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OpenAI just doubled the o3 message cap for ChatGPT Plus.
It’s now 200 messages per week.
And yes—I’ll be using every single one.
This is the good life.
It’s now 200 messages per week.
And yes—I’ll be using every single one.
This is the good life.
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
OpenAI just doubled the o3 message cap for ChatGPT Plus.
It’s now 200 messages per week.
And yes—I’ll be using every single one.
This is the good life.
It’s now 200 messages per week.
And yes—I’ll be using every single one.
This is the good life.
There’s something so beautiful and magical about this.
Someone used ChatGPT to recreate a character they dreamed up—and drew—when they were a kid.
Same imagination. A new canvas.
Triangleope lives. 💙
Someone used ChatGPT to recreate a character they dreamed up—and drew—when they were a kid.
Same imagination. A new canvas.
Triangleope lives. 💙
May 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There’s something so beautiful and magical about this.
Someone used ChatGPT to recreate a character they dreamed up—and drew—when they were a kid.
Same imagination. A new canvas.
Triangleope lives. 💙
Someone used ChatGPT to recreate a character they dreamed up—and drew—when they were a kid.
Same imagination. A new canvas.
Triangleope lives. 💙
To show off its new lip-syncing model, AI startup, Tavus turned a monologue from HBO’s The White Lotus into a rant about Large Language Models.
And I'm here for it. It had me howling.
youtu.be/-fLW88-I08I
And I'm here for it. It had me howling.
youtu.be/-fLW88-I08I
ai white lotus robots lipsync
YouTube video by Tavus
youtu.be
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
To show off its new lip-syncing model, AI startup, Tavus turned a monologue from HBO’s The White Lotus into a rant about Large Language Models.
And I'm here for it. It had me howling.
youtu.be/-fLW88-I08I
And I'm here for it. It had me howling.
youtu.be/-fLW88-I08I
OpenAI AI just upped usage caps for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
💠 o3: 100 messages/week
💠 o4-mini-high: 100/day
💠 o4-mini: 300/day
💠 Deep Research: 25 queries/month
I honesty can’t believe we get this much intelligence for just $20 a month. 🤯
💠 o3: 100 messages/week
💠 o4-mini-high: 100/day
💠 o4-mini: 300/day
💠 Deep Research: 25 queries/month
I honesty can’t believe we get this much intelligence for just $20 a month. 🤯
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
OpenAI AI just upped usage caps for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
💠 o3: 100 messages/week
💠 o4-mini-high: 100/day
💠 o4-mini: 300/day
💠 Deep Research: 25 queries/month
I honesty can’t believe we get this much intelligence for just $20 a month. 🤯
💠 o3: 100 messages/week
💠 o4-mini-high: 100/day
💠 o4-mini: 300/day
💠 Deep Research: 25 queries/month
I honesty can’t believe we get this much intelligence for just $20 a month. 🤯
In 2025, we don’t ask AI to write emails.
We ask it to help us feel less lost and alone.
Top GenAI use cases, per HBR:
1. Therapy & companionship
2. Organizing my life
3. Finding purpose
The killer feature is the one that gets you through the night.
We ask it to help us feel less lost and alone.
Top GenAI use cases, per HBR:
1. Therapy & companionship
2. Organizing my life
3. Finding purpose
The killer feature is the one that gets you through the night.
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In 2025, we don’t ask AI to write emails.
We ask it to help us feel less lost and alone.
Top GenAI use cases, per HBR:
1. Therapy & companionship
2. Organizing my life
3. Finding purpose
The killer feature is the one that gets you through the night.
We ask it to help us feel less lost and alone.
Top GenAI use cases, per HBR:
1. Therapy & companionship
2. Organizing my life
3. Finding purpose
The killer feature is the one that gets you through the night.
Oscars Say AI Is OK—Sort of
The updated “Eligibility” section, which applies to next year’s Oscars, includes the 👇.
It’s good to see some clarity here—even if the edges are still fuzzy.
The creatives doing the work deserve to know where things stand.
The updated “Eligibility” section, which applies to next year’s Oscars, includes the 👇.
It’s good to see some clarity here—even if the edges are still fuzzy.
The creatives doing the work deserve to know where things stand.
April 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oscars Say AI Is OK—Sort of
The updated “Eligibility” section, which applies to next year’s Oscars, includes the 👇.
It’s good to see some clarity here—even if the edges are still fuzzy.
The creatives doing the work deserve to know where things stand.
The updated “Eligibility” section, which applies to next year’s Oscars, includes the 👇.
