ChatGPT's Horny Era Could Be Its Stickiest Yet OpenAI will soon let adults create erotic content in ChatGPT. Experts say that could lead to "emotional commodification," or horniness as a revenue stream. In May of 2024, while I was combing through OpenAI's "Model Spec" laying out how ChatGPT should act, one comment buried in the document struck me as peculiar. It said OpenAI was "exploring" how to let adult ChatGPT users generate content with mature themes such as "erotica, extreme gore, slurs, and unsolicited profanity." Seems like the exploration phase is over.

So Why Did It Make a Web Browser? The AI giant has lost its imagination. According to Sam Altman, your web browser is outdated. "AI represents a rare, once-a-decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be," OpenAI's CEO said yesterday when announcing the company's latest product: ChatGPT Atlas. In this new AI-powered browser, ChatGPT becomes the central mechanism for surfing the internet.

Until now, brands and publishers have been unable to benchmark total revenue on mobile. The mobile app economy is worth $500 billion, with 66% from ad revenue and 33% from in-app purchases, according to data.ai's Customers can now break down revenue streams and anticipate market expansion opportunities based on shifts in consumer behavior. "Total App Revenue provides a clear picture of data we've been missing in our business development and model creation. Carlos Salvado, Senior Market Analyst at Rovio Entertainment"Total App Revenue is the ultimate mobile performance metric.

Now led by Jim Keller, the company has built a new leadership team and a new strategy. It is hard to believe the difference a year makes. In 2021, there were over 100 public and venture-backed startups with the same mission, to compete with NVIDIA in producing the fast chips needed to create and run artificial intelligence (AI). Fast forward to 2023, and now many companies are struggling to gain market traction or acquire enough capital to keep going. Part of the problem is undoubtedly the global economy; many AI adopters and investors do not have the resources or courage to give new chips a chance.

Over the years automotive vehicles have become increasingly connected, and so connectivity will increasingly underpin the future of the industry. At least that's the view that was discussed by Steve Bell, chief analyst – connectivity, Informa Tech Automotive Group at September's WardsAuto Intelligence Outlook Conference at The Townsend Hotel, Birmingham, Michigan. It also suggests that there is an evolution in vehicle architecture, and a transition to software-defined vehicles that will depend on connectivity to ensure they are up-to-data and cyber-secure. The executive summary of his presentation adds: "The rapid evolution of BEVs means the traditional vehicle business model of profit on initial sales is being replaced by lifetime earnings that rely on over-the-air (OTA) upgrades to enhance the vehicle value to consumers." Bell says connectivity enables the vehicle to cloud continuum.

Whether you sell products or services, offering a micro-community experience makes audiences feel more valued. For these reasons, I predict that niche groups will become more popular than ever next year. Consumers will opt for intimate conversations within smaller groups hosted on platforms like Slack, Discord, and even Telegram, where they feel more comfortable sharing personal details without absolutely everyone knowing what goes on behind closed doors. LinkedIn is great for building your personal brand if you're a content creator or professional. According to Statista, by the end of 2022, there will be 66.8 million LinkedIn users in the United States alone; already there are over 875 million in over 200 countries.

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Resonai aims to build the "digital square foot" and prepare the built world for its "mixed-reality" future. The company is looking to transform physical spaces into intelligent, digitally empowered environments. After successfully growing and steering the $60 million sale of Pebbles Interfaces to Meta's Oculus in 2014, Emil Alon founded Resonai in order to develop a new OS that would converge the physical, built world with emerging digital and web technologies. "Augmented reality is going to dramatically change the world we live in and the way we experience it today," he told VentureBeat. "It will require a new paradigm of ownership, accountability and privacy in a world where everything can be reshaped seamlessly for users at any given time."

Tesla has been in the financial news for a variety of reasons over the last few months. There was a Tesla stock split, the company announced a recall, and the CEO Elon Musk is a constant source of buzz, a substantive Kardashian of science capable of space travel. The celebrity CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, enjoys putting on a show and garnering interest for the company. Unfortunately, the Tesla stock often feels the impact of Musk's actions. However, Tesla just made some announcements that could change the landscape of artificial intelligence forever.

Four years ago, the $70 billion Alibaba Group, one of the world's biggest artificial intelligence users, teamed up with Mars, the $35 billion global leader in confectioneries, to figure out the types of candy and chocolates that consumers in China prefer. The fresh consumer data that Alibaba continually gathers from the millions of people shopping on its various platforms turned up the counterintuitive finding that many Chinese who buy chocolates also purchase spicy snacks at the same time. Using that data-driven insight, Mars developed a sweet-and-spicy product: a candy bar that contains Szechuan peppercorns, the source of China's spicy "mala" flavor. Even though Mars didn't conduct any other consumer research to reinforce the A.I.-driven insight, Spicy Snickers proved to be a winner on the mainland. Depending on A.I. also saved the company time; instead of the two to three years that it normally takes to launch a product, Mars was able to bring Spicy Snickers to market for the first time in August 2017, less than 12 months after the collaboration with Alibaba started.

A massive disruption now appears imminent in one of the world's largest – and most important – industries. In much the same way that Amazon disrupted the retail business – and how PayPal disrupted the payments industry – one under-the-radar health technology company now seeks to transform the $11.85 trillion global health industry. By moving healthcare away from brick and mortar, traditional medicine into an AI-driven tool that offers unprecedented speed, efficiency, and accuracy... Investors still have a brief window of opportunity to get in on this transformational investment opportunity while it still flies beneath Wall Street's radar. But as you'll soon discover, this company's technology is so powerful that it could become a valuable addition to hundreds of millions of households worldwide. Whether most patients, providers, or large healthcare companies realize it or not, the healthcare industry is already in the early stages of significant change. That's because patients now desire access to more information – and better information – in the blink of an eye. In a recent survey of U.S. health consumers, 71% reported facing major frustrations through their experience with healthcare providers. Concerns ranged from difficulties scheduling appointments to impersonal visits.