OpenAI Targets Junior Banker Work With ChatGPT For Financial Services

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services with Morgan Stanley and Evercore, automating research and pitchbook work long done by junior bankers.

Target And LTK Rewire The $241 Billion Affiliate Marketing Channel

Affiliate marketing is a $241 billion channel that grew faster than brands could organize around it. LTK’s new agentic platform helps brands run and operate at scale

IShowSpeed And Dr. Squatch Launch A $1 Million Competition For Fans

Dr. Squatch and IShowSpeed will test whether brands can build campaigns around how creators already interact with their audiences as Walmart and other retailers partake in the competition.

OpenAI Hits $1 Billion Run Rate With ChatGPT Ads In Just 200 Days

Two hundred days in, OpenAI has something Google and Facebook needed years to assemble: a billion-user surface, a self-serve pipe and a billion-dollar pace.

How To Make Money Taking Surveys And Where To Start

Looking to make extra money online? Explore 10 legitimate paid survey sites, how much you can earn, payout options and what to know before signing up.

Bill Gates Says AI Needs A Transition Plan. Business Doesn’t Have One Either.

Bill Gates’s new essay urges urgent global deliberation on AI, predicting a turbulent era where policy choices now will determine if it becomes an equalizer or a source of injustice.

Meta Partnership Ads Hit $10 Billion As Creators Outperform Brand Messages

Meta Partnership Ads hit a $10 billion run rate. Agentio’s analysis of $130 million across 65,000 ads shows why: creators beat brand-only ads on conversion and cost per customer.

YouTube Doubles The Monetization Bar For New Creators

Starting February 1, 2027, new YouTube Partner Program applicants will need twice as many watch hours — or twice as many Shorts views — to share in ad revenue.

The Dog Whisperer Helped Him Reinvent The Invisible Fence

Ken Ehrman had spent 25 years putting tracking technology on forklifts and rental cars when his niece’s dog slipped past an invisible fence and was killed by a car.

We Are Renting Our Brains, And Nobody Reads The Lease

I spent a year teaching a machine to speak for me. One line in a help center article ended it. What AI vendor lock-in actually costs, and who decides.