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Neural Notes: ChatGPT Health’s Australian launch raises hard regulatory questions
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (786+ words) Welcome back to Neural Notes for 2026! In the first edition of the year, OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Health to Australia, leading to questions around regulation and data storage. According to OpenAI, health is already one of the most common use…...
ChatGPT gets an app store, as OpenAI opens submissions for developers
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (492+ words) ChatGPT has launched an in-chat app store and opened submissions for developers, as OpenAI moves to turn its chatbot into a platform for third-party tools, services and transactions. The new app directory allows users to browse, search and connect apps…...
Google’s new AI assistant CC wants to run your day from your inbox
4+ week, 2+ day ago (283+ words) Google has launched an experimental productivity assistant called CC, which delivers a daily briefing drawn from users" Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar accounts. CC has been rolled out through Google Labs and is powered by Google"s Gemini models....
Neural Notes: How Australia handled AI in 2025
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1200+ words) Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. In this edition: how Australia's AI story in 2025 was defined less by product drops and more by rule-making" the majority of which arrived…...
Neural Notes: What Trump’s ‘One Rule’ AI plan means for Australian startups
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (680+ words) Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. This week: Trump's promised "One Rule" executive order and direct consequences for Australian startups navigating a tightening copyright and safety landscape. Earlier this…...
ChatGPT users think they’re seeing ads. OpenAI says they’re not
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (808+ words) OpenAI insists it is not running ads inside ChatGPT. However, after multiple paying users reported seeing what looked like promotions for Target and Peloton, the company has been forced to clarify what, exactly, is happening. ChatGPT head Nick Turley rejected…...
AI Santa? Young Aussies ready to let bots buy their Christmas gifts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (504+ words) Christmas shopping could be a task performed by artificial intelligence bots in future, armed with a consumer's credit card, specific instructions and permission to add goods to carts across the internet." One in three Australians is already willing to put…...
Neural Notes: Australia’s big AI plan has a small business problem
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1174+ words) Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. In this edition: Australia's new AI plan reveals some issues for small businesses. The Albanese government's first National AI Plan is full of…...
The next great leap: Lessons for Aussie business leaders on scaling smarter with agentic AI
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (535+ words) Area vice president of sales for emerging and small businesses Australian businesses are operating in a unique environment characterised by growing customer expectations and evolving economic conditions. Against this backdrop, new competitors, including AI-native businesses, are constantly emerging and reshaping…...
ChatGPT rolls out personalised shopping tool ahead of Christmas rush
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (574+ words) OpenAI has launched "shopping research, a new feature inside ChatGPT that turns product discovery into a personalised, conversational experience and potentially marks another shift in how consumers will find and compare products online. In its announcement, OpenAI described shopping research…...