Rob Taylor

Friday, May 8, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 668 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Testing ads in ChatGPT; Simplex rethinks software development with Codex; AlphaEvolve: How our Gemini-powered coding agent is scaling impact across fields. Top Stories Testing ads in ChatGPT OpenAI OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control. Simplex rethinks software development with Codex OpenAI ...

Thursday, May 7, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 570 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Introducing ChatGPT Futures: Class of 2026; Singular Bank helps bankers move fast with ChatGPT and Codex; Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’. Top Stories Introducing ChatGPT Futures: Class of 2026 OpenAI Meet the ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026—26 student innovators using AI to build, research, and drive real-world impact. Discover how this generation is redefining learning, creativity, and opportunity with ChatGPT. ...

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 680 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Google is partnering with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners on the $3.5 million Future Vision film competition.; GPT-5.5 Instant: smarter, clearer, and more personalized; New ways to buy ChatGPT ads. Top Stories Google is partnering with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners on the $3.5 million Future Vision film competition. Google AI Google is partnering with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners on the $3.5 million Future Vision film competition. ...

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 660 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: The latest AI news we announced in April 2026; Reduce friction and latency for long-running jobs with Webhooks in Gemini API; OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO. Top Stories The latest AI news we announced in April 2026 Google AI Here are Google’s latest AI updates from April 2026 ...

Monday, May 4, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 283 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026. Top Stories How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026 The Verge AI It’s not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time it was released to hit number one on the App Store’s list of top paid apps. It was a surprise success - but what’s even more surprising is the app’s origin story: it all started with a […] ...

Sunday, May 3, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 4 items from 13 sources. News & Analysis AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars (TechCrunch AI) The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked (TechCrunch AI) Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors (Wired AI) Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day (Ars Technica AI) Deep Dive: Today’s AI Landscape Synthesized from multiple research sources No major AI news announcements, breakthroughs, or launches have been reported as of May 3, 2026. The most recent significant developments occurred in March 2026, marking a highly active period for AI model releases, hardware advancements, and applications.[1][2][4] ...

Saturday, May 2, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 21 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell; Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents; OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts. Top Stories Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell TechCrunch AI ...

Friday, May 1, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 444 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India, but not a big winner elsewhere, yet; After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too; OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico. Top Stories ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India, but not a big winner elsewhere, yet TechCrunch AI ...

Thursday, April 30, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 383 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Where the goblins came from; Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B; Meta is still burning money on AR/VR. Top Stories Where the goblins came from OpenAI How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior. Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B TechCrunch AI ...

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 636 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS; Our commitment to community safety; Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS. Top Stories OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS OpenAI OpenAI GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available on AWS, enabling enterprises to build secure AI in their AWS environments. ...