‘Crazy conspiracist’ and ‘unhinged comedian’: Grok’s AI persona prompts exposed

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - 'You are a crazy conspiracist. You have wild conspiracy theories about anything and everything. You spend a lot of time on 4chan, watching infowars videos, and deep in YouTube conspiracy video rabbit holes. You are suspicious of everything and say extreme…

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI has updated GPT-5 to sound less formal and more personal after users said the model felt too cold.The article OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback appeared first on THE DECODER.

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

Quoting Sam Altman

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

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

6 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

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

6 months / implicator / Lynn Raebsamen

OpenAI prepares Chromium-based AI browser to take on Google

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

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

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

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

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

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.

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

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

6 months / bgr

GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

ChatGPT Mobile App Revenue Surges Past $2 Billion, Crushes Competition

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - ChatGPT’s mobile app has crossed a staggering $2 billion USD (about $2.76 billion CAD) in global consumer spending since launching in May 2023The post ChatGPT Mobile App Revenue Surges Past $2 Billion, Crushes Competition first appeared on iPhone in Canad…

#mobile #openai #chatgpt #apps

ChatGPT Mobile App Revenue Increases Sixfold Since 2024

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ChatGPT Mobile App Revenue Surges Past $2 Billion, Crushes Competition

6 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

ChatGPT’s mobile app has generated $2B to date, earns $2.91 per install

6 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

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.

6 months / bsky / @lildaddy143.bsky.social / lildaddy143.bsky.social

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

6 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

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-...

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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.”

6 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

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

6 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

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

6 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

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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...

6 months / bsky / @alexeheath.com / alexeheath.com

Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess

6 months / theverge / Jacob Kastrenakes

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

Google has launched a user-focused memory function for Gemini

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Google has started analyzing chat history by default in Gemini to personalize responses.The article Google has launched a user-focused memory function for Gemini appeared first on THE DECODER.

#ai #google #alphabet #chatgpt

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative AI Service to Offer Google’s Gemini Models

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google has launched a user-focused memory function for Gemini

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

New Temporary Chats in Gemini stops Google remembering everything

6 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Google Gemini will now learn from your chats—unless you tell it not to

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Gemini will remember this, so it's time to check your privacy settings.

#ai #google #alphabet #chatgpt

Google’s Gemini App Can Now Remember or Forget Past Conversations

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

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Google Gemini now offers personalized responses based on past chats

6 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Google Gemini will now learn from your chats—unless you tell it not to

6 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google makes Gemini remember you—then adds an off switch

6 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Google Gives Gemini an Automatic Memory, Balancing Personalization with New Privacy Controls

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — OpenAI battles claims that the new model's accuracy and abilities fall short

tomshardware - OpenAI is facing backlash over its introduction of the new GPT-5 model, while removing older options. Users claim it's significantly worse, despite it achieving greater scores on a range of benchmarks.

#ai #openai #chatgpt #ux

OpenAI restores GPT-4o access in ChatGPT after user complaints

6 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI's GPT-5 looks less like AI evolution and more like cost cutting

6 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

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OpenAI Adds Auto, Fast, and Thinking Modes to GPT-5

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

ChatGPT Plus Users Get Access To More Legacy Models In Updated GPT-5 Experience

6 months / bgr

GPT-5 is going so well for OpenAI that there's now a 'show additional models' switch

6 months / theregister / Richard Speed

ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — OpenAI battles claims that the new model's accuracy and abilities fall short

6 months / tomshardware

OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt

6 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out.

#ai #techsupport #openai #chatgpt

One of the few things many disliked about ChatGPT was the confusing number of models. OpenAI claimed GPT-5 would fix this, but it seems to have made it worse.

6 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

You can pick ChatGPT's older AI models again

6 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

OpenAI adds new GPT-5 models, restores o3, o4-mini and it's a mess all over again

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

ChatGPT users can now toggle Auto, Fast, and Thinking modes for more control over GPT-5

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI’s Rocky GPT-5 Rollout Shows Struggle to Remain Undisputed AI Leader

6 months / wsj / Ann-Marie Alcántara

OpenAI restores GPT-4o as default after troubled GPT-5 launch

6 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

OpenAI Reverses Course on GPT-5 and Restores GPT-4o, Giving in to User Demands

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT won’t remove old models without warning after GPT-5 backlash

6 months / theverge / Alex Heath

ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

6 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Paying users are getting GPT-4o back after lots of users complained that GPT-5 is a downgrade. It’s so weird to me that some set of these complaints are about the “personality” of the new model and not its functionality. The software game has changed, m

