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ChatGPT introduces ads for all free users starting today
For years, ChatGPT offered an ad-free sanctuary for its free users, but that era ended today as its parent company, OpenAI, began inserting marketing messages into its conversational interface, a significant monetization shift first reported by The Register.
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Anthropic Safety Chief Resigns, Warns of AI Value Erosion
Anthropic’s head of safety has resigned and issued a stark warning about AI’s potential to erode human values, a bombshell development that comes as the company’s powerful new Claude Opus 4.6 model was being tested by major partners, according to a report from a blog post.
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xAI Loses Fourth Co-Founder as Tony Wu Resigns
While Elon Musk’s xAI pursues a highly ambitious, $1.25 trillion plan to merge with SpaceX and launch orbital data centers by 2029, the company’s own foundation is cracking with the resignation of its fourth co-founder, Tony Wu, according to a TechMeme report.
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Google Powers $185B AI Expansion with 1GW Texas Solar
Google is investing $185 billion to power its AI expansion with a 1GW solar farm in Texas, even as a newly reported vulnerability in its Google Translate service highlights the persistent security challenges of large language models, according to Fosstodon AI Timeline.
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Discord requires age verification for all users to protect minors
Discord will soon classify all users as minors by default, requiring age verification to access its platform, according to The Register. The new policy, set to begin in 2026, will use an AI-based age-inference system that may grant exceptions to users it algorithmically deems to be adults.
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Discord to Assume All Users Are Underage Without Age Verification
Discord will soon classify its entire user base—over 200 million monthly active users—as underage by default, according to The Register, requiring users to verify their age via an AI inference model or government ID to access an adult-rated experience.
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Microsoft Researchers Break LLM Safety With One Simple Prompt
A single prompt. That’s all it takes to break the safety guardrails of a major AI, according to Hacker News Newest, which reported on new research from Microsoft detailing a strikingly simple attack that can bypass an AI's ethical alignment.
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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Tops AI Benchmarks, Outpaces OpenAI's Codex
While OpenAI has long been the name to beat in advanced AI, a new benchmark report reveals a shift in power, with Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 seizing the top position on the independent Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, according to the Mastodon Social ML Timeline.
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OpenAI's Codex App Hits 1M Downloads in First Week
OpenAI has landed a massive government deal, with the U.S. War Department announcing a partnership to integrate a custom version of ChatGPT into its secure GenAI.mil platform, according to a report from Mastodon Social ML Timeline.
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Nvidia Releases DreamDojo Robot World Model Trained on 44,000 Hours of Video
While traditional robotics training relies on costly physical trial-and-error, Nvidia’s new DreamDojo model learns by processing a massive dataset of 44,000 hours of human video, a method that could drastically cut development time for humanoid machines, VentureBeat AI reports.
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ChatGPT expands mobile access and ad policy with new features
OpenAI has launched a dedicated ChatGPT mobile application on the Google Play Store, a strategic expansion beyond its web-based origins to function as an integrated daily assistant, according to a report from the Mastodon Social ML Timeline.
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex as ChatGPT ads begin testing
OpenAI claims its new GPT-5.3-Codex delivers up to 25% faster performance on agentic coding tasks, a new benchmark for its AI-powered developer tools now rolling out in GitHub Copilot, according to Hacker News Newest.
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ChatGPT tests ads in mobile app, uses data for targeting
While AI chatbots have so far remained a rare ad-free sanctuary online, ChatGPT is now testing a mobile advertising system that will leverage user data for targeting, according to a report from TugaTech, a significant move toward monetizing its massive user base.
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Apple's VSSFlow AI generates sound and speech from silent video
Traditional AI models treat sound and speech generation from silent video as separate tasks, but Apple's newly detailed VSSFlow model unifies them into a single system, using joint training to overcome the limitations of its predecessors, according to a report from Fosstodon AI Timeline.
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Intel Leaks Specs for 900-Series Chipsets, Drops CPU Unlock Fees
Intel leaked specifications for its next-generation 900-series chipsets on Feb. 9, revealing plans for the Z990, Z970, W980, Q970, and B960 models. The chipsets will support upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs and eliminate fees for CPU overclocking, according to a report from VideoCardz.
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Microsoft cancels Xbox localizations as voice actors reject AI clauses
Microsoft canceled upcoming localizations for several Xbox titles on February 9 after voice actors refused to sign contracts containing clauses allowing the company to use AI to replicate their voices, a move that coincides with the release of its new BitNet b1.58 AI inference software.
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Google AI launches PaperBanana to automate research diagram creation
Google AI launched PaperBanana on February 7, 2026, an agentic framework designed to automate the creation of publication-ready methodology diagrams and statistical plots. The tool aims to address the labor-intensive process of generating research illustrations, a major bottleneck for scientists.
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Apple Rebuilds Siri with On-Screen Awareness, Cross-App Control
Apple announced on February 9, 2026, a major overhaul of its Siri assistant, equipping it with new on-screen awareness and the ability to control actions across apps, a move designed to make the AI more useful and competitive with rival services.
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EU warns Meta over blocking rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp
The European Union threatened Meta with interim measures on February 9 if the company does not address concerns it is blocking rival artificial intelligence chatbots on its WhatsApp messaging service, the European Commission said.
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AgentCPM-Explore Enables Long-Horizon AI Planning for Edge Devices
Four billion parameters. That is the scale at which a new class of AI agent can now be effectively trained to perform complex, long-horizon planning directly on edge devices, a significant step toward more capable and accessible artificial intelligence, according to a new report from ArXiv AI (cs.AI).
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