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Researchers showed that opening a shared ChatGPT link could let an attacker read private chats. OpenAI says it fixed the flaw on October 26.
Read more: Researchers Showed One Shared Link Could Hijack a ChatGPT AccountVaani AI Research has opened a self-serve tool for building voice agents that answer calls in many languages, though its claims are untested by outsiders.
Read more: Vaani AI Launches a Tool to Build Phone Agents That Speak Many LanguagesDataline raised $10.6 million for a network that scores data for reliability before AI tools act on it, which matters if AI starts handling money.
Read more: Startup raises $10.6M to help AI tools check their data firstApple has passed Nvidia as the world's most valuable company, as investors look for safer bets while worries grow over AI spending.
Read more: Apple is once again the world's most valuable companyAsana CEO Dan Rogers uses AI agents to sort his email, check his calendar and watch rivals. His main lesson: they only help once you give clear instructions.
Read more: This CEO has AI helpers run his inbox, calendar and rival watchingMore than 10 million people have turned on Meta's Muse, but big companies say it sends them very few orders so far. Here is what that means if you shop or sell online.
Read more: Meta's AI shopping helper Muse is barely moving sales so farGoogle DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released a free global forest map. It could help firms check supply chains under EU rules, but it has clear gaps.
Read more: Google and a research group map the world's forests by typeAnthropic's filing for a big stock offering leans hard on medicine, but no AI-designed drug has won FDA approval yet, so the promise is still unproven.
Read more: Anthropic, the maker of Claude, is betting its future on medicineFactory's Droid 1.0 lets an AI coding helper batch its steps into one script, which the company says cuts tokens, cost and wait time. The tests are unverified.
Read more: Factory's Droid 1.0 AI coding helper does the same work with far lessSamsung's first AI glasses go on sale in Korea and the US in mid-December. They translate and give directions by voice, but the price is still unknown.
Read more: Samsung will sell its first AI smart glasses in mid-DecemberGPT Image 2 powers ChatGPT Images 2.0, but a newer model has already replaced it. Anyone paying for AI images should check which version they are using.
Read more: ChatGPT Images 2.0: what it does, what it costs, what came nextA repeated 'Write with Siri' prompt in Apple's new iOS 27 and macOS 27 is annoying some users, and Fast Company says it can be switched off in settings.
Read more: How to turn off the 'Write with Siri' prompt on iPhone and MacOpenAI turned on automatic ad changes for all ChatGPT Ads campaigns on Oct. 30. Advertisers who do nothing may see their ads reworded and relinked.
Read more: ChatGPT now rewrites advertisers' ads on its own unless they opt outNvidia's networking sales topped $17.5 billion in one quarter, more than Cisco's whole business, and that may shape what AI costs you.
Read more: Nvidia's networking sales now top Cisco's entire businessMicrosoft skipped its Copilot seat count and now bills by usage. New partner-bought licenses switch on December 1, so know who watches the meter.
Read more: Workplace AI is now billed by use, not just per personTom's Guide shares seven ChatGPT prompts for comparing products, spotting hidden costs and finding cheaper options before holiday shopping starts.
Read more: Seven ways to use ChatGPT to avoid overpaying for techOpenAI's CEO met Samsung's top leaders in South Korea about memory chips, a sign the supply squeeze could lift prices for phones, laptops and AI tools.
Read more: OpenAI's Sam Altman meets Samsung leaders as chip shortage growsAI assistants and agents influenced 262 billion dollars in online sales over the 2025 holidays, so sellers now have to be readable by machines, not just people.
Read more: AI shopping assistants now influence one in five online salesResearchers showed a booby-trapped ChatGPT share link could read a signed-in user's private chats. OpenAI has fixed it, and users need to do nothing.
Read more: A shared ChatGPT link could have exposed private chatsOpenAI's Dot agent can now start text conversations on iPhone and Android, but only for US Pro subscribers, and the iPhone route rests on shaky ground.
Read more: ChatGPT's AI helper can now text you first on iPhone and AndroidOpenAI posted outside arguments that AI training is fair use. No new ruling came with it, so the rules stay unsettled for creators and AI users.
Read more: OpenAI shares legal arguments that AI training is fair useNvidia is in talks to guarantee billions in loans for an Anthropic data center, a sign that AI's building boom is leaning on its suppliers for support.
Read more: Nvidia may cosign billions in loans for an Anthropic data centerOpenAI now wants $10 billion less from investors than first planned, a sign that even the top AI company is trimming its money plans.
Read more: OpenAI cuts how much money it wants to raise by $10 billionA tech writer used Claude and the free Rainmeter tool to make custom desktop widgets on Windows 11 in minutes, with no coding background.
Read more: He built custom Windows desktop widgets with Claude in minutes
