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A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential

OpenAI starts losing money on ChatGPT Plus once usage tops 11%, Anthropic's Claude is no different

Bottom line: The math behind AI subscriptions is starting to look uncomfortable. Flat monthly pricing helped fuel the rapid adoption of tools like ChatGPT and Claude, but new analysis suggests those fees may not come close to covering the actual cost of heavy use. As users push these systems harder and more demanding AI workflows take hold, the gap between revenue and compute costs is becoming difficult to ignore.

Full story By Skye Jacobs, June 14, 2026, 12:33 PM 27 comments

AI Software

ChatGPT becomes the fastest app to reach 1 billion monthly active users

Claude and Meta AI are growing faster, but OpenAI's chatbot remains far ahead

Editor's take: Much like the Call of Duty series and pornography, generative AI is one of those things that's incredibly popular despite a lot of people claiming to dislike it. ChatGPT, for example, has just reached one billion monthly app users, just 3.5 years after it launched in November 2022.

Full story By Rob Thubron, June 12, 2026, 5:15 AM 10 comments

AI Tech Culture

OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true

It's not like people needed much convincing

By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2026, 8:23 AM 62 comments

The Web Security

PSA: Scammers are getting their fake shopping sites into ChatGPT's results

Convincing copycats use near-identical domain names and layouts while dangling discounts of up to 80%

By Skye Jacobs, June 9, 2026, 11:22 AM

AI Industry

OpenAI is going public and overhauling ChatGPT at the same time

"Chat is dead." OpenAI is redesigning ChatGPT as a superapp – and filing for a $1 trillion IPO

By Skye Jacobs, June 9, 2026, 9:46 AM 7 comments

Tech Culture AI

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in test of who is liable for AI harms

The complaint ties ChatGPT to a university mass shooting and a wave of suicides, arguing OpenAI prioritized growth over safety

By Skye Jacobs, June 2, 2026, 8:47 AM

Tech Culture AI

OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly advised teen before fatal overdose

His parents say the chatbot offered personalized drug-use advice instead of urging him to seek medical help

By Rob Thubron, May 13, 2026, 5:17 AM

Mobile AI

Image generation is now the feature that moves the needle for AI apps

What gets people to download an AI app in 2026 has less to do with smarter models and more to do with images

By Skye Jacobs, May 7, 2026, 6:15 AM

AI Tech Culture

A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted

The most-cited evidence that ChatGPT helps students learn just fell apart

By Skye Jacobs, May 6, 2026, 7:03 AM 8 comments

AI Tech Culture

OpenAI faces criminal investigation after murder suspect asked ChatGPT: "What happens if a human is put in a garbage bag?"

Florida's AG expanded the probe after prosecutors alleged a double-murder suspect used ChatGPT before the killings

By Rob Thubron, April 28, 2026, 10:37 AM 9 comments

Download of the Week Software

OpenAI Codex brings agent AI workflows to coding tasks

OpenAI Codex is a coding agent powered by ChatGPT that helps developers build, test, and ship software. It can run tasks in parallel, generate and review code changes, and automate repeatable workflows, while working with existing tools and secure sandboxed environments.

By Ivan Franco, April 24, 2026, 3:50 PM

AI Mobile

ChatGPT isn't getting spicier – OpenAI puts adult mode on indefinite hold

The company is shelving the feature as it shifts focus to enterprise tools

By Rob Thubron, March 30, 2026, 7:03 AM

Software AI

OpenAI is building a desktop superapp that combines ChatGPT, Atlas, and Codex

OpenAI wants to streamline its products and reduce fragmentation

By Rob Thubron, March 20, 2026, 6:15 AM

Wearable Tech Tech Culture

A London judge says a witness was being coached in real time through smart glasses

Call logs and audio from a pocketed phone convinced a UK judge that a claimant was being coached during testimony

By Skye Jacobs, March 17, 2026, 7:01 AM 12 comments

Software AI

Claude is the top free app on iPhone right now, and the Pentagon drama is basically why

Lose some, win some

By Zo Ahmed, March 2, 2026, 6:08 PM 29 comments

AI Software

Perplexity launches Computer, wants AI to run tasks for months, not minutes

A multi-model AI orchestrator that coordinates Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok

By Skye Jacobs, February 27, 2026, 1:17 PM 9 comments

Security AI

AI-generated passwords are surprisingly easy to crack, researchers find

What looks strong may actually be easy to guess

By Rob Thubron, February 19, 2026, 9:48 AM 13 comments

Software Apple

Apple delays Siri AI upgrades again as technical challenges mount

Some functions are likely to be delayed past iOS 26.4 as engineers work through reliability issues

By Skye Jacobs, February 12, 2026, 11:54 AM

AI Industry

OpenAI executive who opposed ChatGPT "adult mode" fired over sex discrimination claim

The former VP of product policy denies the allegation

By Rob Thubron, February 11, 2026, 6:15 AM

Apple Car Tech

Apple may soon open CarPlay to ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI assistants

Apple loosens CarPlay's rules to let AI apps plug in

By Skye Jacobs, February 7, 2026, 8:03 AM

AI Software

GPT 5.3 Codex, OpenAI's new agentic coding model, helped create itself

Anthropic's Claude Cowork tool is also built by Claude Code itself

By Kishalaya Kundu, February 6, 2026, 2:41 PM

Download of the Week Software

Screenshot utility ShareX adds AI image analysis

ShareX is a popular Windows utility for screenshot capture and screen recording. Version 19.0 introduces a new AI analyze image tool with support for GPT and Gemini. The update also upgrades to FFmpeg 8.0.

By Ivan Franco, January 28, 2026, 3:15 PM