OpenAI's Sora video generation app reaches 627,000 downloads in its first week, exceeding ChatGPT's initial performance despite invite-only access and growing controversies over deepfakes and copyright violations created by users.
OpenAI revolutionizes ChatGPT by integrating third-party apps from Booking.com, Spotify, Figma, and others, allowing users to directly access external services through natural language commands within conversations, though privacy concerns emerge over data sharing with developers.
A $1M NYC subway ad blitz for Friend, a $129 AI companion pendant, is backfiring spectacularly as New Yorkers vandalize and tear down thousands of posters, while 22-year-old CEO Avi Schiffmann tours the defaced ads and claims to love the chaos.
Chinese youth increasingly turn to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for mental health support as traditional therapy remains costly and inaccessible, with nearly half using AI for psychological discussions despite risks including inappropriate crisis responses and potential social isolation.
OpenAI's new Sora AI video app rockets to the top of Apple's App Store as users flood the platform with videos featuring copyrighted characters like SpongeBob and Rick & Morty, forcing the company to scramble with copyright warnings after initially allowing widespread unauthorized use of protected intellectual property.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman demonstrates breakthrough AI voice technology speaking fluent Hindi with perfect lip-syncing, while 2024 Turing Award winner Richard Sutton declares large language models a 'dead end' for failing to genuinely learn from experience like humans.
OpenAI acquires AI finance app Roi in an acqui-hire deal, bringing CEO Sujith Vishwajith aboard while shutting down the personalized investment platform on October 15 as part of its strategy to expand consumer AI applications beyond API services.
OpenAI's Sora video generation app rockets to #1 on Apple's App Store, beating ChatGPT and Google Gemini, while early AI-generated videos including one depicting CEO Sam Altman shoplifting ignite fierce debates over safety risks and potential misuse of the powerful technology.
OpenAI and former Apple designer Jony Ive's ambitious palm-sized, screenless AI device hits major roadblocks as engineers struggle with 'always on' functionality, privacy concerns, and computing infrastructure issues, potentially derailing the planned 2026 launch.
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI's Sam Altman delay their revolutionary palm-sized screenless AI device launch due to computing power struggles, software glitches, and privacy concerns, as the team scrambles to avoid the fate of Humane's failed AI Pin while perfecting camera-microphone-speaker communication technology.