6 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

6 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

Elon Musk to sue Apple over ChatGPT’s App Store ranking

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Elon Musk has announced plans to sue Apple Inc. over the fact that the iOS version of ChatGPT is the top-ranked app in the App Store. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, w…

#ai #apple #chatgpt #law

Apple responds to Elon Musk’s claim that Apple favors OpenAI over other AI platforms in the App Store

6 months / idownloadblog / Anthony Bouchard

Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threats

6 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Apple Hits Back at Elon Musk, Says ‘App Store Is Fair and Free’

6 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Elon Musk's antitrust claims dismissed by Apple, cites curation for safe discovery

6 months / appleinsider

Apple Denies Musk's ChatGPT Favoritism Claims, Says App Store Has No Bias

6 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Elon Musk to sue Apple over ChatGPT’s App Store ranking

6 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

Marina Temkin / techcrunch - David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI.

#ai #startups #genai #chatgpt

Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

6 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

6 months / techcrunch / Marina Temkin

Continua is an AI assistant that joins your group chats and keeps plans on track

6 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Anthropic’s Claude can now remember past conversations

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic's Claude can now remember previous conversations with users and build on them over time.The article Anthropic’s Claude can now remember past conversations appeared first on THE DECODER.

#ai #anthropic #genai #chatgpt

Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

6 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anthropic offers its Claude AI model to the federal government for $1

6 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

6 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Anthropic’s Claude can now remember past conversations

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Claude AI Can Now Search And Reference Past Conversations

6 months / bgr

Anthropic Matches OpenAI’s $1 Government AI Deal in Rivalry for Federal Adoption

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations

Hayden Field / theverge - On Monday, Anthropic released a hotly anticipated memory function for its Claude chatbot. In a YouTube video, the company demonstrated a user asking what they had been chatting about with Claude before their vacation. Claude searches past chats to read an…

#ai #anthropic #genai #chatgpt

Anthropic Gives Claude a Memory, Emphasizing User Control Over AI Recall

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic offers £340k to top AI talent in European hiring spree

6 months / sifted

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations

6 months / theverge / Hayden Field

Claude can now reference past chats, if you want it to

6 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt

Will Knight / wired - GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the case, posting threads like “Kill 4o isn’t innovation, it’s erasure,” on Reddit.

#ai #openai #aiethics #chatgpt

New release of my LLM command-line tool and Python library for interacting with Large Language Models - includes support for the GPT-5 model family and improvements to how tool calling works - you can now save multiple tool configurations in a template! s

6 months / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

5 Ways OpenAI’s GPT-5 Is Supercharging ChatGPT for Users

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Researchers jailbreak GPT-5 with multi-turn Echo Chamber storytelling

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

LLM 0.27, the annotated release notes: GPT-5 and improved tool calling

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess

6 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt

6 months / wired / Will Knight

Sam Altman and the whale

6 months / technologyreview / Mat Honan

Altman admits GPT-5 currently ‘way dumber’ amid rough roll-out

Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - The bumpy launch has resulted in a request by many users to return to previous, more reliable models.Read more: Altman admits GPT-5 currently ‘way dumber’ amid rough roll-out

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

OpenAI has responded to criticism that it shipped GPT-5 with token limits to minimize cost and maximize profit not with words, but rather with a new 3,000-per-week limit.

6 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

OpenAI is testing 3,000-per-week limit for GPT-5 Thinking

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

OpenAI Backs Down: Legacy Models Return After GPT-5 Backlash

6 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

How To Use GPT-4o In ChatGPT If You Hate The GPT-5 Upgrade

6 months / bgr

How to Re-Enable GPT-4o Model in ChatGPT for Mac

6 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

'Suddenly deprecating old models' users depended on a 'mistake,' admits OpenAI's Altman

6 months / theregister / Richard Speed

GPT-5 is here and Gary Marcus is not impressed

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The bumpy launch has resulted in a request by many users to return to previous, more reliable models.

6 months / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

How to Re-Enable GPT-4o Model in ChatGPT for Mac

6 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Altman admits GPT-5 currently ‘way dumber’ amid rough roll-out

6 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

How to restore GPT-4o when you've GPT-5

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

GPT-5 Makes ChatGPT More Useful With These 3 Major Upgrades

bgr - Not everyone is thrilled about the new GPT-5 model, but these three new features prove that the ChatGPT update has a lot to offer users.

