Top stories in tech today: – Apple’s $600B deal with Trump
– Eye drops to replace reading glasses
– DoorDash rides a $100B high
– WhatsApp removes 6.8M scam accounts
– Quick hits on other major tech news Read more: https://
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Apple’s $600B deal, eye drops tech, and DoorDash milestone
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xAI Plans to Introduce Ads in Grok Responses
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First mover: xAI plans to introduce ads in Groks responses. Tbh it was just a matter of time. Do I like it? Not at all. I prefer subscriptions over ads. And it costs trust. Depending on the type of development, it can lead to a loss of trust in AI because you always have the
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Sam Altman’s ChatGPT5 Launch Marketing Strategy Analyzed
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Exercice de style marketing à garder dans les annales tech : quand @sama live tweet en direct la présentation de #ChatGPT5, qu'il est censé faire en même temps et diffusée sur YouTube en mode keynote,… pour en dire tout le bien qu'il faut en penser ! Si Sam Altman est le
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OpenAI Activates Legacy Model Access for Pro and Plus Users
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I think that before Sunday ends, OpenAI will end up activating the option to access the old models. The option that's hidden in the settings only for Pros, but also for Pluses.
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GPT-5 Release Meets Expectations But Shows Disappointing Aspects
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My take: it meets my expectations exactly. Since there was a lot of discussion about GPT-5 beforehand, my expectations are pretty much in line with how it was finally released. At the same time, there are things that disappoint me and are underwhelming (instruction following,
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Agent Washing: The Risk of False AI Automation Claims
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What Is AI Agent Washing And Why Is It A Risk To Businesses? ‘Agent washing’ is the deceptive practice of labelling basic automation or chatbots as advanced AI agents. According to Gartner, only around 130 products out of thousands tested meet the real requirements. This trend
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GPT-5 Performance Assessment: Expectations vs Reality
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GPT-5: did it exceed, meet or fall short of your expectations? Please feel free to provide arguments 🙂
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From Hype To Investment: The Economics Behind The AI Gold Rush
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From Hype To Investment: The Economics Behind The AI 'Gold Rush'
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GPT-5 Shows No Improvement Over GPT-4o in Instruction Following
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From my initial testings GPT-5 is as bad as GPT-4o on instruction following. This is a real bummer. No improvement at all – but I need more testing to validate this.
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Mixed Reactions to AI Model: Routing Issues and Inconsistent Performance
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At least on X and Reddit, the mood seems to be rather disgruntled and disappointed. Biggest problem: routing. It just works incredibly poorly. In my testing as well. You should manually enable reasoning as needed. Additionally: it's better than GPT-4o and o3 – but often not