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“OpenAI is looking for a new employee to help address the growing dangers of AI, and the tech company is willing to spend more than half a million dollars to fill the role.”

Looks like OpenAI is preparing for a big year of exponential progress that will need some careful messaging and delicate release to the public.

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While Meta has staked a large portion of its future on AI this acquisition represents the addition of an AI product that’s actually making money. As spending on infrastructure continues to grow in the next few years on AI having a profitable product that can accelerate their ability to capture market share will boost their innovation as well as help acquire new talent.

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First you need to make sure you’re logged into ChatGPT before typing the name of the app you want to use at the start of your prompt. ChatGPT will guide you through signing in and connecting your account. You can also go to Settings and click on Apps and Connections to bulk edit your accounts there. Check out the article for more examples.

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Adobe will give its users early access to Runway models and this means that creators across Hollywood, streamers, media companies, brands and more will be able to infuse their creations with AI video more easily. We’re going to see more partnerships as this as the competition heats up to integrate AI into creative workflows.

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True Surf launched this month and looks like a great way to get some waves from the comfort of your living room. We’re going to have to try it ourselves to see if the graphics are high fidelity enough for immersion but we are already thinking about potential motion sickness as a downside of an experience like this.

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Check out the linked video to see how impressive their drone technology is that let’s a ship stabilize itself at any angle. It also looks like it can swim through the air like a fish riding the waves. Would love to see this come out as a hoverboard like Back to the Future 2.

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With an influx of robotics companies from China and around the globe presenting there is going to be an onslaught of robotics demonstrations ranging from Humanoids to more specialized form factors. With the advancements in AI and the state of hardware reaching a point of criticality we are going to see major progress at this year’s conference.

Read more - The Robot Report - Mashable

After a researcher dug through some code they found a dormant Gemini integration that’s potentially prepping for release. The assistant could answer questions, manage in-cabin functions and maybe in the future you’ll be able to update your destination or more advanced features like this.

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With CES on the horizon we’re excited to see what announcement the conference brings in the start of the new year. Robotics is sure to be a hit and I’m sure there will be new spatial computing, biotech and dark horses that stir up the news and make some waves.

Acquisition season seems to be in full effect as Meta scoops up Manus while partnerships are formed between giants like Adobe and Runway to put more AI enhancements into the hands of creatives. There’s AI slop and then there are talented professionals that will become more effective and produce works that they could have only imagined with previous tooling.

OpenAI’s head of preparedness job opening is an interesting signal. Does it mean they are close to scaring the public with one of their products? Do they want competitors to think that while they are actually years away from something that would accelerate the rate of change again? 2026 is surely shaping up to be an interesting year where we are all holding onto the pace of progress and trying to keep up.

Tomorrow we’ll be sending out our 2026 Technology Playbook with our predictions on what to expect across industries. This will take into account recent news but also all the major predictions from industry professionals and trusted publications.

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