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Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a “personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o” and will add “erotica for verified adults” — We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI forms the Expert Council on Well-Being and AI, with eight experts to help guide OpenAI's work on ChatGPT and Sora — OpenAI on Tuesday announced a council of eight experts who will advise the company and provide insight into how artificial intelligence could affect users' mental health, emotions and motivation.
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| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin held in wallets owned by a man who oversaw a “pig butchering” operation in Cambodia, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture — The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US — Spotify is bringing its video podcasts to Netflix starting next year, the company announced on Tuesday.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft officially ends support for Windows 10, which runs on ~40% of Windows PCs per Statcounter; users can enroll in an Extended Security Updates program — End users can get an extra year of security updates relatively easily. — Today is the official end-of-support date for Microsoft's Windows 10.
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| James Oliphant / Reuters: |
AG Pam Bondi says Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago — - Meta removed page upon Justice Department request — AG Bondi says page was being used to ‘dox and target’ ICE agents
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| Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg: |
Walmart partners with OpenAI to let consumers purchase Walmart's products via ChatGPT using Instant Checkout, starting later this fall; WMT closes up 5% — Walmart Inc. is teaming up with OpenAI to enable shoppers to browse and purchase its products on ChatGPT, the retailer's latest push to incorporate artificial intelligence.
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| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed for AI inference workloads, featuring Intel's Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory — Revealed this week at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, ‘Crescent Island’ marks the beginning of Intel's annual cadence of GPU releases …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Samsung schedules a “Worlds Wide Open” Galaxy event on October 21 at 10pm ET, where it will provide more information about its Project Moohan headset — It's nearly time to learn a lot more about the Project Moohan headset. … Samsung is finally about to reveal more details … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to build its upcoming indoor security camera, home hub, and tabletop robot in Vietnam as part an effort to lessen its dependence on China — Apple Inc. is preparing to expand its manufacturing operations in Vietnam as part of a push into the smart home market … | David Ingram / NBC News: |
Instagram overhauls Teen Accounts to align with PG-13 movie rating standards, block them from seeing accounts that share sexualized content, and more — After outrage over teens' well-being on Instagram erupted, the company said it would adopt the film industry's approach to content and aim to give teens a PG-13 experience.
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| CNBC: |
Oracle plans to deploy 50K AMD Instinct MI450 chips, announced in June, starting in H2 2026; the Instinct MI450 is AMD's first AI chip for rack-sized systems — Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that it will deploy 50,000 Advanced Micro Devices graphics processors starting in the second half of 2026.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations — Salesforce Inc. said it's saving about $100 million a year by using artificial intelligence tools in the software company's customer service operations.
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| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
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| Financial Times: |
Court filings: the Dutch government seized Nexperia after the US said it would remain on its export control list if Chinese CEO Zhang Xuezheng stayed in charge — Takeover of Nexperia plunges Netherlands into US-China tech war — Andy Bounds in Horsens, Denmark, Ben Hall in London and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing
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| Jack Clark / Import AI: |
Anthropic's Jack Clark argues that, while he is optimistic about AI's progress, the industry must do a better job of listening to people's concerns about it — What do we do if AI progress keeps happening? … Import A-Idea — An occasional longer form essay series| Jason Del Rey / Fortune: |
Sources: Amazon plans to cut as much as 15% of its HR staff, and additional layoffs will likely affect other areas of its core consumer business — Amazon is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional layoffs likely in other divisions, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.
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| Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph: |
Tether agrees to a $299.5M settlement with the Celsius Network bankruptcy estate, resolving claims related to Celsius' 2022 collapse — Tether's $299.5 million Celsius settlement could ignite a debate over stablecoin accountability and the legal risks facing issuers in future crypto bankruptcies.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
DirecTV plans to roll out custom shoppable TV screensavers that feature AI likenesses of users, available on DirecTV Gemini devices in 2026 — You can shop for the items that look similar to the ones in the AI-generated screensaver, like clothing or furniture.| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
Hands-on with Nvidia's DGX Spark: trades some performance and bandwidth for 128GB of unified memory, Nvidia's software ecosystem is valuable, and more — This relatively affordable AI workstation isn't about going fast; it's about doing everything well enough
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| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
Managed security services provider LevelBlue to acquire cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which raised $850M in total funding and undergone multiple restructurings — For Cybereason, the acquisition bookends a turbulent seven-year period that saw the company swing from near-IPO status …
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| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ and pays ~$50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment — Another alleged crypto criminal is set to end a legal battle with the U.S. government.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Oura raised $900M led by Fidelity at an “approximately” $11B valuation, up from $5.2B after raising $200M in December, and says it has sold 5.5M+ smart rings — Finnish health tech company Oura has raised $900 million in fresh funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company …
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| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Flow Engineering, which provides a collaborative hardware development platform for companies like Rivian, raised a $23M Series A led by Sequoia — At 14, Pari Singh made just enough money to stir up an existential crisis. — 17 years later, Singh still can't talk about the details of that business (at least, not to a reporter).Sponsor Posts
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