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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)
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI unveils the Apps SDK, built on MPC, 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 …
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| 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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| 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:
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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 jumps 23.71% — - OpenAI and AMD have reached a deal that could see Sam Altman's company take a 10% stake in the chipmaker
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
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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
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| 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. …
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Oracle urges customers to patch an E-Business Suite vulnerability that's being exploited by cybercriminals; Mandiant said the Clop hacking group exploited it — Oracle issued a security alert this weekend urging customers to patch a vulnerability currently being exploited by cybercriminals.| 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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
MrBeast, who earned an estimated $85M in 2025, says AI-generated videos could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it “scary times” for the industry — Top YouTube creator MrBeast is worried about AI's impact on creators' livelihoods, despite having dabbled with using the technology himself.
More: Business Today, Anil Dash, and Entrepreneur
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says the AI chipmaker pulled its IPO filing to share updated financials, admitting it was a mistake not to explain the move sooner — Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman admitted that his artificial intelligence chipmaker made a mistake last week when it didn't immediately explain … | Robert Hart / The Verge: |
OpenAI executive Bill Peebles says Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in certain contexts like videos involving politics — It won't help stop the avalanche of AI slop OpenAI has unleashed. … Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles …
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri — Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators …
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code to prevent exploits by leveraging Gemini Deep Think models — Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind lab today shared results for CodeMender, an artificial intelligence-powered agent that automatically detects …
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