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OpenAI plans to bring ChatGPT’s chat and work features together in December. Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers will have one shared usage allowance for ChatGPT and Codex, though chats using Instant models will not count toward it.
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OpenAI is tightening limits on what ChatGPT tells teenagers about firearms, even when their questions seem harmless. Teens can still use the chatbot to ask for help preventing violence or reaching a trusted adult.
A federal judge rejected xAI’s request to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit alleging that its data center near Memphis operated gas turbines without required air permits. The judge ruled that the NAACP can bring the case and that the turbines do not qualify for the permit exemption xAI claimed.
Artcraft developers used AI to build free, open-source apps designed to work much like Adobe's creative software. The apps still have bugs and missing features, and their resemblance to Adobe's products raises legal questions.
Adobe researchers and UC San Diego developed EditAgent, a system that chooses editing tools for each task and checks the results using image measurements. It performed better than other AI editing agents in tests, but used about ten times more computing power than a single editor.
AI agent swarms failed to build a thriving Minecraft civilization in a three-hour test. After early setbacks, the 50 agents focused on survival and spent time assigning minor duties instead of making progress.
Meta’s advertising revenue grew faster than Google’s search ad revenue last quarter, helped by AI tools that improve how advertisers reach people on Facebook and Instagram. Google faces a different challenge: AI chatbots and its own AI search answers may reduce the clicks that support its search ads.
Companies are starting to show how AI spending is affecting their earnings. Santander put a value on its AI gains, while Novartis and Meta said the technology was helping their results.
Publishers are selling ads that AI assistants can see but human readers cannot. TIME is using Mobian to put labeled ads in pages for registered AI agents, giving publishers a way to earn money when assistants read their work without sending visitors to their sites.
Michael Kratsios, a former Peter Thiel aide, has turned the White House science office into a key player in federal technology decisions. The profile describes him as one of a small group helping shape the Trump administration’s AI policy.
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