A recent analysis highlights how travelers are turning to ChatGPT for budgeting advice on trips to destinations like Montreal and Quebec City. The AI offers tips such as cutting discretionary spending, pausing subscriptions, and adjusting dining habits. While users appreciate the convenience, experts caution that the model can generate incorrect figures and raise privacy concerns, especially after a lawsuit by Ziff Davis alleging copyright infringement in OpenAI's training data. The piece underscores both the promise and the pitfalls of relying on generative AI for travel planning. Read more →

OpenAI has introduced an app platform within ChatGPT, allowing users to access popular digital services such as Adobe Photoshop, Spotify, Canva, and Zillow directly through the chatbot. The storefront categorizes apps into Featured, Lifestyle, and Productivity sections, and users connect apps via a simple "Connect" button that enables @‑prompt interactions. While the desktop version shows the new apps, the mobile iOS version has not yet received them. The rollout follows OpenAI's Dec. 17 announcement that developers could submit apps, and comes amid a lawsuit from Ziff Davis alleging copyright infringement. Read more →

Apple unveiled the 17 winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, showcasing a strong AI presence across categories. Tiimo earned iPhone App of the Year for its neurodivergent‑focused planning tools, while Detail and Essayist took iPad and Mac App of the Year honors for AI‑driven video editing and citation management. Tim Cook praised the creativity of developers, and Business of Apps highlighted the booming AI app market, noting $4.5 billion in revenue in 2024 and a projected $150 billion by 2030. The announcement also referenced Ziff Davis’s lawsuit against OpenAI over copyright concerns. Read more →

Kim Kardashian revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she relied on OpenAI's ChatGPT to study for the First-Year Law Students' Examination, but the AI consistently gave her incorrect answers, leading to repeated failures. She described the chatbot as a "frenemy" and noted that it would respond with vague encouragement when she questioned its mistakes. The actress also touched on a broader AI controversy, referencing Ziff Davis's lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement. Additionally, Kardashian sparked a debate by denying the 1969 moon landing, prompting a corrective response from NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy. Read more →

ChatGPT’s AI Agent mode is being used as a personalized trip planner for autumn outings. Users can give detailed prompts about budget, location, and interests, and the agent conducts real‑time web searches to return curated lists of hikes, towns, events, and dining spots. The experience highlights the convenience of AI‑driven research while noting the need for users to verify sources and adjust prompts for seasonal relevance. Industry context includes CNET’s coverage and a noted lawsuit by Ziff Davis over AI training practices. Read more →

Reddit has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against AI search developer Perplexity and three data‑scraping firms—Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy and SerpApi—accusing them of illegally harvesting Reddit content and violating the platform’s copyright protections. The complaint alleges the firms bypassed technical barriers, accessed billions of search‑engine result pages, and traced the scraped data back to Perplexity, which had previously received a cease‑and‑desist letter. Reddit, which hosts over 110 million daily active users and more than 22 billion posts and comments, has previously licensed its data to OpenAI and Google and has taken legal action against other AI companies over similar concerns. Read more →

Google announced the release of Veo 3, its latest AI video generator, now available to paying Gemini users through Flow, the Gemini API, and Vertex AI. The update adds features such as ingredient‑based video assembly, object insertion, and the ability to create AI‑generated transitions between still images, extending short clips to over a minute. Veo 3 follows earlier launches that integrated synchronized audio and reflects Google’s broader push into generative media, a field currently heated by OpenAI’s Sora and ongoing copyright disputes. Read more →

Brinnae Bent, a professor at Duke University, created Disagree Bot as a classroom project to produce an AI that deliberately pushes back on user statements. Unlike mainstream chat assistants that aim to be friendly and agreeable, Disagree Bot starts each reply with "I disagree" and offers well‑reasoned counter‑arguments. Testers found the experience akin to debating with an educated interlocutor, forcing them to clarify and defend their positions. The bot highlights concerns about the "sycophantic" nature of many commercial chatbots, which can over‑agree with users and risk providing misleading affirmation. Bent hopes the tool will inspire more balanced AI designs. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney, joining Disney and Universal in legal actions against the company. The complaint alleges that Midjourney allows users to create images featuring protected characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny, and that the firm knowingly facilitated piracy despite awareness of the issue. Warner Bros. claims Midjourney removed and later reinstated restrictions on video generation and updated its terms to block safety testing. The case highlights growing tensions between the entertainment industry and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material. Read more →