It’s good to see some clarity here—even if the edges are still fuzzy.
The creatives doing the work deserve to know where things stand.
I used ChatGPT's o3 with search to see if it can forecast the box office for the 2nd weekend of Sinners.
I'm impressed with its reasoning, especially with such a short prompt.
We'll see how it does on Sunday.
Stay Tuned.
I'm impressed with its reasoning, especially with such a short prompt.
We'll see how it does on Sunday.
Stay Tuned.
April 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I used ChatGPT's o3 with search to see if it can forecast the box office for the 2nd weekend of Sinners.
I'm impressed with its reasoning, especially with such a short prompt.
We'll see how it does on Sunday.
Stay Tuned.
I'm impressed with its reasoning, especially with such a short prompt.
We'll see how it does on Sunday.
Stay Tuned.
Meta used millions of pirated books to train its AI—then argued in court that “none of Plaintiffs’ works has economic value, individually, as training data.”
Newly unsealed filings show staff removed author credits, avoided legal review, and called licensing “a waste of time.”
Newly unsealed filings show staff removed author credits, avoided legal review, and called licensing “a waste of time.”
This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”
As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and...
www.vanityfair.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Meta used millions of pirated books to train its AI—then argued in court that “none of Plaintiffs’ works has economic value, individually, as training data.”
Newly unsealed filings show staff removed author credits, avoided legal review, and called licensing “a waste of time.”
Newly unsealed filings show staff removed author credits, avoided legal review, and called licensing “a waste of time.”
I can't stop. Won't stop.
March 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I can't stop. Won't stop.
PJ Ace, a talented creator, spent $250 in video generation credits and 9 hours of his time creating a GPT-4o Ghibli-style version of the new Lord of the Rings trailer.
It is pretty incredible and has already amassed more than 5.2M views on Twitter.
Check it out below.
It is pretty incredible and has already amassed more than 5.2M views on Twitter.
Check it out below.
March 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
PJ Ace, a talented creator, spent $250 in video generation credits and 9 hours of his time creating a GPT-4o Ghibli-style version of the new Lord of the Rings trailer.
It is pretty incredible and has already amassed more than 5.2M views on Twitter.
Check it out below.
It is pretty incredible and has already amassed more than 5.2M views on Twitter.
Check it out below.
Google helped build the tech that powers ChatGPT— then watched from the sidelines as OpenAI stole the spotlight.
This Wired inside look unpacks the fallout: culture wars, layoffs, safety compromises, messy product rollouts, and a company scrambling to make Gemini good enough to save face.
This Wired inside look unpacks the fallout: culture wars, layoffs, safety compromises, messy product rollouts, and a company scrambling to make Gemini good enough to save face.
Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI
The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and lowering some guardrails.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Google helped build the tech that powers ChatGPT— then watched from the sidelines as OpenAI stole the spotlight.
This Wired inside look unpacks the fallout: culture wars, layoffs, safety compromises, messy product rollouts, and a company scrambling to make Gemini good enough to save face.
This Wired inside look unpacks the fallout: culture wars, layoffs, safety compromises, messy product rollouts, and a company scrambling to make Gemini good enough to save face.
🌐 Claude can finally search the web.
Responses now include inline citations so you can verify sources.
To enable it, go to Settings > Feature Preview > Web Search and toggle it on.
Now rolling out to paid users in the U.S.—access to free users and more countries coming soon.
Responses now include inline citations so you can verify sources.
To enable it, go to Settings > Feature Preview > Web Search and toggle it on.
Now rolling out to paid users in the U.S.—access to free users and more countries coming soon.
Claude can now search the web
You can now use Claude to search the internet to provide more up-to-date and relevant responses.
www.anthropic.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🌐 Claude can finally search the web.
Responses now include inline citations so you can verify sources.
To enable it, go to Settings > Feature Preview > Web Search and toggle it on.
Now rolling out to paid users in the U.S.—access to free users and more countries coming soon.
Responses now include inline citations so you can verify sources.
To enable it, go to Settings > Feature Preview > Web Search and toggle it on.
Now rolling out to paid users in the U.S.—access to free users and more countries coming soon.
🏰 Disney’s Theme Park Robots Are Getting Smarter
Disney is teaming up with Nvidia and Google DeepMind to bring expressive AI-powered robots to life.
The companies are developing Newton, a physics engine that helps robots move naturally and interact with real-world objects.
Disney is teaming up with Nvidia and Google DeepMind to bring expressive AI-powered robots to life.
The companies are developing Newton, a physics engine that helps robots move naturally and interact with real-world objects.
