💬 ChatGPT Just Became a Group Hangout Spot!

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Today’s Recipes:

• 💬 ChatGPT Just Became a Group Hangout Spot!

• 💰 Google Is Testing Ads Inside AI Search Results

• 📺 OpenAI’s Sora Is Flooding the Web with AI Nostalgia

• 📧 No, Gmail Isn’t Training AI on Your Emails

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💬 ChatGPT Just Became a Group Hangout Spot!

• What: ChatGPT now supports group chats for up to 20 people, available globally on all plans, free or paid. Users can plan trips, co-write docs, or settle debates together, with ChatGPT chiming in when tagged. Each participant sets a profile, but personal memory and settings stay private to the individual.

• Why: This transforms ChatGPT from a solo assistant into a collaborative space, like a mix of Slack, WhatsApp, and a smart intern. For teams, families, or friends, it offers a shared AI brain that can research, summarize, and even react with emojis, making coordination faster and more fun.

• Impact: As AI steps into group dynamics, it reshapes how we socialize and work together. But when a bot joins the group chat, does it enhance connection or quietly steer the conversation in ways no one notices?

OpenAI sees this as just the beginning of ChatGPT as a social platform. Would you invite ChatGPT to your next group project or keep your group chats human-only? Either way, the future of collaboration just got a little more chatty.

💰 Google Is Testing Ads Inside AI Search Results

• What: Google has begun testing sponsored ads within its AI Mode search results, placing labeled “sponsored” links alongside AI-generated answers. Spotted by SEO consultant Brodie Clark, these ads appear at the bottom of responses in Gemini-powered queries, blending seamlessly with organic results but clearly marked as paid placements.

• Why: As AI features become central to search, Google needs new revenue streams to justify the massive computational cost. Ads in AI Mode could become a key monetization tool, especially as traditional search ad clicks decline. But users wary of “ad overload” may push back if AI starts feeling like a sales pitch.

• Impact: When your AI assistant doubles as a salesperson, trust erodes fast. Even clearly labeled ads blur the line between helpful insight and paid promotion, raising questions about transparency in an era where users expect neutrality from “smart” tools.

For now, Google says this is just a small-scale test with no plans for a full rollout yet. But if history tells us anything, ads that start as “tests” rarely disappear. Would you trust an AI that quietly profits from your questions, or would you demand ad-free answers?

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📺 OpenAI’s Sora Is Flooding the Web with AI Nostalgia

• What: OpenAI’s Sora is being used to generate waves of AI “video slop”—especially sentimental, nostalgia-driven clips like fake Mister Rogers episodes, retro cartoons, and idealized childhood scenes. These emotionally charged videos, often shared on TikTok and X, blend warmth and eeriness, sparking both viral engagement and unease over their uncanny, synthetic sentimentality.

• Why: Nostalgia is a powerful emotional hook, and Sora’s ability to mimic familiar visual styles makes it easy to fabricate comforting, “safe” media from imagined pasts. But this trend reveals a troubling pattern: rather than creating new stories, users are remixing cultural touchstones, sometimes distorting them into emotionally manipulative content designed for clicks, not meaning.

• Impact: When AI recreates beloved figures like Mister Rogers not to honor them, but to exploit our longing for simpler times, it risks turning cultural memory into disposable content. Are we preserving nostalgia or repackaging it as emotional clickbait?

Sora’s most popular outputs aren’t futuristic they’re backward-looking, tapping into a collective yearning for warmth in a chaotic digital age. But as AI fills our feeds with synthetic comfort, we must ask: Is this healing… or just highly effective manipulation? And who gets to decide what our shared past should look like?

📧 No, Gmail Isn’t Training AI on Your Emails

• What: A viral claim suggested Google is using your Gmail content to train its Gemini AI and that you must disable “Smart Features” to opt out. Google quickly denied this, stating it does not use the content of your emails or attachments to train its AI models. Smart Features like spell-check and flight tracking have existed for years and aren’t tied to AI training data.

• Why: Misinformation like this erodes trust in essential tools millions rely on daily. While Google does use anonymized, aggregate data to improve services, it draws a clear line at using private message content for AI training, unlike some other platforms that offer fewer guarantees. Transparency here matters more than ever.

• Impact: As AI systems grow more powerful, users are right to question what happens to their data. But conflating helpful features with surveillance risks spreads fear over facts, making it harder to spot real privacy issues when they arise.

Google says your emails stay yours, but it never hurts to review your settings, especially after viral panic spreads. Have you checked your Gmail privacy preferences lately? Better safe than sorry, even if the scare turns out to be just that: a scare.

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