8+ hour, 46+ min ago (421+ words) Commentary: No, I don't want ChatGPT to have anything to do with my music. I can't imagine telling my audiophile friends I made a playlist using ChatGPT. Oh, the horror." There's something sacred about building a playlist." Now, apparently, ChatGPT can do it for you. Of course, I didn't want to knock something without trying it first." When I clicked into ChatGPT, I simply started typing "Spotify" in the box, and the interface recognized the app. I led with the prompt: "Spotify Can you help me make a playlist for a Friendsgiving party? I need a playlist that is mostly catered to people in their mid-20s to 40s, but isn't too specific to one genre or artist." Once I hit enter, ChatGPT asked me to log into my Spotify account and agree to allow ChatGPT access to my account, which I really…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago (401+ words) ChatGPT shopping research is a new, more advanced shopping assistant that gives the AI chatbot more ways to help users find the right products and is available now for all users on mobile and web ... ChatGPT Gets Major Shopping Upgrades in Time for Black Friday The AI chatbot will ask you questions to help you find the right product. ChatGPT shopping research uses advanced AI to sift through products online. ChatGPT shopping research is a new, more advanced shopping assistant that gives the AI chatbot more ways to help users find the right products and is available now for all users on mobile and web ahead of Black Friday, OpenAI said in a press release on Monday. Unlike the ChatGPT shopping release from earlier this year, this new version asks clarifying questions and "researches deeply across the internet," OpenAI said....

22+ hour, 54+ min ago (398+ words) ChatGPT shopping research is a new, more advanced shopping assistant that gives the AI chatbot more ways to help users find the right products and is available now for all users on mobile and web ... OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be Your Personal Shopper Ahead of Black Friday The AI chatbot asks you questions to help you find the right products. ChatGPT shopping research uses advanced AI to sift through products online. ChatGPT shopping research is a new, more advanced shopping assistant that gives the AI chatbot more ways to help users find the right products and is available now for all users on mobile and web ahead of Black Friday, OpenAI said in a press release Monday. Unlike the ChatGPT shopping release earlier this year, this new version asks clarifying questions and "researches deeply across the internet," OpenAI said. It…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago (474+ words) The OpenAI CEO and former Apple designer say that the mysterious device could be released in as soon as two years. (Left to right) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and designer Jony Ive, who are working on an AI hardware device, were interviewed by Laurene Powell Jobs at Emerson Collective Demo Day 25 in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Famed former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been'working in secret'on a screenless device that uses artificial intelligence technology. But what does it look like? How does it work? We still don't know, but the two dropped a few hints recently. Ive and Altman, who merged the company IO Products with OpenAI as they work on the project, shared more details about their plans Friday at a conference hosted by Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (618+ words) Thanksgiving is less than a week away. If you're hosting, here's how to use AI to plan your menu. AI can help you choose what to cook on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving'is in less than a week, and if you haven't already started planning your menu,'artificial intelligence'might just be the best sous chef out there. While it might be one of the most magical days of the year, it's also one of the most stressful. Thanksgiving'memes'are hilarious, but there's nothing funny about working in a hot kitchen from sunup to sundown only to have an aunt you see twice a year question the quality of your'mac and cheese. "Who made this?" can be a very loaded question on Thanksgiving.' It can be a time to revel in the bounty of the season's most succulent offerings. But it's also when relatives dip…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1437+ words) I also reached out to a registered dietitian to get their thoughts on the app's processed food risk scale and AI chatbot. Is tracking your food worth it? I spent six weeks testing an AI meal-tracking app to answer that question. Have you ever looked at food packaging or even a meal on your plate and thought, "How healthy is this?" That's the question today's food and barcode scanning apps aim to answer with tools that provide food healthiness scores at the click of a button. Nowadays many of them even utilize AI to provide summaries of why certain foods are rated more healthy than others. The Zoe app was designed by the creators of the world's largest nutrition study and combines several features that could be beneficial for learning more about your nutrition -- that is, if they work correctly....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago (441+ words) Commentary: AI-powered toys are weird and creepy. Why do we even need them? I'm not anti-technology. I'm pro-let a stuffed animal be a stuffed animal. If you've ever thought, "My kid's stuffed animal is cute, but I wish it could also accidentally traumatize them," well, you're in luck. The toy industry has been hard at work making your nightmares come true. And what about parental controls? Sure, if by "controls" you mean "a cheerful settings menu where nothing important can actually be controlled." Some toys come with no meaningful restrictions at all. Others have guardrails so flimsy they might as well be made of tissue paper and optimism. The unsettling conversations aren't even the whole story. These toys are also quietly collecting data, such as voice recordings and facial recognition data -- sometimes even storing it indefinitely -- because nothing says "innocent…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago (381+ words) Google's new AI image model is so powerful that it erases what was left of the thin line between real and AI-generated imagery. Nano banana pro is out now. Here's what my initial testing showed, complete with many nano banana pro images. If you want to try it out for yourself, here's the cheapest way to access it, along with Google's new AI image detector. The TV show Riverdale gave us no shortage of ridiculous, meme-able dialogue, but nothing is funnier to me than Archie's line about the "epic highs and lows of high school football." As someone whose high school football team was three-time state champs, I could see where Archie was coming from. Nano banana pro was able to recreate the moment. This is a perfect-looking image of KJ Apa, who played Archie, though he isn't in juvie…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago (405+ words) Please remember to keep your eyes on the road while you engage with the new Android Auto capabilities. Google added Gemini features to Android Auto to let drivers chat with the software to get things done or get recommendations on the road. Google is bringing AI conversations to drivers in 45 countries with an update to'Android Auto that adds'Gemini software as a passenger. The ambitious global rollout of the AI chatbot technology to a potential 250 million cars equipped with Android Auto software will be available to those who have upgraded'Google Assistant to Gemini AI on their phone. Once enabled, Google Gemini will be able to engage in hands-free conversations with drivers who want to do things like get recommendations for activities at their destination, sort through emails, or compose and edit texts while driving. In a blog post, the company offered…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago (340+ words) OpenAI wants you to collaborate with its chatbot in a group setting. OpenAI is opening its new Group Chat to everyone. Last week, OpenAI -- always looking for opportunities to put its chatbot into new spaces --introduced Group Chats with ChatGPT baked right in. Based on early feedback, it's now expanding the feature to all logged-in users on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans globally over the coming days. The feature is pitched as a new way to use ChatGPT with other people, especially in collaboration efforts, like planning a big event. Up to 20 people can be added to a group chat, and messages between individuals don't count against the rate limit to ChatGPT -- only when it responds. Group chats useChatGPT-5.1Auto. OpenAI has also introduced some new implementations of how and when the chatbot responds. It's been taught new social…...