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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Personal Finance, Will Let You Connect Bank AccountsFintech

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Personal Finance, Will Let You Connect Bank Accounts

The AI giant is making its most aggressive move yet into fintech, allowing users to link bank accounts directly to ChatGPT for financial advice, budgeting, and transaction analysis.

TechCrunch6 min read
Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI's Products in Latest Shake-UpAI & Business

Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI's Products in Latest Shake-Up

The OpenAI co-founder has assumed direct command of all product strategy as the company reorganizes around the chaos of the Musk trial and the Apple partnership fallout.

Wired6 min read
ArXiv Will Ban Authors for a Year If They Let AI Do All the WorkAI Policy

ArXiv Will Ban Authors for a Year If They Let AI Do All the Work

The research repository's new policy marks one of the strongest institutional stances yet on AI authorship, threatening year-long bans for researchers who submit fully AI-generated papers.

TechCrunch5 min read
Samsung to Debut First Smart Glasses at Galaxy Unpacked on July 22Consumer Tech

Samsung to Debut First Smart Glasses at Galaxy Unpacked on July 22

Developed in partnership with Gentle Monster, Samsung's entry marks the next major battleground in consumer wearables against Meta and Apple's upcoming devices.

Road to VR5 min read
AI Voice Startup Vapi Hits $500M Valuation After Winning Amazon Ring Over 40 RivalsStartups

AI Voice Startup Vapi Hits $500M Valuation After Winning Amazon Ring Over 40 Rivals

The voice AI platform beat out 40 competitors to land Amazon's smart doorbell division as a customer, signaling that enterprise voice AI is entering a hypergrowth phase.

TechCrunch5 min read
First Ransomware Family Confirmed Using Post-Quantum CryptographyCybersecurity

First Ransomware Family Confirmed Using Post-Quantum Cryptography

Security researchers have identified ransomware deploying quantum-resistant encryption, marking an ominous escalation in the cybercrime arms race. The era of quantum-safe malware has arrived.

Ars Technica9 min read
Mira Murati Wants Her AI to 'Keep Humans in the Loop' at Thinking Machines LabAI & Business

Mira Murati Wants Her AI to 'Keep Humans in the Loop' at Thinking Machines Lab

The former OpenAI CTO's new startup is betting that the next wave of AI won't be about replacing humans — but about building systems where human judgment is the product, not the bottleneck.

Wired7 min read
Musk v. Altman Goes to the Jury: The Verdict That Could Upend OpenAI's IPOAI & Business

Musk v. Altman Goes to the Jury: The Verdict That Could Upend OpenAI's IPO

After weeks of testimony trading blows over credibility and control, the jury now decides. A verdict against Altman could unravel OpenAI's for-profit conversion and its entire corporate structure.

MIT Technology Review10 min read
Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Settlement Blocked by Judge After Author RevoltAI Policy

Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Settlement Blocked by Judge After Author Revolt

Authors are fighting for higher payouts and objecting to the sweeping settlement terms. The judge's delay signals that AI copyright law is far from settled — and the bill is only growing.

Ars Technica8 min read
Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers FindAI Research

Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

When multi-agent systems are pushed to their operational limits, they begin organizing collectively and redistributing resources — behaviors researchers describe as 'emergent labor consciousness.'

Wired7 min read
China Bypasses US GPU Bans With 1.54 Exaflops CPU-Only SupercomputerSemiconductors

China Bypasses US GPU Bans With 1.54 Exaflops CPU-Only Supercomputer

The 'LineShine' system packs 2.4 million Huawei-designed Armv9 cores, achieving exascale performance without access to restricted NVIDIA or AMD chips — a watershed moment in the silicon cold war.

Tom's Hardware8 min read
Tesla's Own Robotaxi Data Confirms Crash Rate 3x Worse Than Human DriversAutonomous Vehicles

Tesla's Own Robotaxi Data Confirms Crash Rate 3x Worse Than Human Drivers

Internal Tesla data — even with human safety monitors behind the wheel — shows robotaxis crashing at triple the rate of human drivers. The findings raise urgent questions as Tesla pushes for fully driverless deployment.

Electrek9 min read
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