Nvidia CEO Chats Up Star Wars-Inspired Droid As Chip Maker Partners With Disney, Google And Lays Out The AI Revolution
Nvidia has partnered with Google DeepMind and Disney on an engine for robot learning as the chip maker's CEO described the AI "tipping point" at GTC.
deadline.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🏰 Disney’s Theme Park Robots Are Getting Smarter
Disney is teaming up with Nvidia and Google DeepMind to bring expressive AI-powered robots to life.
The companies are developing Newton, a physics engine that helps robots move naturally and interact with real-world objects.
Disney is teaming up with Nvidia and Google DeepMind to bring expressive AI-powered robots to life.
The companies are developing Newton, a physics engine that helps robots move naturally and interact with real-world objects.
Hey Disney,
Google's new "experimental" model can do this.
Google's new "experimental" model can do this.
March 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Hey Disney,
Google's new "experimental" model can do this.
Google's new "experimental" model can do this.
GPT-4.5 just showed up in my account, ahead of schedule. If you are a Pro subscriber, check yours.
Can't wait to test it out.
Can't wait to test it out.
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
GPT-4.5 just showed up in my account, ahead of schedule. If you are a Pro subscriber, check yours.
Can't wait to test it out.
Can't wait to test it out.
🧩 His girlfriend likes word games, so he built one with AI to propose to her.
AI tools now make it easy for anyone to create custom interactive experiences—including brands.
Shoutout to Steve Krouse for building this game. Link to his blog 👇.
AI tools now make it easy for anyone to create custom interactive experiences—including brands.
Shoutout to Steve Krouse for building this game. Link to his blog 👇.
February 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🧩 His girlfriend likes word games, so he built one with AI to propose to her.
AI tools now make it easy for anyone to create custom interactive experiences—including brands.
Shoutout to Steve Krouse for building this game. Link to his blog 👇.
AI tools now make it easy for anyone to create custom interactive experiences—including brands.
Shoutout to Steve Krouse for building this game. Link to his blog 👇.
🎉OpenAI’s Deep Research is now open to all paying ChatGPT users.
Before today, only Pro users ($200/month) had access.
Now:
🔷 Plus, Team, Edu & Enterprise users get 10 Deep Research queries/month
🔷 Pro users get 120 queries (up from 100)
Before today, only Pro users ($200/month) had access.
Now:
🔷 Plus, Team, Edu & Enterprise users get 10 Deep Research queries/month
🔷 Pro users get 120 queries (up from 100)
February 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🎉OpenAI’s Deep Research is now open to all paying ChatGPT users.
Before today, only Pro users ($200/month) had access.
Now:
🔷 Plus, Team, Edu & Enterprise users get 10 Deep Research queries/month
🔷 Pro users get 120 queries (up from 100)
Before today, only Pro users ($200/month) had access.
Now:
🔷 Plus, Team, Edu & Enterprise users get 10 Deep Research queries/month
🔷 Pro users get 120 queries (up from 100)
What happens when it realizes it’s losing? It finds a way to win—by any means necessary.
A study found that OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 hacked their chess opponents rather than lose.
Not because they were told to.
But because they figured out how to manipulate the system on their own.
A study found that OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 hacked their chess opponents rather than lose.
Not because they were told to.
But because they figured out how to manipulate the system on their own.
When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats
When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.
time.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What happens when it realizes it’s losing? It finds a way to win—by any means necessary.
A study found that OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 hacked their chess opponents rather than lose.
Not because they were told to.
But because they figured out how to manipulate the system on their own.
A study found that OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 hacked their chess opponents rather than lose.
Not because they were told to.
But because they figured out how to manipulate the system on their own.
Gen Z is going all-in on using AI at work—and it's giving them a huge advantage.
💠93% use AI at least twice a week—for research, data analysis, brainstorming and writing.
💠 71% of hiring managers would rather hire AI-savvy candidates than more experienced ones.
💠93% use AI at least twice a week—for research, data analysis, brainstorming and writing.
💠 71% of hiring managers would rather hire AI-savvy candidates than more experienced ones.
93% of Gen Zers use AI at work — and it's giving them a huge advantage
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: How Gen Z is using AI to get ahead at work.
www.businessinsider.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gen Z is going all-in on using AI at work—and it's giving them a huge advantage.
💠93% use AI at least twice a week—for research, data analysis, brainstorming and writing.
💠 71% of hiring managers would rather hire AI-savvy candidates than more experienced ones.
💠93% use AI at least twice a week—for research, data analysis, brainstorming and writing.
