🌐 Microsoft updates AI browser following OpenAI launch 🌐
Microsoft launches comprehensive AI browser features just two days after OpenAI's Atlas announcement.

Microsoft introduced major updates to Edge browser's AI capabilities, launching Copilot Mode as a comprehensive assistant that views tabs, summarizes pages, and automatically fills forms.
The company also unveiled Mico, an animated orb assistant reminiscent of Clippy that provides voice-based teaching in a new "Learn Live" mode.
Additional features include Copilot Groups for collaborative conversations, Real Talk for opinionated AI responses, Memory & Personalization for recall capabilities, and Actions for multi-step workflows.
Health features now include medical responses based on Harvard Health sources and doctor location services.
This launch comes just two days after OpenAI's Atlas browser announcement, intensifying competition in the AI browser space.

👓 Amazon deploys smart glasses for delivery drivers 👓
AI-powered wearables enhance delivery safety and efficiency.

Amazon introduced smart glasses for its delivery fleet that project navigation instructions and package information directly into drivers' vision field. The glasses display turn-by-turn walking directions, package scanning data, and delivery confirmations using AI-powered sensing capabilities and computer vision technology. A vest-mounted controller provides operational controls with swappable batteries for all-day use and includes a dedicated emergency button. Future versions will detect wrong-address deliveries, pets, and potential hazards. Hundreds of delivery drivers tested early versions and provided feedback that shaped the final design.

🌐 ChatGPT Atlas challenges Chrome with AI browsing 🌐
OpenAI challenges Chrome with an AI-powered browser featuring contextual awareness and web task automation.

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser featuring a sidecar chatbot panel with contextual screen awareness and browsing history integration. The browser includes an agent mode for automating web tasks like form filling and online ordering. Currently available for macOS with Windows, iOS, and Android versions in development. ChatGPT Atlas challenges Chrome with AI browsing joins emerging AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet in challenging traditional browsers, though these tools raise significant privacy and security concerns as they monitor all user online activity.

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🎥 OpenAI partners with Hollywood on Sora guardrails 🎥

After AI-generated videos featuring Bryan Cranston circulated unauthorized on Sora, OpenAI is partnering with the Breaking Bad actor, SAG-AFTRA, and major agencies including CAA and UTA to build stronger protections against celebrity deepfakes. Cranston discovered AI videos of himself circulating on the platform, including scenes showing him taking selfies with Michael Jackson, despite never providing consent. The company released a joint statement committing to strengthen guardrails on Sora 2 over replication of celebrity likenesses and voices. This collaboration represents a significant step in addressing Hollywood's concerns about AI-generated content and unauthorized celebrity likeness usage.

🤖 Ex-OpenAI researcher Karpathy says that AGI is one decade away 🤖

Former OpenAI and Tesla researcher Andrej Karpathy delivered a comprehensive reality check on AI agent hype, calling current agent output 'slop' and projecting a decade-long timeline before AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) can deliver on its promises. He challenged the industry's 'year of agents' narrative, arguing that current agents lack basic cognitive abilities, reliable memory, and sufficient intelligence to operate independently. Ex-OpenAI researcher Karpathy says AGI one decade away represents his belief that the next era will focus more on augmented intelligence—AI as a cognitive power tool—rather than artificial intelligence replacing human workers. His perspective carries significant weight given his foundational work at both OpenAI and Tesla's Autopilot division.