OpenAI made more than 20 major announcements across ChatGPT, Codex,
its models, and more at DevDay 2026. It introduced agents that can
take on
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DEVDAY 2026 RECAP (5 MINUTE READ) [7]
OpenAI made more than 20 major announcements across ChatGPT, Codex,
its models, and more at DevDay 2026. It introduced agents that can
take on ongoing responsibilities and new ways for people and AI to
work together. The company also expanded its commitment to an open
ecosystem by opening up ChatGPT as a shared surface where humans and
agents can collaborate and where developers can directly launch new
native experiences. There is now a new Pro 500 plan that offers 25
times the ChatGPT Plus allowance and includes access to Ultrafast.
APPLE'S NEW CEO SEEKS TO MAKE COMPANY RUN FASTER AND LEANER (7 MINUTE
READ) [8]
Apple CEO John Ternus is moving to overhaul the company to accelerate
product development, broaden its range of devices, and create a leaner organization with a greater focus on engineering. Early ideas under consideration include relying less on traditional spring and fall
product release schedules and eliminating some middle-management
positions. Ternus has indicated that the company should introduce
products more quickly and become more experimental to remain
competitive in the AI era. He is seeking new sources of revenue and
ways to generate more money from existing products.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
NASA HAS A DRAGON DILEMMA, AND THERE APPEAR TO BE NO GOOD ANSWERS (7
MINUTE READ) [9]
SpaceX has made it clear to NASA that it no longer wishes to fly its
Crew Dragon spacecraft, or the Falcon 9 rocket, on missions to
low-Earth orbit. The company has agreed to support the International
Space Station until 2030, but it intends to retire the spacecraft
after that. SpaceX has told companies developing private space
stations for low-Earth orbit that they cannot order Crew Dragon
missions for their habitats. The company has more than fulfilled its
contract obligations to NASA, so it is unlikely that the agency can
compel SpaceX to keep flying Dragon.
PILOTLESS PLANE FLIES OVER WICHITA, PUTTING THE FUTURE OF AVIATION ON
DISPLAY (2 MINUTE READ) [10]
Joby Aviation recently flew its autonomous aircraft over Wichita. The
company has developed a base system that can function in any aircraft.
The plane used in the demonstration was a Cessna 208 Caravan that had
been retrofitted with Joby's technology. Joby plans to start using the autonomous plane in emergency and cargo transport operations over the
next few years, but its end goal is to make it a safe, viable
transportation option.
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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE
DATA IS THE APPLICATION (6 MINUTE READ) [11]
AI makes it possible to build faster than ever. However, none of that
speed applies to the data. Lose the data that users give you, and you
have to start all over again. Let agents iterate over the code, but
leave the data to humans.
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MISCELLANEOUS
WHEN AI MODELS HURT PEOPLE, THE LABS SHOULD PAY (18 MINUTE READ) [13]
Tech's red line has always been liability. As a technology matures,
society sets more legal regimes, either through explicit regulation or
case law. Previous technology waves have shown that industries can
survive paying for the harms they cause. One would have to question
the societal benefits of an industry if paying for the people it harms
or kills is enough to kill the industry.
THE CASE FOR META ENTERPRISE PLATFORM (11 MINUTE READ) [14]
Meta has committed tens of gigawatts against a demand forecast for a
set of first-party products whose adoption curve likely has a high
margin of error. Muse appears to have found at least initial
product-market fit as a consumer agent, but it is still a first-party
product, and being wrong can be expensive. While the best use of
Meta's compute will be its first-party products, an enterprise
platform as a 'second' customer makes sense. If Meta underbuilds and
can't serve the product it just found product-market fit for, users
will drift to competing AI agents/products.
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AT WHITE HOUSE, TRUMP ASKS AI TITANS TO POLICE THEMSELVES (10 MINUTE
READ) [17]
The world's most powerful technology executives signed a voluntary
agreement to adopt safety policies that include risk reviews,
auditing, and evaluations of systems by third parties, and also to
rebrand AI to 'super intelligence'.
HOW AI DOES, AND DOES NOT, CHANGE THE WAY I DO MATH (6 MINUTE READ)
[18]
Math research is a tool for drawing people together, and while AI
could weaken these social bonds, this is not a given.
GOOGLE ‘AI CONTRIBUTION PILOT' TESTS PAYING WEBSITES WHEN THEY'RE
USED IN AI RESULTS (3 MINUTE READ) [19]
Google is testing directly paying websites and publishers when their
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DOES REDDIT HAVE AN ASTROTURFING PROBLEM? WHAT THE DATA SUGGESTS (14
MINUTE READ) [21]
Reddit is still mostly humans, but for a couple of brands, a quarter
to a third of the buying advice comes from accounts that mostly
recommend that brand.
WHO'S BUYING CHATGPT ADS? I ANALYZED 15K ADVERTISERS (13 MINUTE READ)
[22]
OpenAI doesn't publish a list of advertisers, but advertisers use a
small piece of tracking code that provides a strong signal that a
company has set up ChatGPT Ads.
INTERVIEW: FIREFOX'S CHIEF ON WHY HE HOPES A REDESIGN WILL HELP WIN
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