​COO Brad Lightcap noted that ads can add to the product experience of users if they are done right. He urged to give OpenAI a few months to see how the company fares in rolling out the product.  

​Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more “playful” makes for a better way to learn AI coding.  

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​General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.  

​Recent findings also show that video podcasting — while popular — is not necessarily replacing audio shows.  

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​The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries’ attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners’ data.  

​Atlassian is unveiling “agents in Jira” which gives users the ability to assign and manage work given to AI agents the same as humans.  

​It’s the Los Angeles trucking startup’s first acquisition — the latest in a series of moves to spin up new revenue streams.  

​Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC’s Winter 2025 cohort.