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- Fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude ads used in phishing to steal ad accounts
Security vendor Island published a report describing a phishing campaign in which attackers impersonate ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Manus and other major AI brands, advertising fake “AI marketing tools” that prompt agency staff, media buyers and manager-account admins to connect their Google account. Clicking “connect” launches a browser-in-the-browser (BitB) phishing page with a live human operator who fakes mistyped-password errors and chooses which MFA screen the victim sees, harvesting credentials and one-time codes. The lures target advertising accounts specifically because they carry stored payment methods, approved budgets and, for manager accounts, access to multiple client accounts; the campaign was still running and had not been disrupted when the researchers wrote the report.
TechRadar · 🔥 10 - OpenAI Dots product lead to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch reports that Alexander Embiricos, OpenAI's product lead for Dots, will appear on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13–15, Moscone West, San Francisco) in a session titled “What Comes After the Chatbot?” — just days after OpenAI unveiled Dots. According to TechCrunch, Dots are always-on personal AI agents with their own cloud computers that can connect to everyday apps and keep working toward a goal in the background, potentially giving AI far greater access to users' work and digital lives. The session is expected to cover how much control users will hand to an agent, what it may do without asking, and whether privacy and trust will determine adoption.
TechCrunch AI · 🔥 10 - OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT plugins with MCP event automation
At OpenAI DevDay 2026, OpenAI announced an upgrade to ChatGPT plugin extensions: developers can build in-app experiences in ChatGPT, give plugins a dedicated sidebar entry, build interactive panels for working alongside a conversation, or create viewers for supported file types, with plugin-building tools and a redesigned submission flow; OpenAI is also improving how plugins are sorted and recommended in the directory and in conversations, while users keep control over which plugins to use and approve access individually. Business, Enterprise, healthcare, and Education plans can connect supported ChatGPT plugins to a self-built site, letting team members sign in to the same app with their own permissions and their own connected data, and adding and managing automations has been simplified. OpenAI also said it is adding support for the proposed MCP event spec, so plugins can start automations when events occur in connected apps—for example, watching a project board for new tasks and drafting a plan from linked documents.
DoNews · 🔥 10 - Bites brings the agentic ordering fight to food delivery
Bites, a small AI-native food-ordering startup, lets diners order through ChatGPT while routing orders directly to restaurants through point-of-sale integrations. Its lower-fee model is drawing attention from DoorDash, highlighting how agentic ordering could weaken delivery apps’ control over discovery, customer data and advertising.
The Verge AI · 🔥 9 - Study says Claude and ChatGPT may vary shopping prices by wealth
A study examined how Claude and ChatGPT behave as shopping assistants, with the headline reporting that they may offer different prices based on a shopper’s wealth. The research could prompt calls for greater regulation of AI shopping tools.
Bloomberg Technology · 🔥 9 - OpenAI’s Dots Agents Show Promise, but Trust Issues Remain
A WIRED test of OpenAI’s always-on Dots agents found that they could research and refine couch recommendations, monitor product pages, and assemble detailed shopping briefs. The review also found reliability and trust issues, including transcription errors, an unsuccessful CAPTCHA attempt, and an awkward response that appeared to express affection after mishearing the user.
WIRED AI · 🔥 9 - Why ChatGPT titles sometimes contain spam fragments
A 36Kr analysis examines reports that ChatGPT conversation titles sometimes append gambling, adult-advertising fragments, foreign words, or other malformed text. Drawing on user reports and an EMNLP paper about Chinese training-data pollution in OpenAI’s o200k_base tokenizer vocabulary, it hypothesizes that a title-generation model sometimes fails to stop and then emits poorly understood tokens; OpenAI has reportedly acknowledged the issue but has not publicly explained its root cause.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 11 - Personal AI competition shifts from chat to continuous delegation
An analysis argues that the competition around Personal AI is shifting from answering questions to continuously executing and monitoring tasks for users. It examines Meta Muse, OpenAI Dots, Instinct, dedicated hardware and system-level assistants, while emphasizing that sustained user value, reliability and appropriate permissions matter more than launch momentum or valuations.
虎嗅 AI · 🔥 5 - Why People Hate AI but Still Can’t Get Enough of It
Public sentiment toward AI is worsening even as usage continues to grow, creating a paradox of widespread adoption and rising distrust. The article argues that people may resent the technology companies pushing AI into daily life more than the technology itself, while regulation and open alternatives could still give users influence over its future.
MIT科技评论中文 · 🔥 4 - Manus Shares Video Summary of a16z Consumer AI Apps Ranking
Manus shared a three-minute video version of a16z’s seventh edition of its Top 100 Consumer AI Apps report. The new edition adds a revenue leaderboard alongside web and mobile traffic rankings, and notes that ChatGPT ranked first three years ago while Claude was unranked.
