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ChatGPT's New Boss Turns a Billion Users Into Doers
OpenAI put a Codex veteran over ChatGPT, signaling a shift from smart answers to AI that can actually execute tasks.

Bluesky Group Chats Pull X Into a Private DM Fight
Bluesky's 50-person group chats make private communities central, while keeping media out until safety tools catch up.

Teardown Catches Trump Mobile T1 in HTC Clone Pitch
The $499 Trump phone appears to be a lightly changed HTC U24 Pro, making its American-made pitch look shaky.

Deezer AI Music Detector Exposes 43% Switcher Shock
Deezer's free scanner checks playlists from 20 services for AI tracks as synthetic music floods streaming libraries.

Microsoft SkillOpt Sidesteps Retraining for AI Agents
Microsoft's SkillOpt trains markdown skill files so AI agents can improve workflows without changing model weights.

DoorDash AI Chatbot Kills the 800,000-Item Scroll
Ask DoorDash turns prompts, photos and recipes into food, grocery and reservation results inside the app.

Deezer AI Music Detector Corners Spotify Playlists
Deezer is letting users scan rival playlists for AI music, pressuring Spotify and Apple to explain their own labeling choices.

Samsung Deals Chop $467 Before Prime Day Even Opens
Samsung's early Prime Day sale is live, led by $467 off the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and cuts across phones, tablets, TVs and wearables.

DiffusionGemma Smashes 1,000 Tokens a Second, But Lags
DiffusionGemma hits 1,000 tokens per second by generating text in parallel, but weaker quality keeps it experimental.

$17.5B Amazon Loan Exposes AI’s Cash-Burning Spree
Amazon secured a $17.5B delayed-draw loan, giving it flexible debt firepower as AI infrastructure costs climb.

2.309M Clients Put Stitch Fix Comeback Back In Play
Stitch Fix finally grew active clients sequentially, but its comeback still has a year-over-year hole to fill.

Siri AI Clams Up as Apple Tries to Win Back Trust
Apple's new Siri AI is curt, permission-aware, and built to get out of the way. That restraint may be its sharpest AI move.