Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15

WhatsApp’s new platform policies ban general-purpose AI chatbots like Copilot from using its service.

Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths

Nick Gross says that Find Your Grind gives students the tools to explore what careers are out there and what paths suit their strengths, interests, and visions for what they want their futures to look like.

OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it

Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.

Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit

WMG says artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.

ChatGPT’s voice mode is no longer a separate interface

ChatGPT now lets you use voice and text in the same screen, making conversations feel more natural as responses and visuals appear in real time.

Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.

YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed

YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that allows users to customize their home feed.

Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’

An investor explains the “buy, fix, and hold” model employed by Bending Spoons and similar companies that buy distressed startups.

Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless

The commercial robotaxi service launched last year. Now, the human safety operator is gone.

Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture

Onton, which change its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them towards making quicker purchase decisions