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OpenAI rolls out Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts integration in ChatGPT

OpenAI wants ChatGPT to know more about you, including your emails, calendar events in Google Calendar, and even your Google contacts, to reference everything in a conversation. In a new support document update, OpenAI confirmed it’s rolling out support for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts Connectors in ChatGPT (Pro). For those unaware, Connectors allow you to connect third-party services to ChatGPT. Once a service has been connected, ChatGPT can reference it in the chat. For examp

How to Play Battlefield 6 Beta: Open Access Resumes This Friday

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and after an exciting first beta weekend, you can join the fray again in just a few days. Battlefield 6's first public beta is available to everyone and will resume this weekend. It's not too late to join in, and here's how. The Battlefield 6 open beta is the first chance for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oct. 10. While those with early access got a c

OpenAI adds new ChatGPT third-party tool connectors to Dropbox, MS Teams as Altman clarifies GPT-5 prioritization

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Today, many eyes are on OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman‘s ongoing public feud with Elon Musk on the latter’s social network, X. But Altman’s recent statements regarding the ongoing rollout of his company’s latest and greatest large language model (LLM), GPT-5, are probably more important to customers and enterprise decision-makers. A

OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt

OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and precocious chatbot. But for some users, last Thursday’s release felt more like a wrenching downgrade, with the new ChatGPT presenting a diluted personality and making surprisingly dumb mistakes. On Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X to say the company would keep the previous model, GPT-4o, running for Plus users. A new feature designed to seamlessly switch between models depending on the complexity of t

Grok Offers Bizarre Explanations for Why It Was Deactivated

Grok, Elon Musk's "maximum truth-seeking" chatbot, was briefly suspended on August 11 — and nobody, including the xAI bot, knows what really happened. As flagged by Gizmodo, users reported that the chatbot, which declared itself as "MechaHitler" earlier this year, was back online within half an hour. When it came to, Grok began offering some strange and conflicting reasons as to why it had been shut down. As it stands, Grok has made three overarching claims about its temporary deactivation: th

Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple for Favoring ChatGPT Over Grok in the App Store

Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action for what he perceives as overt favoritism towards OpenAI's ChatGPT app in its App Store rankings. In a series of posts on X, he wrote that Grok, the chatbot created by his own company xAI, was being unfairly penalized by the iPhone maker. "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation," Musk said. "xAI will take immediate legal act

Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens

Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens 38 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images X owner Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it "impossible" for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in its App Store. He called OpenAI boss Sam Altman a "liar" - after Altman claimed Musk used his platform to "benefit himself and his own companies". The row is the latest flashpoint in what

Looking at This Subreddit May Convince You That AI Was a Huge Mistake

Last week, OpenAI's most loyal customers revolted after the company replaced all of its preceding AI models with its newly-released GPT-5 model. Their pleading proved convincing enough for OpenAI to reverse course, with CEO Sam Altman announcing that the company's GPT-4o model would be reinstated. To say that users have become emotionally attached to OpenAI's "sycophantic" AI models would be vast understatement. Experts have warned of an epidemic of "AI psychosis," with some users experiencing

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AI companies are chasing government users with steep discounts

Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, AI companies have been racing to gain a foothold in government in more ways than one. Most recently, that’s meant luring government users with attractive low prices for their products. Within the last week, both OpenAI and Anthropic have introduced special prices for government versions of their generative AI chatbots, ChatGPT and Claude, and xAI announced its Grok for Government in mid-July. OpenAI and Anthropic are both offering their chatbots to federal agen

Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

Just a week after OpenAI announced it would offer ChatGPT Enterprise to the entire federal executive branch workforce at $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has raised the stakes. The AI giant said Tuesday it would also offer its Claude models to government agencies for just $1 – but not only to the executive branch. Anthropic is targeting “all three branches” of the U.S. government, including the legislative and judiciary branches. The package will be available for one year, says Anthropic. The

