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👶 OpenAI cracks down on teens using ChatGPT
🍌 Gemini’s Nano Banana dethrones ChatGPT on the App Store
💳 Google launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI shopping
🎥 Resources to binge: Codex for beginners and AI marketing 2025
ChatGPT will now block under-18 users from sexual or self-harm conversations.
If teens type suicidal stuff, parents (or even police) may get alerts.
Parents can now set “blackout hours” where ChatGPT is unusable.
OpenAI is reacting to lawsuits blaming chatbots for teen suicides and safety is being placed above privacy.
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Google’s Gemini app hit No.1 on the App Store after releasing its Nano Banana image editor.
The update made photo editing easy and realistic, driving 12.6M downloads in September.
Revenue exploded from $115K in January to $1.6M in August, with September already on pace to beat it.
Clear signal: people spend more on useful image tools than on chatbots.
Google launched AP2, a standard for AI agents to buy things on your behalf.
Big names like Mastercard, PayPal, and AmEx are already backing it.
The system creates a clear paper trail with two approvals: what to look for, and what to buy.
Google is positioning itself to control the rails of AI-driven shopping, both for cash and crypto.
👉 Would you let an AI agent make purchases for you if standards like AP2 exist? |
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Imagine an AI that does not just suggest code but actually works with you like a teammate, fixing bugs, refactoring, and building projects for hours. This podcast with OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and Codex lead Thibault Sottiaux explains how AI coding started, where it is now with GPT-5 Codex, and what coding might look like in 2030. If you want to understand how AI could change software forever, this is worth your time.
Demand for GPT-5-Codex is higher than forecasted and we need to stand up more GPUs!
In the meantime Codex is running 2x slower than targets.
Working on fixing this ASAP— Alexander Embiricos (@embirico)
4:52 PM • Sep 16, 2025
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7:31 PM • Sep 16, 2025
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