08 Jul 2026
The Future Is Always Listening: OpenAI Says Its New Voice Assistant Is 'One Step Closer to a Truly Accessible AGI’
OpenAI just dropped a new AI model that’s designed to sound like an actual, human conversation partner—and the company says it marks a step closer to AGI.
@_webbwright, Webb Wright
2026
08 Jul 2026
OpenAI Introduces GPT-Live to Make ChatGPT Voice Feel Like a Real Conversation
OpenAI today introduced GPT-Live, which it describes as a new generation of voice models meant to make talking to AI feel more like having a conversation with a real person.
Juli Clover
2026
08 Jul 2026
ChatGPT might actually be worth talking to now
PCWorld reports that OpenAI is rolling out GPT-Live, a new full-duplex voice mode for ChatGPT that enables simultaneous listening and talking.
Ben Patterson
2026
08 Jul 2026
Anthropic 3Q26 Profit Over $1B: The Anthropic IPO Financials Sneak Peak
When Dario Amodei left OpenAI to start Anthropic in early 2021, the viral release of ChatGPT was over 18 months away and the commercialization of LLMs was practically zero.
Joey Brookhart
2026
07 Jul 2026
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, notified colleagues on Tuesday that he is leaving the company later this month after nearly nine years, WIRED has learned.
@wired, Maxwell Zeff
2026
07 Jul 2026
Microsoft Charges More For Copilot While Only 1% Use It Weekly
With just 1% of M365’s 477 million users actively engaging weekly, Microsoft raised Copilot prices to $30 per seat anyway
@amnorth42, Annemarije de Boer
2026
07 Jul 2026
Anthropic's Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren't for coding
Claude Cowork is becoming a cloud-based AI helper. Desktop still offers the fullest Cowork experience. Anthropic said 90% of Cowork use is not coding. Anthropic announced today it's bringing the agentic helper for Claude users, Claude Cowork, to the web and mobile devices. After analyzing 1.2 million Cowork sessions, Anthropic is also sharing some unexpected usage details.
@ZDNET, David Gewirtz
2026
07 Jul 2026
Anthropic will make Claude Cowork available to users via the cloud
AI company Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is moving its popular Claude Cowork agent to the cloud, making it accessible to users from multiple devices, and able to perform tasks even when the devices are not online.
NBCNews
2026
07 Jul 2026
How To Use ChatGPT To Stretch Your Social Security Budget by $500 a Month
For millions of retirees, Social Security isn't just a supplement -- it's the foundation. Finding an extra $500 a month from a fixed benefit check sounds ambitious, but ChatGPT can lend a hand, at least from an advisory standpoint. Below, the artificial intellifence (AI) laid out a dual-track approach that combines pulling more from the system itself with stopping the leaks that quietly drain…
Laura Beck
2026