Elon Musk feels Apple favors OpenAI over xAI in App Store rankings

Elon Musk has accused Apple of committing an "unequivocal antitrust violation" by favoring OpenAI in the App Store rankings. In a post on X, he claimed that Apple has made it impossible for other AI companies to reach number one in those rankings and that xAI "will take immediate legal action." Musk didn't clarify what he meant by that, and he also didn't provide evidence that would prove Apple's supposed antitrust violation. In an earlier post on X that's currently pinned to the top of his pro

Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings

Elon Musk says that his artificial intelligence company xAI “will take immediate legal action” against Apple for allegedly manipulating its App Store rankings to the advantage of rival AI apps. In a series of X posts on Monday night, Musk suggested that Apple was “playing politics” by not placing either X or xAI’s Grok chatbot in the App Store’s list of recommended iOS apps, and that he had no choice but to file a lawsuit. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI compa

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The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess

It's been less than a week since the launch of OpenAI's new GPT-5 AI model, and the rollout hasn't been a smooth one. So far, the release sparked one of the most intense user revolts in ChatGPT's history, forcing CEO Sam Altman to make an unusual public apology and reverse key decisions. At the heart of the controversy has been OpenAI's decision to automatically remove access to all previous AI models in ChatGPT (approximately nine, depending on how you count them) when GPT-5 rolled out to user

Musk threatens 'immediate' legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations

Elon Musk on Monday threatened Apple with legal action over alleged antitrust violations related to rankings of the Grok AI chatbot app, which is owned by his artificial intelligence startup xAI. "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action," Musk wrote in a post on social media platform X. Apple did not immediately respond to CNBC's reque

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Elon Musk accuses Apple of favoring OpenAI in App Store rankings, promises legal action [U]

Elon Musk is (once again) going after Apple, this time accusing the company of an “unequivocal antitrust violation” for allegedly favoring OpenAI in the App Store’s AI rankings. Here are the details. A bit of context Last month, xAI released Grok 4, its latest large language model, promising major performance gains over leading competitors. Since then, the company has also rolled out features like Grok Imagine, its image and video generator, as well as customizable “companion” chatbots. Durin

Elon Musk Can’t Control His AI

With Grok, the months pass, but the story stays the same. The AI chatbot from xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, continues to stir controversy, putting its host platform, X, in an increasingly embarrassing position. Just weeks after a version of Grok was found to be praising Adolf Hitler, the new, supposedly more powerful “SuperGrok” found itself in hot water again on Monday, forcing X to briefly suspend the chatbot for what it vaguely described as “inappropriate posts.” Even El

Elon Musk Says Apple Is Rigging the App Store for ChatGPT

Elon Musk has opened a fresh front in his ongoing feud with Big Tech.This time he’s targeting Apple. On Monday night, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO accused the iPhone maker of antitrust violations, claiming its App Store policies put his AI chatbot Grok, developed by xAI, at a disadvantage compared to rivals, particularly OpenAI’s ChatGPT. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violatio

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OpenAI is editing its GPT-5 rollout on the fly — here’s what’s changing in ChatGPT

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI’s launch of its most advanced AI model GPT-5 last week has been a stress test for the world’s most popular chatbot platform with 700 million weekly active users — and so far, OpenAI is openly struggling to keep users happy and its service running smoothly. The new flagship model GPT-5 — available in four variants of different speed

Study Reveals ChatGPT Gives Dangerous Guidance to Teens, Despite Safety Claims

A disturbing new study reveals that ChatGPT readily provides harmful advice to teenagers, including detailed instructions on drinking and drug use, concealing eating disorders and even personalized suicide letters, despite OpenAI's claims of robust safety measures. Researchers from the Center for Countering Digital Hate conducted extensive testing by posing as vulnerable 13-year-olds, uncovering alarming gaps in the AI chatbot's protective guardrails. Out of 1,200 interactions analyzed, more th

Here’s a look at the unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen’s hidden note-taking trick

Charlie Callow TL;DR An unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen has surfaced, and its tail button can be configured to launch Android’s default notes app in a floating bubble. Getting the button to function requires pairing the stylus via Bluetooth and then enabling a specific developer option and setting a default notes app. The pen currently doesn’t work with Google Keep, and despite the accessory’s appearance, there is still no official news about a Pixel Tablet successor. When Google released the Pi

