ChatGPT

Saudi man arrested for bugging ChatGPT developer offices
Prosecutors say Abdulrahman Alfozan installed a surveillance device on a smart TV in a conference room used by OpenAI to discuss sensitive matters.

USA Today files $250 million copyright lawsuit against OpenAI
The newspaper giant claims OpenAI's ChatGPT was trained on more than 100,000 local and national news articles without permission.

ChatGPT to begin displaying image-based ad spots
ChatGPT will begin rendering image-based advertising in the United States later this month; a handful of buyers are already committed to the project.

Comscore: ChatGPT losing market share to Gemini, Claude
ChatGPT remains the category leader, but its share of total AI prompt volume fell this year as consumers sampled and integrated competing products.
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Comscore: Consumers increasingly turn to AI when making purchases
Shoppers are using AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to get direct recommendations instead of browsing multiple websites.
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MiQ: Fragmentation challenges traditional marketing funnel
Nearly half of consumers describe their path to purchase as random, with the journey from discovery to transaction often occurring in minutes.
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Gracenote sues ChatGPT developer OpenAI for copyright infringement
The case could test whether the structure and organization of proprietary datasets are protected under copyright law.

Report: The Trade Desk holds talks with OpenAI on advertising pact
The discussions follow a difficult year for The Trade Desk, whose stock had fallen roughly one-third amid slowing growth and rising competition.

OpenAI wants to make ChatGPT less woke
The company says it is developing its current and future iterations of the popular chatbot to return results with less political and social bias.

New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement
The New York Times has filed a civil lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging researchers used proprietary news articles to train its AI tools.

FTC launches probe over ChatGPT, citing consumer harm
The FTC has subpoenaed OpenAI for records related to ChatGPT's dissemination of defamatory and false information about people.

iHeartMedia bans employees from using ChatGPT for work
iHeartMedia has banned its workers from using ChatGPT and similar tools for work projects over concerns about potential leaks of confidential business information to competitors.