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AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

news.ycombinator.com Liz Reid 2025-12-08 17:32:42

AI is driving the most significant upgrade of the Google Search experience ever. With AI Overviews and more recently AI Mode, people are able to ask questions they could never ask before. And the response has been tremendous: Our data shows people are happier with the experience and are searching more than ever as they discover what Search can do now. At the same time, we’ve recently heard some questions about what this means for traffic to websites from Google. So we wanted to share some insig

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Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 00:29:11

The substance behind the “Rules” was scarcely new. Franklin had, in more sober fashion, made almost every point before. He touched hardly at all upon the constitutional issues that the Bostonians had set boiling, no doubt because they were difficult to treat satirically; but he marshaled most of the other themes that were his stock in trade as a controversialist. Some related to the colonies in general, some to Massachusetts in particular, and they ran the gamut from old trade restrictions and n

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Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.” A jury isn’t sure what to think.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-08 22:29:20

"Crypto mixers" exist because of a peculiar feature of cryptocurrencies—most are fully traceable using their public blockchain ledgers. To provide more privacy to crypto account owners, a mixer will let people toss their crypto into a large pool, where it is "mixed" with other people's crypto. At a later date, each crypto owner can choose to withdraw their money from the pool into a new, anonymous wallet, thus making the movement of the crypto harder to track. Of course, the obfuscation doesn't

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A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-09 06:30:00

The latest generative AI models are not just stand-alone text-generating chatbots—instead, they can easily be hooked up to your data to give personalized answers to your questions. OpenAI’s ChatGPT can be linked to your Gmail inbox, allowed to inspect your GitHub code, or find appointments in your Microsoft calendar. But these connections have the potential to be abused—and researchers have shown it can take just a single “poisoned” document to do so. New findings from security researchers Mich

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The initial reactions to OpenAI’s landmark open source gpt-oss models are highly varied and mixed

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-12-09 15:24:07

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 long-awaited return to the “open” of its namesake occurred yesterday with the release of two new large language models (LLMs): gpt-oss-120B and gpt-oss-20B. But despite achieving technical benchmarks on par with OpenAI’s other powerful proprietary AI model offerings, the broader AI developer and user community’s initial response h

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OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-09 16:10:35

OpenAI just struck a deal to give every federal executive branch agency access to ChatGPT Enterprise over the next year for just $1. In a blog post, OpenAI said the deal is meant to advance a key pillar of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan by making advanced AI tools widely available across the federal government to cut down on paperwork and bureaucracy. The White House unveiled the plan in July, outlining efforts to accelerate AI adoption, expand data center infrastructure, and promote

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Universal Adds ‘No AI Training’ Warning to Movies

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-09 16:40:39

AI is not invited to movie night. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures has started including a message in the credits of its films that indicates the movie “may not be used to train AI” in part of an ongoing effort by major intellectual property holders to keep their content from getting fed into the machines (at least without being paid for it). The warning, which reportedly first appeared at the end of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon when it hit theaters in June, h

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Shopify stock soars 21% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-09 21:02:51

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 28, 2018. Shopify shares soared 21% on Wednesday after the company topped analysts' estimates for the second quarter, and gave rosy guidance for the third quarter. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 35 cents adjusted vs. 29 cents 35 cents adjusted vs. 29 cents Revenue: $2.68 billion vs. $2.55 billion Second-quarter sales surged 31% year over ye

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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-09 17:29:51

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors' "Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference" at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025. OpenAI on Wednesday announced it will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to U.S. federal agencies for $1 through the next year, making its technology available to the federal executive branch workforce at "essentially no cost." The company has been working to deepen its ties to lawmak

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Google: Actually, AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-09 21:49:46

Last month, a Pew Research Center report shed light on Google's AI Overviews' effect on web publishing. In short, the analysis painted an abysmal outlook for anyone relying on web traffic. But on Wednesday, Google Search head Liz Reid penned a blog post that puts quite a different spin on things. The Google VP claims traffic from search to websites is "relatively stable" and that click quality has increased. Reid's framing boils down to everything is peachy, and AI is making things better — eve

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Hulu’s days look numbered, but there’s reason for Disney to keep it around

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 21:01:00

Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, announced today that Disney will "fully integrate" Hulu into the Disney+ app in 2026. Although a company representative told Variety that people will still be able to buy standalone subscriptions to Hulu, we can't help but wonder how long that will last. A prim and polished app combining the catalogs, recommendations, and profiles for Disney+ and Hulu subscribers could make a standalone Hulu app redundant. In fact, the ability to successfully combin

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I was skeptical about big-screen laptops, but this Acer model is my new go-to for work

