Business Brief (Oct. 16): China’s Credit Growth Beats Expectations Consumer prices fell year-on-year in September, spot gold soars to new record of over $4,200 an ounce Caixin Global · Oct 16, 2025
OpenAI just gave Sora 2 two big upgrades – including longer videos for free users OpenAI just announced two big updates for Sora 2, including longer videos for Free users. TechRadar · Oct 16, 2025
The AI investing boom gets its posterboy: Meet Leopold Aschenbrenner Sharon Goldman’s profile of Leopold Aschenbrenner is a remarkable story in its own right. Fortune · Oct 16, 2025
Spotify Unveils Two Game-Changing Features: AI DJ Speaks Two Languages And ChatGPT Can Tap Into Your Music Spotify is expanding its personalisation with a bilingual AI DJ that now accepts text requests and a new feature that lets users connect their accounts to ChatGPT for advanced playlist creation and music management. International Business Times UK · Oct 16, 2025
Forget ChatGPT, Gemini looks set to win the AI race — here's why Gemini has the money, the power and the eco-system to be a dominating force in the world of AI. Tom’s Guide · Oct 16, 2025
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2025
Hims & Hers, Salesforce, Omeros, United Airlines, And Sea Ltd: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today Major U.S. indices ended mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipping 0.04% to 46,253.31. The SP 500 added 0.4% to 6,671.06, while the Nasdaq climbed nearly 0.7% to 22,670.08.These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors through the day: Hims Hers… Benzinga · Oct 16, 2025
Walmart gives ChatGPT checkout power Walmart’s new integration with ChatGPT lets users browse and buy with just a message TechRadar · Oct 16, 2025
OpenAI's ChatGPT To Allow Erotica For Adults: Not 'Moral Police Of The World,' Sam Altman Says OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it will begin allowing erotica and other adult-themed content on ChatGPT for adult users, marking a major shift in the company's content policy. Benzinga · Oct 15, 2025
Options Corner: Advanced Micro Devices Is Up Big But The Math Suggests There's More Room For Growth Under ordinary circumstances, whenever a top-level enterprise like Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) rises sharply higher, hesitation naturally occurs for those who didn't yet punch their tickets. Unlike lesser-known entities where growth potential could be colloquially boundless, a very real threat exists that the good news is already baked into… Benzinga · Oct 15, 2025
‘The Smartest Investments We Can Possibly Imagine’: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says OpenAI Will Be Worth Trillions, Rivaling Amazon and Meta Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks on OpenAI underscore his belief in the company’s trillion-dollar potential and the strategic value of investing in known technologies. Barchart · Oct 15, 2025
Mark Cuban warns that OpenAI’s new plan to allow adults-only erotica in ChatGPT could ‘backfire. Hard’ “No parent is going to trust that their kids can’t get through your age gating,” Cuban wrote on X. Fortune · Oct 15, 2025
Nvidia’s CEO Is Confident Oracle Will Be ‘Wonderfully Profitable.’ Should You Buy ORCL Stock Now? In a new interview, Huang says that Oracle is positioned to be “wonderfully profitable” despite concerns over its thin margins. Barchart · Oct 15, 2025
Oracle has just unveiled the “largest AI supercomputer in the world” – and it really is huge OCI Zettascale10 will have up to 800,000 Nvidia GPUs, but this is only the foundation of OpenAI’s Project Stargate. TechRadar · Oct 15, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025 AI apps top 1 billion users as ChatGPT overtakes X The number of people using conventional search engines is now on the decline
Fortune · Oct 15, 2025 A BlackRock-led $40 billion data center deal highlights the unstoppable AI gold rush The $40 billion bet on Aligned highlights the demand for AI-ready infrastructure—and Wall Street’s determination to cash in.
The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025 Welcome to your new AI relationship IN FOCUS: OpenAI is now making an ‘erotic’ version of their app, leaning in to the trend of people using ChatGPT to create AI boyfriends and girlfriends. But what does it really mean to be an AI partner — and who are the people who create them? Holly Baxter speaks…
MarketBeat · Oct 15, 2025 Walmart's AI Play: OpenAI Deal Forges a New Path to Profitability Walmart's new AI partnership with OpenAI is a strategic move to redefine e-commerce and accelerate the growth of its high-margin business segments.
Fortune · Oct 15, 2025 Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says ‘so much of the internet is dead’—and the rise of bots and ‘quasi-AI, LinkedIn slop’ killed it The investor predicted a new wave of “verifiably human” social media platforms is coming “because it’s all going down in the group chats now.”
Benzinga · Oct 15, 2025 Oracle Deepens Microsoft Partnership, Unveils AI Agent Studio And Marketplace Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) is expanding its enterprise AI and supply chain solutions, partnering with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and launching new AI agents and a marketplace to streamline workflows and boost productivity.
Benzinga · Oct 15, 2025 OpenAI Is Reportedly Working On A Five-Year Plan To Fulfill Its Massive Spending Pledge OpenAI is reportedly chasing new revenue streams, debt partnerships, and additional fundraising as part of a five-year plan to fulfill its $1 trillion spending pledge to advance artificial intelligence.
Geekflare · Oct 15, 2025 New ChatGPT ‘Golden Hour’ Feature Spotted It seems like OpenAI is on the verge of rolling out an improved ChatGPT memory feature. Obviously, the company has not revealed any details about it. But
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 15, 2025 S&P 500 companies totalling $20 trillion in market cap have medium-to-high AI exposure — concerns of an impending bubble collapse extend to almost half of the index Investors are keeping a close eye on potential signs of the AI industry reaching the point of bursting its inflated bubble, as it's revealed that almost half of all the largest companies on the S&P 500 have medium-to-high exposure to AI. The risks associated with the industry collapsing under its…
International Business Times UK · Oct 15, 2025 ChatGPT's 18+ Shift Raises a New Question: Who Gets to Shape Desire in the Age of AI? OpenAI's new 18+ ChatGPT policy lets verified adults create erotica, opening a bold AI market while testing safety, trust, and compliance under the UK's Online Safety Act.
Tom’s Guide · Oct 15, 2025 OpenAI and Walmart just announced direct shopping through ChatGPT — everything you need to know Walmart teams up with OpenAI to offer AI-powered conversational shopping, enabling personalised, seamless browsing, and instant checkout via ChatGPT.