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October 7, 2025, 6:10 AM

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OpenAI:
OpenAI announces apps that work inside ChatGPT, starting with Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow for users outside of the EU  —  A new generation of apps you can chat with and the tools for developers to build them.  —  Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)Start building apps(opens in a new window)
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
OpenAI unveils the Apps SDK, built on MCP, in preview to let developers build apps for ChatGPT, and says it will begin accepting app submissions later this year  —  OpenAI's annual conference for third-party developers, DevDay, kicked off with a bang today as co-founder and CEO Sam Altman announced a new …
OpenAI:
OpenAI makes Codex generally available, and announces new features: Slack integration, a new Codex SDK, and new admin tools  —  Loading...  We're announcing the general availability of Codex and three new features that make it even more useful for engineering teams:
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, including Agent Builder, which Sam Altman described as like Canva for building agents  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday announced the launch of AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, at the firm's Dev Day event.
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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
OpenAI and AMD announce a deal in which OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years; AMD jumped 23%+  —  - OpenAI and AMD have reached a deal that could see Sam Altman's company take a 10% stake in the chipmaker
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
A look at the OpenAI-AMD partnership, which added ~$78B to AMD's market cap and shows OpenAI is good at deals; OpenAI deals also boosted Shopify and Etsy stocks  —  OpenAI/AMD, Antifraud Co., M&A scoops, World Cup tickets, Gary Gensler's cell phone and Citadel Insecurities.  —  OpenAI/AMD
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
SCOTUS turns down Google's request to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Google to make major changes to Play Store in an antitrust case filed by Epic  —  - Google asked Supreme Court to freeze parts of judge's order  — Order was issued in suit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Sources: the SEC has been probing AppLovin over allegations that it violated platform partners' agreements to push more targeted ads to consumers; APP drops 14%  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission has been probing the data-collection practices of the mobile advertising tech company AppLovin Corp. …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange is in talks to invest $2B in Polymarket in a deal that could value it at between $8B and $10B  —  Investment from Intercontinental Exchange could help the popular prediction market re-enter the U.S.  —  New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange …
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Oracle urges customers to patch an E-Business Suite vulnerability that is being exploited by cybercriminals; Mandiant says the Clop hacking group exploited it  —  Oracle issued a security alert this weekend urging customers to patch a vulnerability currently being exploited by cybercriminals.
Sima Kotecha / BBC:
UK police dismantle an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40K stolen smartphones from the UK to China, arrest 18 suspects, and recover 2,000 phones  —  Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year.
Financial Times:
Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps healthcare companies compile feedback from patients and doctors, for $6.75B including debt  —  Deal is latest in busy stretch for private equity-backed software and healthcare-focused technology businesses

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