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OpenAI Is Still Building a "Super App." A Senior Employee Just Said "Chat Is Dead."
OpenAI is developing a super app to replace the chat interface entirely. Here's what that actually means for how you'll use AI in 2026 and beyond.

OpenAI Just Launched "Lockdown Mode" for ChatGPT. Here's What It Actually Does.
OpenAI's new Lockdown Mode aims to block prompt injection attacks in ChatGPT. Here's what the feature actually protects, what it doesn't, and whether you need it.

Google Is Paying SpaceX $920 Million a Month for Compute. Let That Number Sink In.
Google has committed $920M per month to SpaceX for compute capacity, exposing just how badly AI demand has outpaced every major cloud provider's own infrastructure.

OpenAI and Anthropic Are Lobbying Congress to Stop AI-Made Bioweapons. Here's Why That's a Bigger Story Than It Sounds.
OpenAI and Anthropic have jointly signed a letter urging lawmakers to tighten oversight of synthetic DNA that AI could use to design biological weapons. Here's what's actually at stake.

Lovable Just Bet Its Entire Infrastructure on Google Cloud. Here's What That Actually Means.
Lovable signed a multiyear deal to expand its Google Cloud footprint 5x and deepen access to Anthropic Claude. Here's why this deal is more interesting than it looks.

Uber Burned Through Its Entire AI Budget in Four Months. Now It's Rationing.
Uber told employees to use AI as much as possible. They did. The company blew its full-year AI budget by April and is now capping per-employee spend.

Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over Violent Incidents. Here's What That Actually Means.
Florida has filed the first state-level lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, citing a campus shooting and ChatGPT's alleged role. Here's what's at stake and what it signals.

DuckDuckGo Just Made "No-AI" Search a One-Click Install. Here's Why That Matters.
DuckDuckGo launched browser extensions that let Chrome and Firefox users block AI-powered search results entirely. Traffic is booming. Here's what's driving it.

GitHub Copilot Just Switched to Token-Based Billing. Developers Are Furious.
GitHub Copilot's new token-based billing model has sparked a backlash among developers who say it makes costs unpredictable and turns a flat-rate tool into a usage lottery.
Pope Leo XIV Published an AI Encyclical. Here's Why Silicon Valley Should Actually Read It.
Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas is the most serious moral framework for AI governance produced by any institution this year. Here's what it says and why it matters.

Anthropic Just Raised $65 Billion at a $965 Billion Valuation. An IPO Is Next.
Anthropic closed a $65B Series H round at a $965B valuation, shipping Opus 4.8 the same week. Here's what the numbers mean and what comes next.

Apple Is Rebuilding Siri From the Ground Up. Here's What iOS 27 Actually Changes.
Apple's iOS 27 redesign gives Siri a standalone app and a complete AI overhaul. Here's what the new architecture looks like, and why it matters.