GPT-5.1 debuts with new Instant and Thinking models
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - OpenAI announced an upgrade to its flagship model today, November 12, 2025, releasing GPT-5.1. The new version, which powers ChatGPT, is split into two models: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.1 Instant, the most-used model…
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Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine are licensing their voices to AI
techspot - Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine are partnering with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their voices. The collaboration lets both actors explore new ways to share stories while giving creators and companies controll…
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OpenAI says the brand-new GPT-5.1 is ‘warmer’ and has more ‘personality’ options
Hayden Field / theverge - OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.1 today, an update to the flagship model it released in August. OpenAI calls it an “upgrade” to GPT-5 that “makes ChatGPT smarter and more enjoyable to talk to.” The new models include GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. The fo…
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Back to Top / Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15903 / 21 stories in 3 months
PitchBook brings generative AI to private markets with Navigator and ChatGPT integration
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Private capital market intelligence company PitchBook Data Inc. today announced the upcoming launch of PitchBook Navigator, a generative artificial intelligence tool that delivers private capital market insights through natural-language prompts directly w…
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Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Flaw, Exposing Encrypted AI Chats Across 28 LLMs
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft researchers have detailed a new side-channel attack called “Whisper Leak” that can guess the topic of encrypted AI chats, exposing a fundamental privacy risk across the AI industry. In a report, the team showed how patterns in network traffic si…
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Is Wall Street losing faith in AI?
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15806 / 5 stories in 3 months
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Walks Back ‘Federal Backstop’ Comment Amid Scrutiny Over Trillion-Dollar Spending
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI’s finance chief, Sarah Friar, on Wednesday took back comments that hinted the AI firm might need a “federal backstop” for its huge technology spending. After her words at a Wall Street Journal event caused a stir, Friar wrote on LinkedIn that she “…
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Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15732 / 13 stories in 4 months
Google Tests A New Version Of AI Mode
barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Google is testing a new version of AI Mode responses in the wild, directly in the Google Search AI Mode interface. Google even tells the searcher, "You're giving feedback on a new version of Al Mode. Which response do you prefer?"
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15686 / 7 stories in 4 months
Google warns that a new era of self-evolving, AI-driven malware has begun
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - A new report out today from Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that there has been a major shift in cybercrime as attackers are no longer using artificial intelligence solely for productivity but are now deploying AI-enabled malware directly in …
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15683 / 6 stories in 4 months
Ilya Sutskever Deposition Reveals How Sam Altman’s 2023 Firing Was Planned for Over a Year
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - A newly public deposition from OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever reveals the plot to fire CEO Sam Altman was a year in the making, based on a secret memo.The post Ilya Sutskever Deposition Reveals How Sam Altman’s 2023 Firing Was Planned for Over a Year ap…
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After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users
Benj Edwards / arstechnica - AI companion app faces legal and regulatory pressure over child safety concerns.
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15550 / 3 stories in 4 months
OpenAI adds reusable ‘characters’ and video stitching to Sora
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - OpenAI’s Sora app will now let you turn almost anything into a reusable avatar for its AI-generated videos. These “character cameos” are one of several new features that have been added to the Sora 2 video generator, alongside clip stitching and leaderboa…
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 8:22 am / permalink 15537 / 10 stories in 4 months
Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman and Launches New AI Suite
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Grammarly is rebranding to Superhuman and launching the Superhuman suite, which includes its popular proof-reading tool, Coda, Superhuman Mail, and a new Superhuman Go AI assistant.The post Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman and Launches New AI Suite appear…
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Character.AI to block romantic AI chats for minors a year after teen's suicide
cnbc - Character.AI said it will phase out open-ended chats for minors, including romantic dialogues with AI chatbots, by Nov. 25.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 15515 / 9 stories in 4 months
GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - On the opening day of GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub announced Agent HQ, its vision for the future of the platform.The post GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15493 / 4 stories in 4 months
AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - PayPal is partnering with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet and an 'Instant Checkout' feature into ChatGPT, escalating the AI commerce race against Walmart and Microsoft.The post AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT…
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15480 / 11 stories in 4 months
OpenAI says more than a million people a week show severe mental distress when talking to ChatGPT
James Farrell / siliconangle - In a report released by OpenAI today, the company illustrated just how many of its users are struggling with mental health issues and what it’s doing to mitigate the problem. Working with 170 mental health experts, OpenAI analyzed responses from its 800 m…
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OpenAI launches its AI video-generator Sora for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users
Britney Nguyen / qz - The text-to-video generator is “critical to our AGI roadmap," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said
Back to Top / Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15422 / 4 stories in 4 months
OpenAI Atlas Browser Hands On: I’m Not Convinced the Web Needs a Chatbot Tour Guide
Reece Rogers / wired - In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.
Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 15400 / 5 stories in 4 months
Studies Reveal AI Models’ Troubling Sycophancy Trends
New research shows that large language models have a disconcerting habit of echoing users instead of challenging them. Benchmark tests reveal consistently high rates of agreement, raising pressing questions on the reliability and impartiality of these systems when deployed for critical decision-making and creative tasks.
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