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-12-10 02:15:00

Acer Swift 16 AI ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift 16 AI is available now starting at $1,250. Its 16-inch OLED display, well-designed lightweight form, and marathon battery work together to create a laptop that feels more premium than its price would suggest. Its speakers, however, leave much to be desired, and it has its fair share of bloatware. $1,299 at Walmart $1,249.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Acer's Swift 16 AI is a thin and light laptop with a gorgeous OLED display, nice full

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The Money OpenAI Is Making by Betraying Its Nonprofit Roots Is Obscene

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 05:10:40

OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit research institute, dedicated to realizing an "artificial general intelligence" that benefits all of humanity. In a December 2015 blog post introducing the company, its founders, including current CEO Sam Altman and his now bitterly-departed rival Elon Musk, said that to accomplish its goal, it would have to be "unconstrained by a need to generate financial return." "Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human

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You can now try Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot AI assistant on PC

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-10 06:48:53

Microsoft revealed that it was working on an AI chatbot specifically for gamers back in March, and now it's here for a test drive. The beta version of Gaming Copilot is available to Xbox Insiders on PC via the Game Bar functionality. It's also available to try on Windows-based handheld gaming devices, but the company says the functionality there is currently limited. A variant of this tool recently launched as a beta for mobile . This is kind of like an AI version of those old Nintendo phone he

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Google says AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

news.ycombinator.com Liz Reid 2025-12-10 05:32:42

AI is driving the most significant upgrade of the Google Search experience ever. With AI Overviews and more recently AI Mode, people are able to ask questions they could never ask before. And the response has been tremendous: Our data shows people are happier with the experience and are searching more than ever as they discover what Search can do now. At the same time, we’ve recently heard some questions about what this means for traffic to websites from Google. So we wanted to share some insig

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OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-10 06:04:07

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. OpenAI is teasing a big announcement on Thursday, and based on a not-so-subtle clue, it seems like the news will be the reveal of its long-awaited GPT-5 AI model. In a post on X, OpenAI announced a “LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT” — notice that the “s” in the word livestream is swapped for a

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Motorola just picked this surprising alternative to Gemini Live’s camera sharing

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-10 11:11:37

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Select Motorola phones will soon have Microsoft Copilot Vision baked into Moto AI. The Gemini Live camera sharing alternative will be available in the coming week in the US, Mexico, the UK, and more markets. The Copilot app will now be preinstalled on the brand’s latest phones. Motorola’s approach to AI is a little more flexible than other brands, as it enlists the help of various AI partners like Perplexity, Meta, Google, and Microsoft. Despite its AI-b

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OpenAI teases GPT-5 release for ChatGPT

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-10 11:11:37

OpenAI is having a big week. Yesterday, the leading AI firm dropped not one, but two open-weight models, including one that can run well on Apple silicon Macs. Next? GPT-5 is coming to ChatGPT. OpenAI’s teaser comes in the form of an X post that simply reads “LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT.” You’ll notice that the ‘S’ in LIVESTREAM has been replaced with a 5, removing all doubt about what the next OpenAI livestream will be about. LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT — OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 6, 2025 Cha

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Anthropic ships automated security reviews for Claude Code as AI-generated vulnerabilities surge

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-10 16:00:00

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 Anthropic launched automated security review capabilities for its Claude Code platform on Wednesday, introducing tools that can scan code for vulnerabilities and suggest fixes as artificial intelligence dramatically accelerates software development across the industry. The new features arrive as companies increasingly rely on AI to write c

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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-10 16:58:12

OpenAI has announced that it will be partnering with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to offer ChatGPT Enterprise practically free of charge to the entire executive-branch federal workforce for one year. The dozens of agencies under this umbrella encompass over two million civilian workers. Each agency will be able to access ChatGPT Enterprise for $1 for the year-long period. The year-long trial will also include an additional 60 days of ChatGPT's most advanced models like Deep Resea

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I used ChatGPT's Study Mode to tutor me for free - and you can too

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-10 15:39:46

Getty Images/raferto ZDNET's Key Takeaways ChatGPT study mode is meant to help students actively learn. I tried study mode and it has key differences from standard ChatGPT. It's available to logged-in ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. When generative AI arrived in late 2022, educators were immediately concerned about students using chatbots to do their work for them. While the initial reaction was banning the technology from classrooms, many educators and students have since found po

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Claude Code makes it easy to trigger a code check now with this simple command

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-10 16:00:18

Anthropic / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Automated security reviews in Claude Code help ensure code safety. Spot and fix vulnerabilities before your code reaches production. Run the /security-review command in the terminal or via GitHub Action. Claude Code became generally available in May, and since then, it has become popular among developers for its coding assistance, available right in the terminal or integrated development environments (IDEs). Now, new features ar