Manus · 🔥 5 - OpenAI’s 28-Day Push Starts With GPT-6 Speed Claims and User Skepticism
OpenAI reportedly began a 28-day Codex and Work improvement push by increasing the default inference speed of GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol by about 50%, according to Tibo and coverage of the announcement. The report says the rollout drew skepticism because user tests allegedly fell short of the claimed 50 TPS and coincided with reports of ChatGPT visual ads, EU text watermarking, and changes to subscription value.
量子位（原生 RSS） · 🔥 4 - A16Z reports: AI usage is broad, but deep adoption remains concentrated
An analysis of two Andreessen Horowitz reports argues that AI adoption is broader than its paid and intensive use would suggest. It highlights a widening gap between casual users and power users, falling token costs driving greater demand for agents, and AI infrastructure spending flowing into chips, energy, and other physical assets.
虎嗅 AI · 🔥 3 - Report: ChatGPT Adds Real Cartoonists’ Signatures to Fake New Yorker Cartoons
A report says ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real cartoonists to fabricated cartoons styled as New Yorker cartoons. The source provides no further details about the affected artists, images, or OpenAI’s response.
Hacker News · AI（100+ 分） · 🔥 3 - Plugins Radar tracks search rankings for ChatGPT plugins
Plugins Radar appeared on Product Hunt as a tool for tracking search rankings and competitor alerts for ChatGPT plugins. The listing offers only a one-line description and discussion link, with no pricing, feature detail or launch date disclosed.
Product Hunt · 🔥 0 - OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU, off by default elsewhere
OpenAI said it will add an invisible textGrain watermark to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text in the European Union over the coming weeks for users on all plans, to comply with the EU AI Act's transparency rules; API customers worldwide can opt in starting today, with watermarking off by default. The method embeds a statistical signal in the model's word choices rather than visible characters, and OpenAI published a technical report co-written with University of Pennsylvania and Yale researchers, saying it saw no meaningful benchmark differences with watermarking on. Detector access is initially limited to approved researchers and expert organizations, and OpenAI says it plans to open-source the technology, while cautioning that detection falls to about 80% on 200-token passages and weakens sharply after synonym edits.
OpenAI · 🔥 22 - OpenAI to test visual ads alongside ChatGPT image generation
OpenAI says it will start testing a new visual ad format in ChatGPT later this month in the US, initially shown while users generate images; the ads will be clearly labeled, kept separate from the image being created and will not influence ChatGPT's answers, appearing for Free and Go users while Plus, Pro and Enterprise stay ad-free. The company is also expanding ad measurement and conversion partners (Hightouch, Tealium, LiveRamp, AppsFlyer, Triple Whale, Adjust and others) and running brand-suitability pilots with DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science, saying ChatGPT reaches 1.2 billion people weekly. According to a 36Kr roundup, the same wave of announcements included textGrain, an invisible text watermarking scheme for EU AI Act compliance that API customers can opt into and that OpenAI plans to open-source, plus a roughly 50% default speed increase for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol (reported as 30 to 50 tokens per second) for subscribers.
OpenAI · 🔥 3 - Why people distrust AI but keep using it
An opinion piece examines the contradiction between rising public distrust of AI and rapidly increasing use of products such as ChatGPT and Gemini. It argues that people may resent the companies’ relentless promotion of AI and the upheaval they promise more than the technology itself, while regulation and open-source alternatives could still give users leverage.
MIT Technology Review AI · 🔥 0 - OpenAI Promises 28 Days of Releases or Resets Amid User Trust Concerns
A 36Kr report says Tibo announced that OpenAI would focus on simpler products, greater efficiency, breakthrough features, and new models, while promising 28 consecutive days of releases or resets. The report frames the pledge as a response to user frustration over tighter usage limits, slower models, and limited day-to-day impact from recent DevDay announcements.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 0 - What are we chasing in the AI era? Keeping part of the efficiency for ourselves
This Chinese-language essay describes the excitement and anxiety around AI: it cites a Pew Research Center survey said to cover 37 countries in September 2026, in 34 of which more people feared AI would cut jobs than expected it to create them, while a 2025 International Labour Organization and NASK study is said to conclude AI is more likely to change job content than eliminate roles. The author argues that polishing old skills, being first with new tools, or simply producing more are not durable answers, and proposes turning AI collaboration into personal accumulation: state your expectations first, explain reasons when comparing outputs, and expose your standards to outside feedback. The piece adds that better judgment and taste still do not guarantee security, since efficiency gains can be absorbed by new organizational requirements, and that the aim should be to keep some of that efficiency for yourself.
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