AISep 16, 2026OpenAI
Helping older adults use AI in everyday life
OpenAI Academy and AARP’s OATS are running free ChatGPT workshops for 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities—with scam-spotting baked into the curriculum as 55+ usage climbs.
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AISep 16, 2026TechCrunch
Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Nvidia Inception’s Les Karpas heads to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to argue robotics still lacks its ChatGPT-scale breakthrough—and what’s blocking physical AI’s mass adoption.
AISep 16, 2026OpenAI
Reimagining advertising with AI
OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents in ChatGPT Ads—click an ad, optionally chat with a business-branded agent—plus prompt-built creatives, Ads Manager AI tools, and HubSpot/Shopify hooks.
AISep 16, 2026The Verge
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation
The Verge’s Sean Hollister catalogs years of AI CEOs asking for guardrails—and how little binding law followed—while today’s panic finally tests whether the rhetoric was ever serious.
AISep 16, 2026OpenAI
How to connect AI usage to business value
OpenAI’s Admin Console now packages usage, task mix, and Codex outcome metrics so buyers can argue ROI—without mistaking credit burn for business impact.
AISep 16, 2026OpenAI
Hex turns complex analysis into visual reports with GPT‑6 Astra
Hex says GPT-6 Astra finally makes agentic data work shareable—complex interactive visuals plus analytical judgment about whether the answer matches the business question.
AISep 16, 2026OpenAI
How workers are unlocking new ways of working
OpenAI Economic Research finds recurring “task crossover”: workers keep using ChatGPT for work outside their job titles, based on 1.5M+ work messages from April–July 2026.
AISep 15, 2026TechCrunch
Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup
Meta shipped a WhatsApp Business Tools MCP server so Claude, Cursor, Codex, or ChatGPT can set up and manage Business messaging without hopping across consoles.
AISep 15, 2026TechCrunch
The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it
TechCrunch opens an AI graveyard with Relay’s shutdown and an S&P figure that about 42% of corporate AI initiatives get abandoned—less scoreboard, more field notes on what failed.
AISep 15, 2026TechCrunch
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane told reporters the company has been working with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks—amid antitrust worries and Amodei’s call for a narrow coordination waiver.
AISep 14, 2026The Verge
Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
Amodei’s three-step “pace the frontier” pitch won rival CEOs’ nods — and immediately drew cartel and safety-washing accusations that only measurable teeth can settle.
AISep 14, 2026TechCrunch
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
WSJ reports OpenAI paid over $300 million for Glass Imaging — ex-Apple Portrait Mode engineers using neural nets to beat tiny phone camera physics.