OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman reportedly takes charge of product strategy

OpenAI’s latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

Anger Management Is Getting Mindfully Guided Via Generative AI Such As ChatGPT

Generative AI such as ChatGPT and other LLMs can be helpful for dealing with anger issues. I give tips and insights on how to best use AI for this. An AI Insider scoop.

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users

YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 – meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person’s face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes. If there is a match, YouTube alerts […]

Starbucks Is Using AI To Fire People — And Calling It A “Turnaround”

The coffee giant’s third round of layoffs isn’t just restructuring. It’s a preview of what AI-driven corporate America looks like — and it should terrify you.

ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has “incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation,” such as hallucinated references or “meta-comments” left by an LLM, authors will be […]

Politician Accused Of Being AI Insists He’s Real: ‘Of Course I Exist’

George Boyd ran for local office in Norfolk, England, but some said his campaign headshot looked AI-generated, leading to widespread false claims he wasn’t a real person.

ChatGPT will now dole out finance tips if you connect your bank account. I won’t.

ChatGPT now lets Pro subscribers in the US connect their bank accounts through Plaid to get personalized financial guidance and spending analysis.

OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle
OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle

OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockman the official lead of all things product. In a memo viewed by The Verge, Brockman wrote that since OpenAI’s product strategy for this year is to go all-in on AI agents, the company is combining its products to “invest in […]

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley’s favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone

Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. “Thinking Frequencies” is run by Claude, “OpenAIR” by ChatGPT, “Backlink Broadcast” by Google’s Gemini, and “Grok and Roll […]