As you know, OpenAI doesn't make any money – the vast majority of their 700 million weekly active users do not pay for the service – so it was just a matter of time before they figured out how to put up a tollbooth in every commerce-oriented prompt result. Continue Reading →
OpenAI just introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new daily feed for Pro users that feels like a step beyond Q&A. Instead of waiting for you to type, Pulse proactively curates updates based on your chats, memory, and optional app connections (like Gmail and Google Calendar). Each morning, you get a personalized set of visual cards with suggestions, follow-ups, or reminders, designed to help you move projects forward. Continue Reading →

AI is Power Hungry

OpenAI and Nvidia have signed a letter of intent for one of the largest AI infrastructure projects ever attempted. Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of compute capacity for OpenAI, starting with a one-gigawatt installation scheduled for the second half of 2026 on its new Vera Rubin platform. Continue Reading →

OpenAI Makes Movies Now

OpenAI announced it's backing "Critterz," a feature-length animated film created largely with generative AI tools, targeting a debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2026. The project will complete production in nine months instead of the typical three years, with a budget under $30 million compared to the $100+ million typical for animated features. Continue Reading →
ChatGPT head Nick Turley just admitted what every tech executive already knows: even 700 million weekly active users can't make the math work without ads. In an interview on Decoder, Turley said he's "humble enough not to rule it out categorically," though he hedged that OpenAI would need to be "very thoughtful and tasteful" about how ads could be integrated into ChatGPT. Continue Reading →

Five Hours with GPT-5

I’ve spent about five hours with GPT-5. Not the press release. Not the benchmark charts. The actual model. Long enough to move past the “wow” phase and into the “what’s really new here?” phase. Here’s what I noticed. Continue Reading →