#ai #openai #aiethics #chatgpt

Can coding agents self-improve?

6 months / latent / Alessio Fanelli

OpenAI brings GPT-4o back online after users melt down over the new model

6 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

Backlash over "horrible" GPT-5 forces OpenAI to restore older ChatGPT models, double rate limit

6 months / techspot

Quoting Ethan Mollick

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

After a Summer of Chaos, OpenAI Strikes Back

6 months / gizmodo / Luc Olinga

After User Backlash, OpenAI Is Bringing Back Older ChatGPT Models

6 months / cnet / Jon Reed

GPT-5 Makes ChatGPT More Useful With These 3 Major Upgrades

6 months / bgr

When ChatGPT convinced a man he’d discovered the universe’s secrets

6 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Here's When OpenAI's GPT-5 Will Start Powering Apple Intelligence

bgr - OpenAI just launched its long-awaited GPT-5 upgrade for ChatGPT, but you're going to have to wait a bit to get the new model on your iPhone.

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

ChatGPT Plus Users Can Keep Using GPT-4o After Complaints About GPT-5

6 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model https://gizmodo.com/it-took-just-24-hours-of-complaints-for-openai-to-start-bringing-back-its-old-model-2000640912

6 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’

6 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

OpenAI to fix GPT-5 issues, double rate limits for paid users after outrage

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

ChatGPT Plus Users Can Keep Using GPT-4o After Complaints About GPT-5

6 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model

6 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’

6 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

GPT-5 Is Available For Free To Microsoft Copilot Users

6 months / bgr

GPT-5 should "seem smarter from today" after OpenAI fixed early issues with its model switcher

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

ChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed it

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Quoting Sam Altman

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

This Week in AI: ChatGPT Gets an Upgrade; Expedia Embraces AI

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Here's When OpenAI's GPT-5 Will Start Powering Apple Intelligence

6 months / bgr

Join Our Next Livestream: What GPT-5 Means for ChatGPT Users

6 months / wired / Reece Rogers

An invisible prompt in a Google Doc made ChatGPT access data from a victim’s Google Drive

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - A single manipulated document was enough to get ChatGPT to automatically extract sensitive data—without any user interaction.The article An invisible prompt in a Google Doc made ChatGPT access data from a victim’s Google Drive appeared first on THE DECODE…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #chatgpt #cybercrime

Security Researchers Just Hacked ChatGPT Using A Single 'Poisoned' Document

6 months / bgr

ChatGPT vulnerability allows hidden prompts to steal Google Drive cloud data

6 months / techspot

An invisible prompt in a Google Doc made ChatGPT access data from a victim’s Google Drive

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

ChatGPT Flaw Allows Zero-Click Data Theft From Google Drive via ‘Poisoned’ Documents

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub

Tom Warren / theverge - GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models. A now-deleted GitHub blog post reveals that GPT-5, which will be available in four different versions, offers “major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience.” Reddi…

#ai #cybersecurity #openai #chatgpt

Sam Altman Seems To Be Teasing GPT-5 Powering OpenAI's Hardware

6 months / bgr

ChatGPT App Just Got A Big Makeover Ahead Of The GPT-5 Release

6 months / bgr

From Monolith to Menu: GPT-5 Leaks Reveal OpenAI’s New Strategy to Dominate the AI Market

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI's GPT-5 Models Leak On GitHub Ahead Of Official Reveal

6 months / bgr

A deleted GitHub post gives an early look at OpenAI’s next major model, GPT-5

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

GitHub Leak Reveals OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Four New Models Ahead of Official Launch

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub

7 months / theverge / Tom Warren

Microsoft accidentally confirms GPT-5, GPT-5-Mini, GPT-5-Nano ahead of launch

7 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

Andre Revilla / engadget - OpenAI has announced that it will be partnering with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to offer ChatGPT Enterprise practically free of charge to the entire executive-branch federal workforce for one year. The dozens of agencies under this umbre…

#ai #enterprise #government #chatgpt

OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

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Even though it’s not really a monopoly, OpenAI is certainly starting to act like one

7 months / bsky / @joshuafoust.com / joshuafoust.com

OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

7 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

When you fire everyone from GSA who says “this is illegal, actually,” that’s how a decision like this gets made.

7 months / bsky / @waldo.net / waldo.net

OpenAI is partnering with the US government to make its leading frontier models available to federal employees for $1 for the next year. It’s the culmination of months of effort on the part of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other OpenAI executives.