👐 OpenAI Test Ads in ChatGPT for U.S. Users

OpenAI on Monday officially started testing advertisements inside ChatGPT for logged-in adult users in the United States on the free tier, and the $8-per-month Go plan, marking the company's first foray into monetizing its popular chatbot through sponsored content.

The ads appear at the bottom of ChatGPT's responses, clearly labeled and visually separated from the AI-generated answers. OpenAI has emphasized that the advertisements will not influence the chatbot's responses and that user conversations will remain private from advertisers.

🤩 Alibaba Launches Qwen-Image 2.0

Alibaba has released Qwen-Image-2.0, its latest "AI Photoshop." Developers claim the model performs nearly as well as Nano Banana Pro and GPT-Image 1.5.

This updated version is smaller and faster than its predecessor, supporting 2K resolution for photorealistic images, presentation slides, and highly detailed landscapes.

➡️ Try for free on Qwen Chat.

🦠 Modified Herpes Virus Fights Brain Cancer

Researchers at Dana-Farber and Mass General Brigham found that a modified herpes virus can help the immune system attack glioblastoma. One injection of this "oncolytic" virus recruits T cells deep into these deadly tumors, overcoming the biological "shield" that usually blocks standard immunotherapy.

The study shows this approach extends survival by making aggressive brain cancers vulnerable to the body's defenses. This discovery offers a new way to treat tumors that were previously considered unreachable by the immune system.

📱 Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification

When Discord verifies someone's age, it asks them to turn on their camera, position their face inside a circle on screen, and follow prompts. This ensures the person is real and not just a still photo. For example, it might say "Tilt your head up," "Close your mouth," or "Turn your face right."

The new tool allows a user to do all of those things, but with the computer-generated persona instead. Github user and tool creator Promptpirate-x uploaded a demonstration video claiming to bypass the age verification check.

It's available for free on GitHub.

😳 Iraqi Customs Confiscates Video Game Art Book, Mistakes It for Ancient Artifact

Iraqi customs officials seized a 48-page art book from the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 collector's edition, claiming it contained "drawings of monetary value" and referring the case to the Ministry of Culture and Antiquities for review as a potential historical artifact.

The gamer, who waited 7-8 months for the Monolith Set, expressed disbelief that officials mistook a modern video game art book for an ancient tome. The turn-based RPG was released in April 2025 and previously had its Indie Game Awards GOTY noscript rescinded over the use of generative AI in development.

♊ Google's New Gemini 3 Deep Think Enters the Top 8 Best Coders in the World

The model scored 3,455 ELO on the Codeforces competitive programming platform, achieving the highest rank of "Legendary Grandmaster." Only seven people in the world have scored higher.

In other highly challenging benchmarks for abstract reasoning and scientific knowledge, the model also outperforms all competitors ⤴️

For now, Gemini 3 Deep Think is only available with a Google AI Ultra subnoscription at $250/month.

💼 Will AI Replace Lawyers, Accountants, and Marketers?

A large share of computer-based jobs could soon be automated, according to Mustafa Suleyman, head of Microsoft AI. He argues that AI will take on many tasks currently handled by lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers, just as it has already started writing code.

The changes won't be limited to office jobs. Microsoft AI is also developing a medical diagnostic system that Suleyman says could one day deliver diagnoses more accurately and at a lower cost than teams of physicians. In that future, doctors may focus more on patient care and emotional support rather than routine diagnosis and treatment.

🤖 Suleyman isn't the only one predicting major shifts. Experts at the World Economic Forum estimate that by 2030, technological advances could displace around 92 million jobs.

However, the positive side of this change is that roughly 170 million new roles could be created: someone will need to develop, supervise, and manage AI systems.

Could AI do your job?

🔥 — Probably, yes
🗿 — No way, I'm irreplaceable!

❎ Grok 4.20 Launches With 4-Agent Architecture

xAI has officially released Grok 4.20 (Beta). The system now uses four specialized agents working together behind the scenes instead of a single model pass.

The update is rolling out now via X and grok.com.

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This course covers the fundamentals of Python programming, including variables, loops, and functions. It also includes must-have skills for every real software engineer, such as testing and object-oriented programming.

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Need more courses?

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🔥 — No, want more news

🖥 Data Center Simulator Demo Is Available on Steam

It's a game in the style of Factorio by a Czech indie developer. You build racks, servers, and switches, manage cables and capacity, earn money, and expand.

➡️ Demo available to try on Steam. Full release planned for the end of March.

Will you play it?

❤️ — Yes, sounds great
👎 — No, not my thing

💸 Russia's Supreme Court Upholds $1.2 Quintillion Fine Against Google

Russia's Supreme Court has confirmed a ruling requiring Google to pay an astronomical 91.5 quintillion rubles—approximately $1.2 quintillion—in penalties for blocking Russian state media channels on YouTube.

$1.2 quintillion = $1,200,000,000,000,000,000

The amount is roughly one million times the world's annual economic output.

👾 Bethesda Won't Use AI Content in TES VI

In TES VI and other Bethesda games there won't be AI content, assured the studio's game designer Todd Howard.

At the same time, the company isn't ignoring AI completely, but plans to use neural networks for non-creative tasks like analyzing player data.

There's still no release date for The Elder Scrolls VI, but the developers already have an internal early build of the game.

Is it important to you that the game has no AI content?

❤️ — yes, it should have soul!
🔥 — no, doesn't matter

👨‍💻 The U.S. Is Against International AI Control

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, called for the creation of a Global Fund on Artificial Intelligence.

It is meant to help build AI "that benefits everyone" and boost the industry in developing countries. The fund aims to raise $3 billion, which Guterres notes is a very modest price to pay for tackling such a massive task.

Also, the UN General Assembly has established an international AI panel composed of 40 leading world experts, tasked with making the technology accessible to everyone.

⚡️ The U.S., however, is strictly against this approach. White House technology advisor Michael Kratsios believes that placing AI under bureaucratic, centralized control will not lead to a bright future.

And U.S. Mission advisor Lauren Lovelace bluntly states that regulating AI is not the UN's business ⤴️

Do we need global control over AI?

❤️ — Yes, it's the right thing to do
👎 — No, it will only get in the way

🐢 Giant Tortoises Return to Galapagos Island After 180 Years of Extinction

For the first time since the mid-1800s, giant tortoises are roaming the volcanic slopes of Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago. On Friday, the Galápagos National Park Directorate and the Galápagos Conservancy released 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises at two sites on the island, marking a pivotal moment in one of the most ambitious ecological restoration projects ever attempted in the Pacific.