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Brazilian airline Gol is running a promotion tied to the double date of 10/10, offering reduced fares on domestic and international flights, including Florianópolis to Buenos Aires from R$1,619, with the sale running until Monday. The company has also announced that passengers will be able to check in using ChatGPT, drawing attention to its push into AI-powered services.

Security researchers have published an account of how they were able to take over ChatGPT accounts, describing the technical flaws they found and exploited. The write-up, titled 'Do the math', walks through how the vulnerability worked and reportedly led to a gap being reported at OpenAI. Readers on Hacker News are actively debating the findings, with discussion focused on the severity of the account takeover and OpenAI's security practices.

OpenAI has updated ChatGPT so the chatbot can generate animated GIFs from a text prompt or an uploaded photo. The feature arrives with OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model and lets users adjust animation speed and edit individual frames. It marks another step in the company's push to expand generative image tools beyond static pictures.

Arizona State University faculty and students are debating how artificial intelligence should be integrated into teaching and coursework. The discussion centers on finding a balance between using AI tools as learning aids and preventing misuse such as plagiarism or overreliance. The conversation reflects a broader national debate among universities about adapting academic policy to rapidly evolving AI technology.

CMF, the sub-brand of Nothing, has unveiled two new portable Bluetooth speakers priced under 100 euros, with a distinctive milk-carton design and prices starting at 59 euros. French tech outlets are covering the launch, alongside other hardware news including Oppo's Find X10 Pro Max smartphones, the OnePlus 15 ColorOS 17 beta, and invisible watermarking of ChatGPT-generated text.

Apple has begun restricting how much its employees can use AI tools, as part of cost-cutting measures. Reports say the company is capping internal spending on services like ChatGPT, a notable move for a firm often seen as an AI competitor to OpenAI. Commenters are reacting with irony, joking that staff must now go elsewhere for AI answers.

OpenAI has announced that the classic ChatGPT desktop app will be retired on January 30, 2027, with its chat and Work features merging into a single unified application. The move marks a consolidation of OpenAI's desktop offerings into one product. Users of the standalone app will eventually need to transition to the new combined application ahead of the January 2027 shutdown date.

Anthropic's Claude chatbot has cut into ChatGPT's dominance of the UK's consumer AI market, which is worth an estimated $1.4 billion. The report suggests OpenAI's ChatGPT remains the market leader but is losing share as more British consumers adopt rival assistants. The shift highlights intensifying competition among AI providers for everyday users, not just business customers.

OpenAI has introduced voice support for personal finance conversations in ChatGPT, letting users discuss budgeting, spending and money questions hands-free instead of typing. The feature aims to make financial guidance more accessible, allowing people to ask about their finances conversationally while multitasking.

ChatGPT now counts roughly 250 million voice mode users, putting its search activity close to Google's levels. OpenAI's chatbot reportedly added around 200 million new logins in just two months and now claims a billion unique users overall, a pace that is fuelling talk of a tightening race between ChatGPT and Google in search and artificial intelligence.