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

France moves against Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims

3 months / go

When Your AI Chatbot Thinks You're God: Inside Grok's Musk Worship Spiral

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Grok generates sycophantic praise for Elon Musk after new update