Google’s unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen had its own magnetic sleeve

TL;DR An X (formerly Twitter) user got their hands on an unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen with the full packaging. It includes a full manual for the device. The stylus would have shipped with a magnetic sleeve that attaches to the back of the tablet. Once upon a time, Google planned to release a stylus for its Android tablet called the Pixel Tablet Pen. However, after the Pixel Tablet 2 was canceled, those plans completely evaporated. Although the Pen never saw the light of day, the unreleased dev

OpenAI is testing 3,000-per-week limit for GPT-5 Thinking

OpenAI has responded to criticism that it shipped GPT-5 with token limits to minimize cost and maximize profit not with words, but rather with a new 3,000-per-week limit. In a series of posts on X, Sam Altman confirmed that OpenAI is working on a 3,000-per-week limit for GPT-5 Thinking messages for Plus users. This will increase the reasoning rate limits available today, but OpenAI does not plan to stop at just this. Sam Altman claims that OpenAI will soon raise all model-class rate limits "a

Here are all the GPT-5 updates OpenAI has rolled out since launch

SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty ZDNET's key takeaways: OpenAI released its long-awaited GPT-5 on Thursday. Some users complained GPT-5 was inferior to its predecessor, 4o. In response, the company announced a flurry of changes. OpenAI released GPT-5, the long-awaited upgrade to the model which powers ChatGPT, Thursday. In typical OpenAI fashion, the release has included plenty of twists, turns, and drama. It was almost inevitable that the new model would disappoint a significant number of pe

Users Were So Addicted to GPT-4o That They Immediately Cajoled OpenAI Into Bringing It Back After It Got Killed

Last week, OpenAI startled the world by announcing that its long-awaited GPT-5 would replace all of its previous models, The move sparked outrage. Apart from being severely underwhelmed by the performance of OpenAI's newest offering, power users immediately started to beg CEO Sam Altman to bring back preceding models, often for a reason that had little to do with intelligence, artificial or otherwise: they were attached to it on an emotional level. "Why are we getting rid of the variants and 4

WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership

Jake Lahut: Oh yeah. Watch out [inaudible 00:10:47] boys. I know that's going to be a tough one. Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, exactly. I would love to know how the AI categorizes this, but it's kind of fascinating. I feel like there's a lot of age verification stuff going on in the United States, a lot of rules and regulations that are getting rolled out and each have their own kind of issue. But this is kind of the industry's response to that, or an attempt to try something new and see if it works. And

AI Is Creating Billionaires at Record Speed

While the world debates whether AI will take our jobs or save humanity, a small class of insiders already has the answer: for them, it’s a gold rush. The AI boom is creating a new caste of “nouveaux riches” at a speed the tech world has never seen before, turning top engineers into figures chased with the same fervor as star athletes. While the public grapples with the future, these are the people getting extraordinarily rich right now. The New Kings of AI At the top of the list is Jensen Hua

OpenSSH Post-Quantum Cryptography

OpenSSH Post-Quantum Cryptography OpenSSH supports a number of cryptographic key agreement algorithms considered to be safe against attacks from quantum computers. We recommend that all SSH connections use these algorithms. OpenSSH has offered post-quantum key agreement (KexAlgorithms) by default since release 9.0 (2022), initially via the sntrup761x25519-sha512 algorithm. More recently, in OpenSSH 9.9, we have added a second post-quantum key agreement mlkem768x25519-sha256 and it was made the

Self-Guaranteeing Promises

Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify a self-guaranteeing promise yourself. File over app is a self-guaranteeing promise. If files are in your control, in an open format, you can use those files in another app at any time. Not an export. The exact same files. It’s good practice to test this with any self-proclaimed file-over-app app you use. “Stainless steel” is a self-guaranteeing promise. You can test it yourse

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is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 93, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I’m sad the sun is setting sooner, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I also have for you some AI news from OpenAI, a bug-f