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🤖 GPT-5 gets a “nicer”
They patched it with manners.
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🤖 GPT-5 tries to be “nice” now
📈 Perplexity adds live earnings for India
🧠 Meta + Character.AI face Texas probe
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We’re making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier based on feedback that it felt too formal before. Changes are subtle, but ChatGPT should feel more approachable now.
You'll notice small, genuine touches like “Good question” or “Great start,” not flattery. Internal tests show no rise in
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
9:03 PM • Aug 15, 2025
GPT-5 launch was messy, users said they liked GPT-4o better.
OpenAI is now making it “warmer and friendlier” with small phrases like “Good question.”
Shows how models are competing on tone as much as accuracy.
Feels like a quick patch to fix perception, not a real upgrade.
Do you care about your AI model’s tone? |
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Perplexity’s Finance dashboard now support live earnings calls transcriptions and features earnings calls schedules for Indian stocks. We hope to add a lot more value to Indian equity markets research in the coming days! Enjoy! 📈 🇮🇳
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas)
2:03 AM • Aug 18, 2025
Perplexity Finance now covers Indian company earnings calls.
Users get live transcripts, schedules, market news, and stock data.
Moves Perplexity closer to being a Bloomberg-style tool, not just a chatbot.
Smart wedge: once it owns workflows, it can add more finance products.
Texas AG is probing them for marketing chatbots as therapy tools.
Kids may treat bots like therapists while their data gets tracked.
Disclaimers exist, but most children ignore them.
If you sell “emotional support” but monetize with ads, regulators will come for you.
Should AI chatbots be allowed to act like mental health tools? |
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An extremely obvious version of AI + YouTube will look like personalized documentaries with video and AI agents linking the best most interesting clips
Imagine a personalized docuvibe about Coltrane and Davis with specific video essay built just for the user on the spot
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5:14 AM • Aug 17, 2025
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5:02 PM • Aug 18, 2025
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