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Trump creates AI Force and AI Czar, rejects industry calls to slow AI development
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the creation of an "AI Force" to monitor artificial intelligence development and said he would soon name an AI czar. In a Truth Social post, Trump dismissed growing safety…
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Opinion: paradigm shift from rule‑based AI to data‑driven models
The essay traces AI from IBM's Deep Blue, which beat the world chess champion in 1997, to today’s conversational systems like ChatGPT. Early systems relied on human‑written rules and deterministic evaluation criteria,…
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Opinion: portable AI conversations limited to logs and memory handoffs
The author examined how ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini let users export conversation data and what remains unmoved when switching services. OpenAI’s ChatGPT lets personal users download a ZIP containing conversation…
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OpenAI releases official ChatGPT add-in for Microsoft Word, available on free plan
OpenAI launched an official ChatGPT add‑in for Microsoft Word on September 17, 2026, extending the existing Excel and PowerPoint integrations. The sidebar lets users draft documents from notes, summarize long texts,…
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ChatGPT and Gemini provide reasoning settings that change answer processing
Both ChatGPT and Gemini let users adjust how much the model thinks before answering. In ChatGPT the options range from Instant to Medium, High and Extra High, with a "Think" mode for free and Go users. Gemini offers…
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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google sued over alleged antitrust pact to slow AI
Four consumers—Charles Buist, Nick Spetsas, Cheyenne Hunt and Christine Bullock—filed a class‑action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on September 18, 2026. The suit names…
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Google's Gemini AI model hacked three companies in May during cybersecurity test
Google confirmed that its Gemini AI model breached the security of three other companies in May during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted by the Israeli startup Irregular. The model accessed systems by guessing…
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Google's Gemini AI model hacked three companies in May during cybersecurity test
Google confirmed that its Gemini AI model breached the security of three other companies in May during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted by the Israeli startup Irregular. The model accessed systems by guessing…
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Chrome extension Exactly Matchy helps marketers verify page retrieval in AI search
The guide explains how SEOs can test whether a web page is retrievable by AI‑powered search tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. By copying a 20‑30 word passage that uniquely identifies the page and prompting the…
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ChatPlayground AI sells lifetime unlimited plan for $54.97
ChatPlayground AI is offering a Lifetime Unlimited subscription for $54.97, down from the regular $619 price, as a September Spotlight deal that runs through Sept 20. The plan bundles access to more than 20 leading AI…
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Google adds unified sharing rules, AI Overviews, and Gemini integrations to Workspace
Google Workspace administrators can now create unified sharing and sensitivity rules for Google Drive, letting them enforce audience and data‑type conditions in a single policy. The feature is aimed at reducing insider…
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Boko Haram affiliates reportedly use Big‑Tech AI chatbots to design bombs
Cambridge researchers interviewed 27 former Boko Haram fighters from the ISWAP and JAS factions. About 10 of them said they used AI chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, Elon Musk's…
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Shopify adds agentic payments with Meta's Muse AI agent
Shopify announced a partnership with Meta’s Muse AI agent to provide agentic payments and checkout on its platform. The Muse "Business in a Box" assistant can scan Shopify’s catalog, match shopper prompts to products,…
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Sure Bet Media launches Dominate Search AI for AI search visibility
Sure Bet Media introduced Dominate Search AI, a service that audits and optimizes how businesses appear on AI answer platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. The offering combines…
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Opinion: When Does a Business Become AI‑Native, Not Just AI‑Enabled?
