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👦 OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens
🕶️ Meta leaks its new smart glasses
👀 US version of TikTok might still use the Chinese algorithm
🤖 OpenAI releases GPT-5 Codex
🛒 Google launches a new protocol for AI shopping
💰 YouTube paid creators $100 billion in four years
🎁 + 17 other news you might like
🔮 + 2 handpicked research papers and tools
👦 OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens LINK
OpenAI is creating a different ChatGPT experience for teens and will use age-prediction technology to bar kids under 18 from the standard version, defaulting to the teen one if unsure.
Parents can link accounts with their teens to disable features like memory and chat history, receive notifications for acute distress, and set new blackout hours when the chatbot cannot be used.
The company's CEO says it now prioritizes safety over privacy and freedom for minors, a decision announced just ahead of a congressional hearing examining potential harms from AI chatbots.
🕶️ Meta leaks its new smart glasses LINK
A leaked video revealed new Ray-Ban branded smart glasses with a display in the right lens, letting you view maps, translate signs, or ask Meta AI a question.
The glasses are controlled with a wristband that uses surface electromyography (sEMG) technology to interpret signals from your hand movements for actions like writing a chat reply.
Meta’s video also showed new Oakley models, including wraparound “Sphaera” smart glasses with a camera on the nose and a translucent version of the existing HSTN smart glasses.
👀 US version of TikTok might still use the Chinese algorithm LINK
An agreement for a US TikTok spin-off, now supported by officials from both countries, reportedly includes a plan to license the crucial Chinese algorithm for the new American-owned company.This deal is structured this way because the application's value is its recommendation algorithm, which learns individual tastes to show an infinite scrolling feed of videos it thinks you will like.Although controlled by American investors, the spun-off application would preserve some “Chinese characteristics” and ensure its content is available to users on the “rest of the world” app.
🤖 OpenAI releases GPT-5 Codex LINK
OpenAI launched GPT-5-Codex, its new AI model for coding that can dynamically spend anywhere from a few seconds to seven hours on a single complex programming problem.
This updated system outperforms GPT-5 on the SWE-bench Verified benchmark and is also trained for code reviews, submitting fewer incorrect comments during software engineer evaluations.
GPT-5-Codex is now available in Codex products for all paying ChatGPT subscribers, with OpenAI planning future API access as it competes with other AI coding tools.
🛒 Google launches a new protocol for AI shopping LINK
Google introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open system backed by partners like Mastercard that creates a traceable paper trail for every transaction initiated by AI agents.
The system works by requiring two separate user approvals: an "intent mandate" for searching and negotiating, and a "cart mandate" that gives final permission for a specific purchase.
Google also collaborated with Coinbase to create a protocol extension, which integrates the x402 protocol to allow AI agents to complete purchases directly from users' cryptocurrency wallets.
💰 YouTube paid creators $100 billion in four years LINK
YouTube confirmed it has paid out over $100 billion to its creators, artists, and media companies since 2021, revealing the figure at its annual Made on YouTube event.
The company noted that growth was partly fueled by viewership on connected TVs, where the number of channels making over $100,000 jumped by 45 percent year over year.
This financial milestone was shared as the Google-owned service marks its 20th year and pushes to establish itself as one of the world’s most lucrative media businesses.
Other news you might like
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- Tesla's stock erases loss for the year, soaring 85% from April lowLINK
- PayPal adds new one-to-one payment links that will soon support cryptoLINK
- Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all retail investorsLINK
- Jaguar Land Rover says cyberattack shutdown to last 'at least' another weekLINK
- How people actually use ChatGPT vs Claude - and what the differences tell usLINK
- Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in OctoberLINK
- Google layoffs: Over 200 Google AI workers fired amid pay disputes and automation concernsLINK
- CoreWeave secures $6.3bn deal with AI chipmaker NvidiaLINK
- Facebook gave our data to Cambridge Analytica and all I got was this $38.36LINK
- Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio CodeLINK
- Google confirms hackers gained access to law enforcement portalLINK
- Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlementLINK
- OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor says AI is both a massive opportunity and a bubbleLINK
- Workday to acquire AI firm Sana for $1.1 billionLINK
- Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confessionLINK
- Nothing closes $200M Series C led by Tiger Global, plans AI-first device launchLINK
Latest research and tools
Pyproc: a tool that lets Go programs call Python functions as if they were local, avoiding the need for network services.LINK
High-Dimensional Statistics: this field of study focuses on how to find meaningful patterns in data sets that have more variables than they have observations.LINK
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