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OpenAI has officially launched a new Personal Finance integration for ChatGPT, empowering users to securely connect their financial accounts directly to the AI interface. Developed in collaboration with financial technology leader Plaid, the new capability links seamlessly with more than 12,000 banking institutions, including major entities like Bank of
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Google has commenced the rollout of a brand-new artificial intelligence feature dubbed Contextual Suggestions for the Android ecosystem. Operating quietly behind the scenes, this feature is designed to make smartphones more intuitive by automatically recommending specific applications and actions based on a user’s real-time environment and habits. Predictive Intelligence
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With the arrival of digital assistant apps like Gemini and Siri, most of us have grown used to talking to our phones. But conversing with your Android or iOS device can go way beyond interacting with AI. You can also use your voice to launch apps, fill out text fields,
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As states seek out much-needed supplies of clean, reliable energy, some are looking to an unconventional source: abandoned oil and gas wells harnessed for geothermal heat. Millions of inactive wells are littered across the United States, the relics of earlier eras of fossil fuel production. A large number of the
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DaVinci Resolve 21 has recently gone into public beta - you can download it by clicking here, and we'll have a review coming shortly. But there are some big new features now available, including motion graphic effects, and AI tools like IntelliSearch and CineFocus, which took our fancy.
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In a strategic move to fortify its voice technology infrastructure, OpenAI has discreetly acquired Weights.gg, a prominent startup recognized for its advanced artificial intelligence voice replication tools. Following the acquisition, the Weights.gg platform and its consumer-facing application, Replay, officially ceased operations on April 1, 2026. The Rise of
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TL;DR ChatGPT can now connect to your bank accounts via Plaid, giving OpenAI access to the most intimate data category left. OpenAI has launched a personal finance experience inside ChatGPT, letting subscribers connect their bank accounts, credit cards, investment portfolios, and loan accounts to the chatbot and ask questions
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TL;DR Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settled the first school district addiction trial. Only Meta heads to court on 12 June. Snap, Google’s YouTube, and ByteDance’s TikTok have reached settlements in the first lawsuit brought by a public school district over claims that social media addiction has disrupted
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TL;DR Benioff says Salesforce will spend $300M on Anthropic tokens in 2026, calls for a routing layer between frontier and smaller models. Marc Benioff expects Salesforce to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, almost entirely on coding. The Salesforce CEO made the projection on the All-In podcast
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TL;DR Yoshua Bengio, the Turing Award-winning AI researcher, has warned that hyperintelligent machines could develop autonomous “preservation goals” and pose an existential threat to humanity within a decade. Bengio launched the nonprofit LawZero in June 2025 with $30 million in funding to build “non-agentic” AI systems designed to be
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TL;DR Stripe’s co-founder says AI agents will replace search-based shopping, forcing brands to appeal to algorithms, not humans. John Collison thinks keyword search is a “ridiculous” way to find things to buy. The Stripe co-founder told Bloomberg that agentic commerce, in which AI agents shop on behalf of
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TL;DR A BCG survey of 625 CEOs and board members found that 61% of chief executives believe their boards are rushing AI transformation. Three-quarters of board members rate their AI knowledge as adequate, but nearly 40% of CEOs disagree, and more than half say hype is distorting boardroom judgment.