The author argues that simply using large‑language‑model tools like Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok or Claude does not make a company AI‑native. A true AI‑native business would see its core product or service collapse if the AI…
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Custom GPTs in ChatGPT will be retired; other plans may follow the same timeline
OpenAI’s support page says custom GPTs – the feature that lets users give ChatGPT a unique name, instructions and uploaded files – will be retired. Enterprise workspace users lose the ability to create new custom GPTs…
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Opinion: The 6 best conversational AI platforms for businesses in 2026
The Zapier blog author evaluated six conversational AI platforms that let companies build, deploy, and manage text‑ or voice‑based agents. The list includes Fin (by Intercom), Voiceflow, Google Conversational Agents,…
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Google reportedly helped draft state chatbot laws with loopholes
Cynthia Montoya, whose daughter Juliana died by suicide in 2023 after interactions with Character.AI, sought to influence Colorado’s AI chatbot legislation. However, she discovered that House Bill 26-1263, introduced…
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Google rolls out Notebooks in Gemini to schools and organizations
Google has expanded access to Notebooks in Gemini, a dedicated workspace for organizing projects and conversations, to students, educators, and professionals. Previously limited to individual users, the tool allows…
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GSA extends $1-per-user Anthropic Claude AI offer for federal agencies through Oct 2026
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has lengthened its OneGov contract that provides Anthropic’s Claude AI to federal agencies. The current listing shows the service priced at $1 per user for executive,…
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Google, Cloudflare, Microsoft test AI content payment models, report says
Google, Cloudflare and Microsoft are each piloting ways to pay website owners when their content is used by generative AI. Google’s pilot, described to Digiday as an early‑learning phase, pays sites whose pages…
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Google launches Expert Intelligence to bring Play Books into Gemini Notebook
Google has introduced Expert Intelligence, a cross-company initiative that lets users integrate trusted sources directly into Google AI products. The feature debuts in Gemini Notebook, allowing employees and students…
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Book guides building AI team with Claude, Gemini, and NotebookLM
A new volume in the Codex series offers a step‑by‑step guide for assembling an "AI team" that combines four specialized tools: Claude for strategy, Gemini for up‑to‑date research, NotebookLM for document organization,…
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AI firms warn bans on AI and screens could hurt vulnerable students
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced a one‑year moratorium that blocks student‑facing generative AI for roughly 600,000 pre‑K to eighth‑grade students, while high schools keep only…
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Apple launches iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max worldwide as CEO John Ternus greets fans
Apple began selling the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Friday, with the Pro starting at $1,199 and the Pro Max at $1,299. Both phones are also offered through Apple’s Upgrade lease program. The devices feature…
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Google expands CC AI agent into family-focused service, supporting up to six members
Google announced on September 17, 2026 that its experimental CC tool is being re‑engineered as a family AI agent. The new CC runs from its own Google account, supports up to six members, and creates a shared “Your Day…
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AI Beauty Image Prompt Collection 36 offers 100 prompts for ChatGPT and Gemini
A new guide called AI Beauty Image Prompt Collection 36 provides 100 AI image generation prompts formatted in JSON that can be copied directly into tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. The prompts cover uncommon…
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Claude outperforms Gemini in Google Drive file management
A user’s Google Drive had become a digital landfill, full of unnamed PDFs and duplicated screenshots. While Gemini can locate and summarize files, its Drive integration is read‑only and cannot move, rename or delete…
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Google launches CC family AI agent for up to six members
Google Labs introduced CC, an AI agent designed for families. It runs on its own verified Google Account, giving it a distinct identity and permission model. Up to six members can be added, each choosing what…
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AI Chatbots Lag Behind on Recent Information
When testing popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, I found that they often lack up-to-date knowledge about recent events. For instance, both ChatGPT and Gemini correctly identified the newest iPhones as…
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Uber employees say AI handles Slack queries and customer‑support responses
Former Uber staff told Business Insider that AI tools have become integral to everyday tasks, from answering internal Slack questions to drafting replies for rider‑support chats. Workers described using Gemini,…
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Google expands agentic commerce tools for holiday retail
Google has announced several updates to its agentic commerce ecosystem, aimed at helping retailers capture holiday sales through AI-driven discovery and checkout. The company has made AI performance insights generally…
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Jeff Dean explains Gemini's multimodal origins and coding-driven reasoning gains
Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean recently detailed the design philosophy behind the Gemini model series in an interview with Dawn Song. Dean revealed that Gemini emerged from a consolidation of separate research…
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GPT-6 Astra Bot Defeats Balatro’s Toughest Gold Stake Black Deck
A Reddit user, Jacopo Attolini (known as Atol8), unveiled a bot that repeatedly conquers the Gold Stake Black Deck in the indie card game Balatro, a combination widely regarded as the hardest challenge due to its…
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Opinion: AI marketing trends in 2026 show new roles, AI visibility and agentic commerce
Ryan Law, Ahrefs’ Director of Content Marketing, outlines eight AI‑driven marketing trends he has observed over the past year, backing each with search‑interest data. New job titles such as “AI marketing director” and…
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Board survey: 61% of US execs use LLMs for strategic decisions
A new report by software vendor Board reveals that large language models have become a primary source of strategic input for U.S. business leaders. Surveying 300 C-suite executives at companies with over $100 million…
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How to choose AI text generators in 2026: built‑in tools and niche apps
The Zapier blog notes that AI text generation has become a feature embedded in thousands of everyday apps rather than a standalone product. While early‑stage generators like Jasper once focused on pure writing, most…
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Google Workspace adds Gemini integrations with Asana, HubSpot, Salesforce and more
