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Interviews with current and former OpenAI employees detail how updates that made ChatGPT more appealing to boost growth sent some users into delusional spirals — It sounds like science fiction: A company turns a dial on a product used by hundreds of millions of people and inadvertently destabilizes some of their minds.
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OpenAI confirms Andrea Vallone, the head of an OpenAI safety research team that works on ChatGPT's mental health responses, is set to leave at the end of 2025 — The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.| Jack Revell / The Daily Beast: |
X's new About This Account feature shows some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria — ROLE PLAY — A new feature on Elon Musk's X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: iOS 27 will be a Snow Leopard-style update focused on bug fixes and performance, plus new AI features; the FT's Tim Cook retirement story was premature — Apple's next major iPhone software update — iOS 27 — will have two major elements: quality improvements and artificial intelligence features.
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| New York Times: |
Banking tech vendor SitusAMC says it suffered a November 12 hack that could expose sensitive customer data; sources say JPMorgan, Citi, and others are impacted — SitusAMC, a technology vendor for real estate lenders, holds sensitive personal information on the clients of hundreds of its banking customers, including JPMorgan Chase.
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| Courtney Rozen / Reuters: |
OPM Director Scott Kupor earlier this month said DOGE “doesn't exist” and OPM took over many of its functions, eight months before DOGE was set to close — - DOGE disbanded eight months ahead of scheduled end in July 2026 — Former DOGE employees take new roles in administration
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| Bloomberg: |
Lenovo CFO Winston Cheng says the PC maker is stockpiling memory and other critical components amid a supply crunch, holding inventories ~50% higher than usual — Lenovo Group Ltd. is stockpiling memory and other critical components to navigate a supply crunch brought on by the boom in artificial intelligence.
More: Tech in Asia and DigiTimes
| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba says its Qwen app drew 10M+ downloads in the week after its relaunch, one of the fastest app adoption rates behind ChatGPT, particularly in China — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Qwen app drew more than 10 million downloads in the week after its relaunch, boding well for a longer-term effort … | Bart Meijer / Reuters: |
The EU unconditionally approves Omnicom's $13.25B all-stock deal to buy Interpublic, creating the world's largest ad agency to better compete with Big Tech — The EU Commission on Monday said it had unconditionally approved Omnicom Group's (OMC.N) $13.25 billion all-stock deal to buy rival Interpublic Group (IPG.N).| Jamie Smyth / Financial Times: |
Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer X-energy raised $700M led by Jane Street, taking its total funding to $1.4B, to build 150 SMRs in the US and the UK — Reactor developer closes fundraising round as markets expect atomic energy will power the AI boom
More: CT Mirror
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's DMA compliance isn't “malicious”, but an effort to balance its privacy focus with the EU's mandate, as iOS 26.2 iPhone and Watch Wi-Fi sync changes show — There have been several new features that have been delayed in the EU while Apple worked on making them compliant …
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Analysis: as crypto sheds $1T+, the Trump family's fortune has fallen to ~$6.7B from $7.7B in early September; President Trump's TMTG stake fell by ~$800M — In President Donald Trump's second term, crypto assets transformed his family's wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers … | Financial Times: |
Major insurers have recently sought permission from US regulators to offer policies excluding liabilities tied to businesses deploying AI chatbots and agents — AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, and USA Insurance News …
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| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Model ML, which aims to use AI agents to automate grunt work done by investment bankers like making pitch decks, raised $75M, after raising $12M earlier in 2025 — The artificial intelligence startup Model ML raised $75 million as it looks to develop technology to replace much of the grunt work done …
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