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OpenAI has launched Dots, a new always-on AI agent built into ChatGPT and powered by GPT-six. Unlike a standard chatbot, Dots operates continuously in the background, using its own cloud computer and browser to pursue goals you set. For now, access is limited to Pro and Business Premium subscribers.
Shifting to the economics of tech regulation, a French minister has openly described fines levied against American technology companies as a funding source for broader European Union spending. The candid admission raises real questions about whether regulatory action is driven by principle or by budget pressures — a distinction that matters enormously for how these cases get argued and decided.
And in a story that sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and your lunch bill, McDonald's is reportedly deploying a machine-learning pricing engine that calculates what individual customers are likely to pay for items like the Big Mac. The system sets prices per item, per restaurant, and has already widened price gaps between locations just two miles apart.
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