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OpenAI debuts Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers and limited to 100 queries per month — OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.
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OpenAI's Deep Research hands-on: very good at nuanced, complex research, and the first narrow agent to do sophisticated and likely economically valuable work — The first narrow agents are here — A hint to the future arrived quietly over the weekend. For a long time … | Financial Times: |
The US' largest companies, like Visa, United, Amazon, Apple, and Oracle, are cutting deals with Elon Musk's businesses as he solidifies his power in government — Companies from Boeing to Amazon have sought out the world's richest man as he seeks to remake US government| Rochelle Raveendran / CBC News: |
In the wake of US tariffs on Canadian goods, the premiere of Ontario Doug Ford says he's “ripping up” the province's $100M Starlink contract — Musk part of President Donald Trump's team that wants to destroy families, Ford says — Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is …
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| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Meta has invested $80B+ in AR and VR since 2014 when it bought Oculus, and is on track to top $100B in 2025; a source says it sold 1M Ray-Bans in 2024 — Tech group reveals it put $19.9bn into its Reality Labs division, which develops its smart glasses and headsets, last year
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Analysis of FEC filings: Elon Musk spent $288M+ to help elect Trump and other Republicans, the 2024 US election's biggest donor; Musk's America PAC raised $263M — Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates … | Bloomberg: |
The Seoul High Court upholds an earlier decision clearing Samsung Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee of fraud and stock-rigging, marking a major victory for Samsung — - Seoul court upholds Jay Y. Lee's earlier victory on appeal — The Samsung scion can now focus on turning around the firm
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Chainalysis and others estimate $TRUMP had generated $86M to $100M in trading fees by January 30; its market cap, which passed $14.5B on January 19, is down 66% — Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks … | Bloomberg: |
Trump signs an executive action to form a sovereign wealth fund; Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says it may be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US — - Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months| Monique Mulima / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the prior week, ending 12 consecutive weekly purchases worth $20B+ starting in October 2024, and holds ~$44.7B — The purchases had coincided with a record-breaking rally in the digital currency that had been driven in part by Donald Trump's embrace …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original 1970s lo-fi demo, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys; McCartney and Starr completed it in 2021 — The “Now and Then” track was released in 2023 after machine learning was used to clean up an old John Lennon demo.
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The first ever native iPhone porn app, Hot Tub, arrives in the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, which was made possible by the DMA — A native pornography app for iOS is coming to the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, made possible by Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA).Sponsor Posts
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