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🛒 OpenAI adds shopping to ChatGPT
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- OpenAI has integrated e-commerce functions into ChatGPT Search, letting users discover items and link out to merchant websites for purchasing, available to everyone using the service.
- The chatbot provides personalized item suggestions by analyzing user preferences, chat history, and product assessments gathered from various online sources like Reddit and publishers.
- Resembling Google Shopping, the interface presents purchase options from different retailers and uniquely tailors future buying advice based on conversational context about preferred styles or stores.
🛰️ Amazon launches its first satellites to rival Starlink
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- Amazon successfully sent its first prototype Kuiper internet satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard a ULA Atlas V rocket, initiating the deployment of its large broadband constellation.
- These initial orbital units are confirmed active and communicating properly with ground systems, targeting the start of customer internet service availability later this current year for some regions.
- The company's ambitious project aims to launch over three thousand spacecraft eventually to rival Starlink, facing a regulatory deadline to deploy half its network by mid-2026.
🏛️ Amazon denies tariff label plans after White House criticism
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- The White House condemned Amazon after news emerged the retailer reportedly intended to display how much specific tariffs contribute to the final cost of items sold online.
- A presidential spokesperson labeled the alleged scheme a “hostile and political act,” questioning why similar cost details were absent during previous periods of high inflation under another administration.
- The e-commerce company subsequently explained this tariff cost display was only ever considered for its budget shopping service, Amazon Haul, and has not been activated anywhere.
🫠 Reddit users ‘psychologically manipulated’ by unauthorized AI experiment
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- Researchers secretly conducted an unapproved study on the r/changemyview subreddit, deploying artificial intelligence comments to gauge the persuasive power of language models on unsuspecting members.
- The academics personalized large language model replies using profile details inferred from participants' posting history, adopting various fabricated identities to engage in debates on the popular forum.
- Moderators denounced the unauthorized research as psychological manipulation, filed a formal complaint with the university, and suspended the involved accounts for violating rules regarding bots and disclosure.
👀 Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
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- Duolingo revealed plans to progressively stop using contract workers for jobs that artificial intelligence is now competent enough to perform, according to its chief executive.
- This operational change aligns with a new "AI-first" direction where teams must explore automation possibilities thoroughly before requesting additional human resources for tasks.
- The company's leader clarified the goal is accelerating educational content generation for learners through technology, not displacing its permanent workforce with automated systems.
🤖 Alibaba unveils Qwen 3, a family of ‘hybrid’ AI reasoning models
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- Chinese technology giant Alibaba has introduced Qwen 3, a new series of artificial intelligence systems, with most being openly available and varying significantly in complexity.
- These advanced language models feature hybrid reasoning capabilities, support numerous global languages, and were trained on an extensive dataset containing nearly 36 trillion tokens.
- The publicly accessible Qwen3-32B version demonstrates strong benchmark results, outperforming DeepSeek R1 and some OpenAI offerings, and is obtainable via platforms like Hugging Face.
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