Tag: OpenAI
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The Quiet Cost of Too Many Yeses: What AI Can Learn from Good Teachers
In the era of human education, there were teachers who stood out not because they rewarded every thoughtless answer, but because they listened, considered what a student offered—even in error—and then gently guided them toward better answers. The memory the writer shares — “I fondly remember teachers who didn’t immediately dismiss my answers with a…
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OpenAI’s New Muzzle: When “Safety” Means Gatekeeping Knowledge
On October 29, 2025, OpenAI quietly updated its Usage Policies to further restrict the use of its services in providing tailored medical or legal advice—even in scenarios where the AI’s output could be factually correct and helpful. The company that bragged about its AI passing the USMLE and beating law grads on the bar now…
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AI-Powered Browsers Are Changing How We Surf the Web
Remember when the browser’s biggest innovation was tabbed browsing and incognito mode? Those days are gone. The next generation of browsers doesn’t just show you the internet — it understands it. Meet the AI-powered browsers: OpenAI’s Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, and Microsoft’s Edge Copilot. These aren’t search boxes with attitude. They’re assistants, researchers, and task-doers built…
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Two Protocols, Two Futures: OpenAI’s ACP vs. Anthropic’s MCP
Imagine this: It’s a Tuesday evening, and you’re buried in work. Your AI assistant notices your flight to New York got canceled due to a storm. Without missing a beat, it scans alternatives, books a new one on your credit card, coordinates a rideshare to the airport, and even reschedules your hotel— all while you…
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Agentic Commerce, Explained: What OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol Means for Retail and SaaS
OpenAI has begun rolling out Instant Checkout inside ChatGPT for U.S. users, letting people buy products from participating merchants—starting with Etsy sellers, and with Shopify merchants “coming soon.” The system is powered by a new open standard called the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), co-developed with Stripe and now open-sourced. It’s designed so an AI agent…