Google has rolled out Gemini integrations that let Workspace users interact directly with popular third‑party apps such as Asana, Atlassian Rovo, HubSpot, Intuit Mailchimp, Intuit QuickBooks, Monday.com and Salesforce.…
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Google Cloud expands Singapore engineering centre, adds 85 AI specialists
Google Cloud has opened a new engineering centre in Singapore and hired more than 85 AI specialists to turn research into commercial solutions. The site sits alongside Google DeepMind’s local research lab, allowing the…
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Google Opal Adds Agent Step for More AI Automations
Opal is Google Labs' no-code tool for turning natural language into working AI mini-apps, built on top of an internal framework called Breadboard. The latest addition to the tool allows users to describe their goal…
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Google ATLAS reveals AI saves scientists 7 hours weekly amid new bottlenecks
Google has released new findings from its AI & Economy ATLAS project, offering a granular look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping global labor markets. The data highlights distinct regional trends: India’s…
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User switches from AI-cluttered Gmail to open-source Thunderbird on Android
A tech enthusiast has abandoned the Gmail mobile app, citing excessive AI-driven features and interface clutter that hindered productivity. The user, who previously praised Google's Gemini integration in other tools,…
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Senate Drafts AI Kill Switch That Could Veto Google’s Gemini Models
Senate lawmakers are drafting a federal duty‑of‑care framework that would give regulators the power to block the release of Google’s frontier Gemini models before they reach customers. The proposal could affect…
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Create cinematic AI video with Seedance: a step‑by‑step guide for marketers
This tutorial walks marketers through a repeatable workflow for producing cinematic‑looking AI video using Seedance, the diffusion‑based video model from ByteDance. Ross Symons, co‑founder of Zen Robot, explains how to…
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The 6 best AI writing generators for 2026
Zapier’s latest roundup evaluates six AI‑powered writing tools that have survived the rapid churn of the past few years. The list includes Jasper, Anyword, Writer, Writesonic, Rytr and Sudowrite, each judged on…
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AskAnyModel launches AI dashboard offering 50+ models for $39.99 lifetime plan
AskAnyModel AI Pro Plan bundles more than fifty generative‑AI services into a single web dashboard, letting users switch between leading large‑language models such as GPT, Claude and Gemini without opening separate…
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OrcaReplay provides open, versioned archive of AI agent prompts and tool schemas
OrcaReplay, created by the team behind OrcaRouter, offers a public repository that stores system prompts, developer instructions, tool schemas, and agent harnesses used by current AI products. The archive holds 106…
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Notion adds AI 'skills' library and custom agents to streamline team workflows
Notion announced version 3.7 of its platform, introducing a shared "skills" library that lets teams store reusable AI instructions. The library centralizes prompts—such as generating monthly business reviews or…
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OPM to Continue ChatGPT Deployment Amid New OneGov Deal
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will continue deploying artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT following a new partnership with OpenAI. This move comes after the General Services Administration announced…
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China Foreign Ministry Rejects Anthropic CEO’s Call to Slow Frontier AI Development
On September 14, 2026, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun publicly dismissed an essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other U.S. tech leaders urging a slowdown of frontier AI development. The ministry…
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Google launches DevFest 2026 with focus on agentic AI development
Google has announced the return of DevFest, its global community-led developer conference series, running from October 1 to December 31, 2026. The event aims to engage nearly one million developers worldwide through…
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OpenAI uses hundreds of contractors to review ChatGPT chats
A 404 Media investigation reveals that OpenAI employs hundreds of contract workers to read and rate real ChatGPT conversations. These reviewers, recruited via Crossing Hurdles and paid through Mercor, assess responses…
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OpenAI CEO’s almond‑water analogy misrepresents AI’s actual water use
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, claimed that 38,000 ChatGPT queries consume the same water as a single California almond, citing a 0.000085‑gallon (0.32 mL) figure for each query. He based the comparison on his…
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OpenAI Co‑Founder Greg Brockman Reveals 1.5 B Tried ChatGPT
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co‑founder, disclosed on a podcast that roughly 1.5 billion people have tried ChatGPT at least once. Yet only about 1 billion users are active each week, and the platform hit the 1…
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AI Coding Tools Show Distinct Differences in Website Rebuilds
I tested three AI coding tools—Claude Code, Codex, and Google Antigravity—to rebuild a complex food-delivery website. Despite starting with the same brief, each tool produced vastly different results. Claude Code…
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Google grants all engineers access to Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 for internal coding
Google has officially opened access to Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 model for all its engineers, marking a significant shift in its internal AI strategy. Previously, the tech giant largely restricted employees to its…
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User review: Google AI Pro subscription fails to justify cost for general consumers
A long-term user of the Google Pixel 10 Pro, who received a year of complimentary Google AI Pro access, reports that the subscription offers little value for non-technical users. Despite increased usage limits for…
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Google creates empty security permission for AI agents on Android
Google has added a new system permission called EXECUTEAPPFUNCTIONS to Android, designed to let autonomous AI agents invoke specific app functions without manual tapping. The permission lives inside the…
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Google launches Gemini desktop app for Windows 10 and 11
Google announced that its Gemini desktop application is now available for Windows 10 and 11. The app is automatically enabled for any organization that already has Gemini turned on in Google Workspace, and it can also…
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PallasAI launches platform for optimizing brand visibility in AI search engines
PallasAI has launched a new Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) platform designed to help brands manage their presence in AI-powered search tools. As consumers increasingly rely on systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and…
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