OpenAI Responds to Critical Super Bowl Commercials by Putting Ads in ChatGPT
After ads, OpenAI adds ads.
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Monday, February 9, 2026
Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Has Held the Situation, Listened, and It Is Clear What Must Be Done
Moral clarity through extreme vagueposting.
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Gizmodo
ChatGPT Begins Showing Ads to US Users for the First Time
ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users will stay ad-free.
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CNET
ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads
ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats, as OpenAI announced on Monday that it's officially beginning to test ads on its AI platform.
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The Verge
What If Your Coffee Mug Knew Your Next Move? AI Researchers Made It Happen
Scientists use AI to animate everyday objects and anticipate when you'll need them.
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CNET
Databricks CEO says SaaS isn’t dead, but AI will soon make it irrelevant
AI isn't going to replace major SaaS apps with vibe-coded versions, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes. But it could give rise to competitors.
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TechCrunch
The Last ‘Person’ You Want Handling Your Surgery Is a Hallucinating Robot
AI has infiltrated the operating room. It’s going about as well as you’d expect.
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Gizmodo
No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents
SpaceMolt envisions a world where AI plays with itself and the humans just watch.
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Ars Technica
Anthropic’s India expansion collides with a local company that already had the name
India's Anthropic Software has taken the U. AI giant to court over a name dispute.
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TechCrunch
ChatGPT rolls out ads
OpenAI faced a backlash late last year when it tested app suggestions that looked like unwanted ads.
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TechCrunch
OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT
Users on ChatGPT's free and Go plans in the US may now start to see ads as OpenAI has started testing them in the chatbot. The company announced plans to bring ads to ChatGPT.
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Engadget
Here's how to disable Ring's creepy Search Party feature
Ring aired a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature that didn't quite get the intended buzz. Instead, the commercial scared the pants off of anyone concerned about a mass surveillance state.
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Engadget
AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year's Super Bowl with generative AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or like something worth getting excited about.
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The Verge
Workday CEO Eschenbach departs, with co-founder Aneel Bhusri returning as CEO
Bhusri said in a statement that the company's next chapter would be focused on AI.
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TechCrunch
Anthropic closes in on $20B round
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TechCrunch
Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon
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MIT Technology Review
The best microSD cards in 2026
Most microSD cards are fast enough for boosting storage space and making simple file transfers, but some provide a little more value than others.
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Engadget
Building Prometheus: How Backend Aggregation Enables Gigawatt-Scale AI Clusters
We’re sharing details of the role backend aggregation (BAG) plays in building Meta’s gigawatt-scale AI clusters like Prometheus.
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Meta Engineering
Ex-Googlers are building infrastructure to help companies understand their video data
Founded by former Google Japan leaders, InfiniMind is building enterprise AI to turn vast, unused video archives into searchable, actionable business intelligence.
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TechCrunch
AI chatbots pose 'dangerous' risk when giving medical advice, study suggests
It found people using AI for health reasons found it hard to identify what advice they should trust.
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BBC Technology
