AI Reading for Tuesday October 7

OpenAI Just Turned ChatGPT Into an App Platform - Decrypt

News from OpenAI Dev Day - The Register

OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT SDK enabling direct integration of third-party apps like Spotify, Canva, Zillow, Expedia, and Coursera into the ChatGPT interface for seamless multi-function usage within the chatbot. - The Verge

OpenAI launched an SDK preview allowing developers to build full-stack apps within ChatGPT, including data control, action triggers, and interactive interfaces integrated directly in conversations. - Ars Technica

OpenAI introduced the Apps SDK at DevDay, allowing developers to embed applications such as Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow directly into ChatGPT for seamless task execution and follow-up interactions. - SiliconANGLE

OpenAI’s computing deals top $1tn - Financial Times

Sam Altman has a new project: building AI Inc - Financial Times

OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI: the all-encompassing platform that controls both hardware supplier and software developers. - Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Or the Apple, controlling hardware, software, app store, services. But Apple didn’t spend $1T to do it. And it might be more like Facebook’s failed platform for social apps.

Overall I feel like OpenAI is trying to be all things to all people but they might be screwing the pooch with enterprise customers. Claude is better for coding, and #1 across all categories in LMarena. Google and LangChain have deeper, more integrated ecosystems for agents. But if your data is in Microsoft the interoperability might be a showstopper. 

Presumably, Microsoft will integrate AgentKit into Azure, but if they focus on their own products, then the rift with OpenAI is very bad for both parties. Microsoft has Copilot Studio and now the Agent Framework, but neither is as broad as Google and Langchain/LangGraph. And OpenAI MCP support is catastrophically bad. I’m not sure I want to write enterprise apps to OpenAI’s API and publish in their cloud, feels very proprietary for something that shouldn’t need lock-in. I just want to write an MCP server and easily connect it to ChatGPT Enterprise goddammit.

Matt Levine is good at this - Bloomberg

Sora 2 has become the most popular free app on Apple's App Store, but major industry players like Disney and talent agency WME have opted out; OpenAI's approach resembles early YouTube's content strategy, relying on user-generated volume before establishing robust rights and monetization frameworks. - The Register

ChatGPT Pulse: The AI That Knows What You Need Before You Do, But Do You Trust It? A proactive AI feature by OpenAI anticipates user needs using contextual memory and integration with tools like calendars and task managers to deliver personalized updates and reminders. - Geeky Gadgets

Sam Altman says there are no current plans for ads within ChatGPT Pulse — but he’s not ruling it out - The Verge

OpenAI's new chip deals raise a tough question: Where will all the power come from? - Business Insider

Jony Ive says he has 15 to 20 design ideas for a new family of AI devices that differ significantly from smartphones and tablets. Says current smartphone and tablet technology contributes to user anxiety and aims to create devices that enhance human happiness. - Business Insider

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone. Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more - WIRED

MrBeast says AI content slop threatens man-made content slop - TechCrunch

Taylor Swift, champion of artists' rights, gets flak for use of AI in videos - Gizmodo

Zelda Williams strongly condemned AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, calling them "gross" and "maddening", criticizing AI as "badly recycling and regurgitating the past" - Deadline

It's no longer enough to make you question reality and silence dissent, it's lies that feel more natural than the truth, with better-than-real video evidence backing them up. - The Curious Brain

Elon Musk announced that Grokipedia, an AI-driven Wikipedia alternative developed by his xAI startup, will launch an early beta version within two weeks, aiming to correct perceived falsehoods and biases found in Wikipedia. - PCMAG

A PLoS One study shows AI-generated voices are indistinguishable from human voices, with cloned voices mistaken for real in 58% of cases, marking AI's passage of a Turing test in sound. - Live Science

Ethan Mollick says the robot job apocalypse isn’t happening anytime soon, until AI can adapt and learn on the fly, track ongoing context over time. - New York Magazine

AI innovation progress is limited by the slowest task in the research chain, often experimental work requiring human supervision and lab resources, capping overall speed gains even with advanced AI handling cognitive tasks flawlessly, but AI lab robots could help. - American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Chinese artificial intelligence developers seem to be doing better at protecting their most vulnerable users. - Bloomberg

How China is challenging Nvidia's AI chip dominance - BBC

Google DeepMind introduces CodeMender, a new AI agent for code security - Google DeepMind

Google makes several cybersecurity AI announcements - Google

Google's CodeMender successfully upstreamed 72 security fixes over six months, integrates multiple analysis techniques, including static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and SMT solving, enabling it to identify root causes, verify patches, and proactively improve code security. - The Register

CodeMember!

Luminous Robotics deployed Lumi 4 robots to install nearly 600,000 solar panels at the 250 MW Goorambat East solar farm in Australia. - CleanTechnica

Denver is reducing 311 call center hours from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. to 7 a.m.–5 p.m. on weekdays and cutting staff due to budget shortfalls exceeding $1 million; the city is shifting toward using Sunny, an AI chatbot available 24/7 in 72 languages, to handle resident inquiries. - kdvr.com

‘Swarms of Killer Robots’: Why AI is Terrifying the American Military - Politico

A VR game for 6-9 year-olds encourages empathy without external rewards, focusing on reflection and response to others' emotions, with AI integration enabling real-time emotional state detection to adapt experiences for individual children's needs. - Fast Company

Terence Tao says ChatGPT saved him hours solving a math problem - THE DECODER

Work Advice: My boss loves AI. I want nothing to do with it. - The Washington Post

Deloitte agreed to refund the final instalment for an Australian government report after discovering incorrect references and citations linked to its use of AI. - Financial Times

Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions - The New York Times

hoping this can't be real - International Business Times

Hitler vs. Michael Jackson fighting over who invented the moonwalk - Reddit

Captain James T. Elvis - X (formerly Twitter)

watching civilization right now - Reddit

Follow the latest AI headlines via SkynetAndChill.com on Bluesky