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OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-12-10 16:48:11

OpenAI is partnering with the US government to make its leading frontier models available to federal employees. Under the agreement, federal agencies can access OpenAI’s models for $1 for the next year, per a Wednesday announcement from the company and the General Services Administration (GSA). The partnership is the culmination of months of effort on the part of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other OpenAI executives, who have been cozying up to the Trump administration since before President Donald

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Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Copilot to the Windows Game Bar

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-10 16:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft started testing its Xbox Copilot on iOS and Android earlier this year, and now it’s bringing the chatbot to the Game Bar feature on Windows 11. Xbox Insiders can start testing a preview of the Gaming Copilot integration in the Game Bar today, and Microsoft is planning “further opt

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I switched to the Dell 14 Premium for two weeks, and it made my XPS laptop look bad

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-12-11 02:09:00

Dell 14 Premium ZDNET's key takeaways Dell's latest high-performance laptop is currently on sale starting at $1,500. It's superbly designed, with a sleek, modern build and powerful, but accessible, hardware. It runs warm, and requires power management from the user to get the most out of the battery. View now at Dell Dell's laptop rebrand may have resulted in some shuffling around of naming conventions, but the new Dell 14 Premium -- Dell's refreshed high-performance line of laptops -- looks

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Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers

news.ycombinator.com Jeroen Coelen 2025-12-11 00:20:21

Julia Vidal, co-founder of Badge, began with a simple problem: remote workers often roam the city searching for a workplace that won’t shoo them away. As coffee shops and cafés are increasingly adopting no-laptop policies, she envisioned a startup. What if partnered cafés allowed the reservation of a laptop spot, but just with a minimum spend, so everybody is happy? Basically, AirBnB, for café-based workspaces with proper WiFi. Quick prototype validates demand on the consumer side To test wh

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Shopify stock soars 20% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-11 06:37:36

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 28, 2018. Shopify shares soared 20% Wednesday after the company topped analysts' estimates for the second quarter, and gave rosy guidance for the third quarter. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 35 cents adj. vs. 29 cents 35 cents adj. vs. 29 cents Revenue: $2.68 billion vs. $2.55 billion Second-quarter sales surged 31% year over year to $2.68

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The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-11 11:10:00

The news: OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. Unlike the models available through OpenAI’s web interface, these new open models can be freely downloaded, run, and even modified on laptops and other local devices. Why it matters: These releases re-establish OpenAI as a presence for users of open models. That’s particularly notable at a time when Meta, which had previously dominated the American open-model landscape with its Llama models, ma

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Microsoft makes OpenAI’s new open model available on Windows

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-11 09:55:57

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI released a new free and open GPT model yesterday that can run on a PC, and now Microsoft is making that easy to do for Windows users. The lightweight gpt-oss-20b model is now available on Windows AI Foundry, and will be coming soon to macOS, too. You’ll need a PC or laptop with at l

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I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-11 17:25:43

An AI generated image of an AI using its hands to reject me. Very meta, I know I gave the AI arms and legs — then it rejected me 2025-07-03 In October 2024, Anthropic released "Claude Computer Use". It allows an AI to control a computer and for example copy data from a browser to a spreadsheet. It's a really cool feature and since I am the maintainer of a library that allows controlling a computer, I was curious to find out how they do it and learn from them. I didn't have time to look into i

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AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773)

Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.” A jury isn’t sure what to think.

A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT

The initial reactions to OpenAI’s landmark open source gpt-oss models are highly varied and mixed

OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

Universal Adds ‘No AI Training’ Warning to Movies

Shopify stock soars 21% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

Google: Actually, AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

Hulu’s days look numbered, but there’s reason for Disney to keep it around

I was skeptical about big-screen laptops, but this Acer model is my new go-to for work

The Money OpenAI Is Making by Betraying Its Nonprofit Roots Is Obscene

You can now try Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot AI assistant on PC

Google says AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday

Motorola just picked this surprising alternative to Gemini Live’s camera sharing

OpenAI teases GPT-5 release for ChatGPT

Anthropic ships automated security reviews for Claude Code as AI-generated vulnerabilities surge

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

I used ChatGPT's Study Mode to tutor me for free - and you can too

Claude Code makes it easy to trigger a code check now with this simple command

OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership

Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Copilot to the Windows Game Bar

I switched to the Dell 14 Premium for two weeks, and it made my XPS laptop look bad

Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers

Shopify stock soars 20% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search

Microsoft makes OpenAI’s new open model available on Windows

I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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