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🛒 OpenAI launches shopping inside ChatGPT
🎧 Spotify founder Daniel Ek is stepping down as CEO
🤖 Anthropic's new Sonnet model can code for 30 hours
⚖️ YouTube settles Trump lawsuit for $24.5 million
👨⚖️ California passes first major AI safety law
🎥 OpenAI to release a social app for AI videos
🎁 + 16 other news you might like
🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
🛒 OpenAI launches shopping inside ChatGPT LINK
OpenAI has launched Instant Checkout in the US for all users, allowing people to buy single items with a "Buy" button directly inside of a regular ChatGPT conversation.
The system is built on the open-source Agentic Commerce Protocol developed with Stripe, which passes a shopper’s order details directly to the merchant for payment processing and fulfillment.
Merchants pay a small fee on completed sales, but OpenAI says that whether a product supports Instant Checkout will not influence how its results are ranked in the chatbot.
🎧 Spotify founder Daniel Ek is stepping down as CEO LINK
Spotify founder Daniel Ek is stepping down from the CEO role he has held since 2006, transitioning to become the music streaming company’s new executive chairman by year's end.
The company is replacing him with two in-house co-CEOs: current co-presidents Gustav Söderström, the chief product and technology officer, and Alex Norström, the chief business officer.
Ek stated the new titles match how Spotify already operates, and his new focus will be on the company's long-term direction while remaining deeply connected to the board.
🤖 Anthropic's new Sonnet model can code for 30 hours LINK
Anthropic just launched its new Claude Sonnet 4.5 model, designed to code on its own for up to 30 hours, a substantial increase over Claude Opus 4’s seven-hour limit.
The updated Sonnet version is better at following instructions and can use a person's computer to take actions, improving on a feature the company introduced a year ago.
Co-founder Jared Kaplan says Sonnet 4.5 is stronger than the high-end Opus model, adding that an improved version of Opus will likely come out later this year.
⚖️ YouTube settles Trump lawsuit for $24.5 million LINK
YouTube is paying $22 million to settle the lawsuit from Donald Trump over his account suspension, with the money funding construction of the White House State Ballroom through a nonprofit.The settlement also includes payments of $2.5 million from the online video platform to a host of other Trump allies, including a specific payment to the American Conservative Union.This follows similar legal settlements from other major tech companies, including a $25 million payment from Meta and another $10 million agreement reached with Elon Musk's platform X.
👨⚖️ California passes first major AI safety law LINK
California's new law, SB 53, requires large AI labs including OpenAI and Google DeepMind to be transparent about their safety protocols and provides whistleblower protections for their employees.
The bill establishes a system for companies and the public to report potential critical safety incidents to the state’s Office of Emergency Services, creating an official channel for AI-related alerts.
Firms must now disclose when a model is responsible for deceptive behavior or crimes committed without human oversight, such as cyberattacks, which goes beyond requirements in the EU AI Act.
🎥 OpenAI to release a social app for AI videos LINK
OpenAI is reportedly building a social app for Sora 2 with a TikTok-style feed where users can scroll through personalized, AI-generated videos that are up to 10 seconds long.
The app will ask users to confirm their identity using facial recognition, which then allows their personal likeness to be tagged and included by other people in their video creations.
You will supposedly get a notification whenever your likeness is used in a video, even if the generated clip is only saved to a user's drafts and is never actually posted.
Other news you might like
- DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your foodLINK
- Opera releases Neon, its AI-powered browser with a built-in agentLINK
- Google's AI Mode gets better at understanding visual promptsLINK
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 is probably the "best coding model in the world" (at least for now)LINK
- YouTuber reports battery swelling caused Galaxy Ring to get stuck on his fingerLINK
- Chinese scammer pleads guilty after UK seizes nearly $7 billion in bitcoinLINK
- Visa Direct tests stablecoins as cash equivalent for instant transfersLINK
- Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035, an increase of 5% — Nuclear power could help sate AI demandLINK
- Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using promptsLINK
- Google working on high blood pressure screening with Pixel WatchLINK
- Google Drive adds AI to detect ransomware before it spreadsLINK
- Microsoft Reunites Windows Engineering Teams to Accelerate AI-Powered ‘Agentic OS’LINK
- F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the projectLINK
- OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reportsLINK
- China rushes to poach young tech talents with the K visa programLINK
- Friend AI fails to make friendsLINK
Latest research and tools
How to create an OS from scratch: a step-by-step tutorial that guides programmers through building a basic operating system using a series of short, code-focused lessons.LINK
Jax: a script that provides a fast implementation for calculating mathematical combinations.LINK
What Is Artificial General Intelligence?: it describes a theoretical form of AI where a machine could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human can.LINK
Cap'n-rs: a Rust implementation of the Cap'n Web protocol, enabling secure and efficient communication between different parts of an application across various network types.LINK
Can LIGO Detect Daylight Savings Time?: the detectors are sensitive enough to measure the collective change in human-generated ground noise that happens when people's schedules shift by an hour.LINK
System 7 x86 Port: an open implementation of Apple's classic Macintosh System 7 that allows the vintage operating system to run on modern computers for educational and preservation purposes.LINK
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