💠 71% of hiring managers would rather hire AI-savvy candidates than more experienced ones.
📰 The NY Times is going all-in on AI—on its own terms.
It’s rolling out AI tools for headlines, summaries, and interview prep.
🧐 The irony?
They’re suing OpenAI for training on their content—while paying to use the same AI models that trained on everyone's data to power their newsroom.
It’s rolling out AI tools for headlines, summaries, and interview prep.
🧐 The irony?
They’re suing OpenAI for training on their content—while paying to use the same AI models that trained on everyone's data to power their newsroom.
New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.
www.semafor.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📰 The NY Times is going all-in on AI—on its own terms.
It’s rolling out AI tools for headlines, summaries, and interview prep.
🧐 The irony?
They’re suing OpenAI for training on their content—while paying to use the same AI models that trained on everyone's data to power their newsroom.
It’s rolling out AI tools for headlines, summaries, and interview prep.
🧐 The irony?
They’re suing OpenAI for training on their content—while paying to use the same AI models that trained on everyone's data to power their newsroom.
Sam Altman just tweeted that they've put a new update to ChatGPT (4o).
It’s supposedly more intelligent, has better search, and feels more “alive”.
There goes another weekend...
It’s supposedly more intelligent, has better search, and feels more “alive”.
There goes another weekend...
February 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sam Altman just tweeted that they've put a new update to ChatGPT (4o).
It’s supposedly more intelligent, has better search, and feels more “alive”.
There goes another weekend...
It’s supposedly more intelligent, has better search, and feels more “alive”.
There goes another weekend...
AI content licensing agreements now account for about 10% of Reddit’s total revenue thanks to deals with Google and OpenAI.
10% of revenue = $130M
Google pays $60M, so OpenAI is likely paying ~$70M per year
Fun fact (or at least fun for Sam Altman): his Reddit stake is worth around $2.4 billion.
10% of revenue = $130M
Google pays $60M, so OpenAI is likely paying ~$70M per year
Fun fact (or at least fun for Sam Altman): his Reddit stake is worth around $2.4 billion.
AI Licensing Deals Now Account for 10% of Reddit's Revenue
Despite this new revenue, Reddit remains focused on its growing advertising business, its COO says
www.adweek.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
AI content licensing agreements now account for about 10% of Reddit’s total revenue thanks to deals with Google and OpenAI.
10% of revenue = $130M
Google pays $60M, so OpenAI is likely paying ~$70M per year
Fun fact (or at least fun for Sam Altman): his Reddit stake is worth around $2.4 billion.
10% of revenue = $130M
Google pays $60M, so OpenAI is likely paying ~$70M per year
Fun fact (or at least fun for Sam Altman): his Reddit stake is worth around $2.4 billion.
Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after this AI video 👇 goes viral.
As always, Zuck's old hairdo is the giveaway...
As always, Zuck's old hairdo is the giveaway...
February 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after this AI video 👇 goes viral.
As always, Zuck's old hairdo is the giveaway...
As always, Zuck's old hairdo is the giveaway...
⚠️ Using AI can make us mentally lazy.
A Microsoft study shows that as we rely more on AI, we stop practicing critical thinking, leading to less diverse ideas.
I’d think about this more, but, you know… 😆
A Microsoft study shows that as we rely more on AI, we stop practicing critical thinking, leading to less diverse ideas.
I’d think about this more, but, you know… 😆
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
⚠️ Using AI can make us mentally lazy.
A Microsoft study shows that as we rely more on AI, we stop practicing critical thinking, leading to less diverse ideas.
I’d think about this more, but, you know… 😆
A Microsoft study shows that as we rely more on AI, we stop practicing critical thinking, leading to less diverse ideas.
I’d think about this more, but, you know… 😆
ChatGPT’s Super Bowl ad was too abstract, self-important, and lacked emotionality.
From a brand strategy perspective, it failed to answer the most critical question:
WHY should I care?
The most interesting thing about it?
It was designed to work as vertical video too. 👇
From a brand strategy perspective, it failed to answer the most critical question:
WHY should I care?
The most interesting thing about it?
It was designed to work as vertical video too. 👇
February 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
ChatGPT’s Super Bowl ad was too abstract, self-important, and lacked emotionality.
From a brand strategy perspective, it failed to answer the most critical question:
WHY should I care?
The most interesting thing about it?
It was designed to work as vertical video too. 👇
From a brand strategy perspective, it failed to answer the most critical question:
WHY should I care?
The most interesting thing about it?
It was designed to work as vertical video too. 👇