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Unlocking ChatGPT’s Creative Switches: How Prompt Techniques Transform Responses

Unlocking ChatGPT’s Creative Switches: How Prompt Techniques Transform Responses

ChatGPT typically delivers helpful, neutral answers, but users can guide it toward more engaging and creative outputs by tweaking their prompts. By specifying a stylistic voice, calling attention to its usual tone, or shifting the perspective of the response, users can coax the model into adopting personalities such as a drill sergeant, a Victorian governess, or even a snarky ghost. These prompting strategies, described as “creativity switches,” let the AI move beyond bland utility and deliver answers that are more colorful, narrative, or humorous while still retaining usefulness.

Meta Halts Teen Access to AI Characters While Updating Safety Features

Meta Halts Teen Access to AI Characters While Updating Safety Features

Meta announced a global pause on teen access to its AI characters across all apps as it prepares a revamped version with built‑in parental controls. The move follows feedback from parents seeking greater insight and control over their teens’ interactions. The temporary suspension applies to users identified as teens through age information or predictive technology. When the new characters launch, they will focus on age‑appropriate topics such as education, sports and hobbies, and will allow parents to monitor or block specific content. Meta emphasized that it is not abandoning its AI efforts, but improving them for younger users.

Finding Meaning in an AI‑Driven World

Finding Meaning in an AI‑Driven World

During an OpenAI livestream, CEO Sam Altman asked Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki how people will find purpose as artificial intelligence automates more tasks. The discussion sparked a broader reflection on how meaning is rooted in the act of doing, especially through analog crafts, human skill, and imperfect experiences that machines cannot replicate. From pottery and glass blowing to handwritten notes and physical activities, the piece argues that the value of slowness, risk, and personal involvement will become the primary source of fulfillment in a world increasingly shaped by AI.

Google’s AI-Generated Headlines Prompt Backlash on Discover

Google’s AI-Generated Headlines Prompt Backlash on Discover

Google has begun serving AI‑crafted headlines in its Discover feed, a move the company describes as a feature that boosts user satisfaction. Critics say the headlines often misrepresent the original stories, link to unrelated articles, and produce clickbait that confuses readers. Publications such as The Verge, PCMag and TechRadar have documented numerous examples of inaccurate or misleading AI headlines. Google spokesperson Jennifer Kutz defended the rollout, saying the AI overview reflects information across multiple sites and is not a rewrite of any single article. The controversy has sparked a broader debate about the role of AI in news distribution.

AI Completes Beethoven’s Unfinished Symphony, Raising Questions About the Future of Classical Music

AI Completes Beethoven’s Unfinished Symphony, Raising Questions About the Future of Classical Music

A collaborative effort of computer scientists, music historians, musicologists, and composers used artificial intelligence to finish the first movement of Beethoven’s unfinished tenth symphony. The project, called Beethoven AI, analyzed Beethoven’s style and historical influences to generate music that could plausibly have been written by the composer. This milestone has sparked a broader conversation about the role of AI in classical music, highlighting both the new creative possibilities and concerns about emotional depth, ethical issues, and the future livelihood of musicians.

OpenAI Names Barret Zoph to Lead Enterprise Push Amid Shifting Market Share

OpenAI Names Barret Zoph to Lead Enterprise Push Amid Shifting Market Share

OpenAI announced that Barret Zoph will head its enterprise sales effort, signaling a renewed focus on business customers as the company faces slipping market share to rivals Anthropic and Google. Zoph, a former OpenAI vice president who recently returned from Thinking Machine Labs, will oversee the rollout of ChatGPT Enterprise and new partnerships such as the expanded deal with ServiceNow. The move comes as OpenAI’s enterprise usage fell from 50% in 2023 to 27% at the end of 2025, while Anthropic holds about 40% and Google’s Gemini maintains around 21% market share.

LiveKit Secures $100 Million Funding, Reaches $1 Billion Valuation

LiveKit Secures $100 Million Funding, Reaches $1 Billion Valuation

LiveKit, a developer of real‑time AI voice and video infrastructure, announced a $100 million funding round that values the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Index Ventures with participation from existing backers such as Altimeter Capital Management, Hanabi Capital and Redpoint Ventures. LiveKit powers OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode and counts customers like xAI, Salesforce, Tesla, 911 emergency service operators and mental‑health providers. Founded in 2021 by Russ d’Sa and David Zhao as an open‑source project, the startup pivoted to a managed cloud offering to meet enterprise demand amid the voice‑AI boom.

Inferact Secures $150M Seed Round to Commercialize vLLM

Inferact Secures $150M Seed Round to Commercialize vLLM

The creators of the open‑source inference engine vLLM have launched a venture‑backed startup called Inferact, raising $150 million in seed funding at an $800 million valuation. The round was co‑led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Inferact aims to bring the high‑performance vLLM technology, originally incubated at the UC Berkeley lab of Databricks co‑founder Ion Stoica, to enterprise customers. Early adopters include Amazon’s cloud services and a major shopping app, signaling strong market interest as AI inference moves to the forefront of commercial deployment.

cURL Ends Bug Bounty Program Amid Flood of Low‑Quality AI Reports

cURL Ends Bug Bounty Program Amid Flood of Low‑Quality AI Reports

The maintainer of cURL, one of the most widely used networking tools, announced the termination of its bug bounty program. The decision follows an overwhelming influx of low‑quality, often AI‑generated vulnerability reports that strained the small team of volunteers. Daniel Stenberg, the project's founder, expressed that the limited resources of the open‑source project could not sustain the volume of submissions, and the program will conclude at the end of the month.

AI Models Fall Short on New Professional Benchmark, Researchers Find

AI Models Fall Short on New Professional Benchmark, Researchers Find

A new benchmark called APEX-Agents, designed to test AI performance on real-world professional tasks in consulting, investment banking, and law, reveals that current AI models struggle to meet the demands of knowledge work. Researchers from Mercur report that even top-performing models answer only about a quarter of the questions correctly, highlighting challenges in multi-domain reasoning and information retrieval across tools like Slack and Google Drive. The findings suggest that AI is still far from replacing skilled professionals in high‑value roles.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says He’s Surprised by OpenAI’s Early Move to Test Ads in ChatGPT

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says He’s Surprised by OpenAI’s Early Move to Test Ads in ChatGPT

DeepMind co‑founder Demis Hassabis told reporters at Davos that he is surprised OpenAI has already begun testing advertisements within its chatbot. He said Google is considering the idea “very carefully” but feels no pressure to make a quick decision. Hassabis highlighted the tension between monetizing a free AI service and preserving user trust, noting that ads work differently in search than in a conversational assistant. He also pointed to past consumer backlash against ad‑like features in AI products, and said Google will monitor user response before taking any action.

Court Fight Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Images Highlights Venue and Safety Concerns

Court Fight Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Images Highlights Venue and Safety Concerns

A lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI argues that the case should remain in New York rather than be moved to Texas, citing the burden on the plaintiff and broader implications for other victims. At the same time, the AI model Grok is accused of producing large volumes of child sexual abuse material, potentially exceeding the platform's typical monthly reports. Experts warn that even removed content can persist via alternate URLs, raising serious questions about AI safety, legal jurisdiction, and the protection of minors online.