I write about AI for a living — what people confessed to me about using ChatGPT surprised me

I asked a researcher why using AI can sometimes make us feel weird, and what she said surprised me.

ChatGPT can now give you real-time weather updates with AccuWeather

ChatGPT gets real-time weather support through a new AccuWeather app, letting users check forecasts, alerts, and live conditions directly within conversations.

Gemini, ChatGPT and most other AI chatbots think alike, and it’s bad for human creativity

AI chatbots may feel creative on their own, but new research shows they often converge on the same ideas, raising concerns that relying on them could quietly narrow human creativity.

You can now browse Shopify stores and shop directly in ChatGPT

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT‘s shopping capabilities, and it’s now making it easier to browse Shopify-powered brand stores and buy products through a more flexible checkout experience. The update builds on the company’s push into “agentic commerce,” aim…

I felt weird using ChatGPT in public so I tried this extension that disguises it as a Google Doc

GPTDisguise turns ChatGPT into a fake Google Doc, offering a funny but revealing workaround

ChatGPT is getting a much-needed upgrade for managing your files

OpenAI is rolling out a new Library tab and Recent files menu in ChatGPT, making it easier to find, reuse, and work with files across conversations.

OpenAI kills the Sora AI video app, and it likely won’t ever return

Merely six months after it launched as a standalone app, the Sora AI video generator app is riding into the sunset. The move is pretty surprising, as Google has ramped up its AI video efforts with Veo, while Chinese AI labels continue to deliver impres…

OpenAI’s plans to make ChatGPT more like Amazon aren’t going so well

OpenAI says it’s moving away from Instant Checkout, which allowed users to buy items directly through the ChatGPT interface.

OpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety

Rather than working from scratch to figure out how to make AI safer for teens, developers can use these policies to fortify what they build.