☕️ OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

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📢 OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

📷 Apple AirPods may get built-in cameras

💥 Meta and Google built 'digital casinos'

💰 Alphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investment

📰 Amazon plans AI content marketplace for publishers

📱 OpenAI delays Jony Ive AI device to 2027

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• OpenAI has begun testing ads inside ChatGPT for users on the free and Go tiers, with the company saying ads will be clearly marked and visually separated from the chatbot's answers.
• The ads will be personalized based on conversation topics, prior chats, and previous ad interactions, though users can opt out of personalized ads and no ads will appear for users under 18.
• Rival Anthropic has publicly rejected ads in its Claude chatbot, calling them incompatible with a helpful assistant, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman labeled Anthropic's messaging "clearly dishonest" and framed ads as supporting free access.

• Apple is rumored to be working on new AirPods with built-in cameras, a long-standing idea now backed by multiple leakers including Mark Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, possibly arriving this year.
• Speculation about the cameras centers on three possibilities: internal infrared sensors for health data like heart-rate readings, visual Apple Intelligence features, or recognizing hand gestures similar to Vision Pro.
• Hand gestures could replace the current mix of taps and head gestures for controlling AirPods, which the article describes as clunky and error-prone because one tap handles many functions.

• Meta and Google are now facing a first-of-its-kind trial in Los Angeles, where a jury will decide whether their social media platforms were designed to be addictive and harmful to children.
• The plaintiff's lawyer called Instagram and YouTube "digital casinos," arguing features like endless swiping work like slot machine handles, while Meta's lawyers blamed the plaintiff's mental health struggles on home conditions.
• This bellwether trial represents roughly 1,200 similar lawsuits and avoids Section 230 protections by focusing on app-design flaws rather than user-generated content, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify.

• Alphabet is selling a very rare 100-year bond in British pounds as part of a broader borrowing push to help fund the massive AI investments that Big Tech companies are making.
• The company also sold $20 billion in dollar bonds on Monday, upsized from $15 billion due to strong demand, and is lining up a Swiss franc bond sale as well.
• Century bonds are highly unusual in the tech sector, but a banker said issuing in the sterling market is more cost-effective than in dollars, where the interest rate is higher.

• Amazon is building a new marketplace where publishers can sell their content to companies developing AI systems, with AWS acting as a middleman between media organizations and AI developers.
• The project moves Amazon away from individual content deals, like its reported $20 million yearly Alexa agreement, toward a standard system that lets business customers access quality content at scale.
• Microsoft announced a similar Publisher Content Marketplace last week, and both companies are now racing to become the main platform where journalism gets licensed for AI training and products.

• OpenAI's AI hardware device, designed by former Apple design chief Jony Ive and originally expected before the end of 2026, has been pushed back to at least the end of February 2027.
• The delay follows a trademark infringement lawsuit from Google-backed earpiece startup iyO, and OpenAI has now confirmed it won't use the name "io" for any AI hardware products.
• The screenless, pocket-sized device is reportedly code-named "Dime" or "Sweetpea," and OpenAI has not yet created any packaging or marketing materials for it, according to court filings.

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