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Immediately after GPT-5’s launch, OpenAI faced backlash for removing its older models. The company has since restored GPT-4o for Plus subscribers. The move follows widespread frustration over losing direct model choice when GPT-5 became the default. Users on Reddit described GPT-4o as warmer, more consistent, and better suited for creative or complex work, while others relied on it for emotional support

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Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner just reportedly raised over $1.5B in funding for his ‘Situational Awareness’ AI-focused hedge fund, despite having zero professional investing experience. Aschenbrenner was part of OpenAI’s superalignment team and was one of two employees fired in April 2024 after being accused of leaking sensitive info.

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Alexa+ is a remodel of Alexa that aims to marry the conversational skills of generative AI chatbots with the daily tasks the old Alexa did well. It is now being rolled out widely after being in a testing program for a few months. While the new Alexa is more fun to talk to and has some new capabilities, it is still too buggy and unreliable.

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Pinterest CEO, Bill Ready, has declared that although agentic AI shopping agents are here, full agentic shopping—where AI agents complete purchases for users, autonomously— is still years away. He feels that “most users are not ready to relinquish shopping control, except for utilitarian purchases” and wants Pinterest to focus on using AI to meet consumer preferences, rather than complete purchases.

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⚡️Quick AI News Roundup

💰 AI is creating new billionaires at a record pace.

💻 Nvidia, AMD Agree to 15% Revenue Tax on China AI chip sales in historic pact.

♟ OpenAI beats Elon Musk’s Grok in AI chess tournament.

⚠️ Black Hat: Researchers demonstrate zero-click prompt injection attacks in popular AI agents.

📷 RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI.

🧠 Yet another study doubts that LLM reasoning shows true logic over pattern imitation

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