AI Daily Briefing: This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI V...

Sunday, April 12, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 11 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts; Gen Z’s love-hate relationship with AI; AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy. Top Stories This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts Wired AI Onix is launching a “Substack of bots,” where digital twins of health and wellness influencers dispense advice 24/7. And maybe hawk their products. ...

April 12, 2026 · 3 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: Using custom GPTs

Saturday, April 11, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 191 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Using custom GPTs; Applications of AI at OpenAI; Research with ChatGPT. Top Stories Using custom GPTs OpenAI Learn how to build and use custom GPTs to automate workflows, maintain consistent outputs, and create purpose-built AI assistants. Applications of AI at OpenAI OpenAI Explore how OpenAI products like ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs bring AI into real-world use for work, development, and everyday tasks. ...

April 11, 2026 · 3 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for A...

Friday, April 10, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 549 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters; ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription; ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan. Top Stories OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters Wired AI The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.” ...

April 10, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: The next phase of enterprise AI

Thursday, April 9, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 484 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: The next phase of enterprise AI; Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects; Conflicting Rulings Leave Anthropic in ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Limbo. Top Stories The next phase of enterprise AI OpenAI OpenAI outlines the next phase of enterprise AI, as adoption accelerates across industries with Frontier, ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex, and company-wide AI agents. Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects The Verge AI ...

April 9, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that w...

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 596 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline; Spotify’s Prompted Playlists can help you find new podcasts to listen to; Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything. Top Stories Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline TechCrunch AI Google’s new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow. ...

April 8, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a ne...

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 575 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund; How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others; Spain’s Xoople raises $130 million Series B to map the Earth for AI. Top Stories OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund TechCrunch AI ...

April 7, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it wen...

Monday, April 6, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 347 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well. Top Stories I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well The Verge AI You may be familiar with Gemini as the thing that’s in every Google service you use - whether you want it or not. While it’s been a constant, sometimes unwelcome presence in Gmail for at least the past year, it’s a relatively new addition to Maps. And you know what? It’s kind of great. To […] ...

April 6, 2026 · 3 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonu...

Sunday, April 5, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 8 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware; Apple’s best product ever. Top Stories Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware Wired AI Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source code as part of an ongoing supply chain hacking spree, and more. ...

April 5, 2026 · 3 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by...

Saturday, April 4, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 149 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra; Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports; The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era. Top Stories Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra The Verge AI Using OpenClaw with Claude AI is about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to Anthropic’s new policy changes. Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, users will “no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw,” according to an email sent to users on Frid ...

April 4, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor

AI Daily Briefing: New ways to balance cost and reliability in the Ge...

Friday, April 3, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 459 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: New ways to balance cost and reliability in the Gemini API; Codex now offers more flexible pricing for teams; A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant. Top Stories New ways to balance cost and reliability in the Gemini API Google AI Google is introducing two new inference tiers to the Gemini API, Flex and Priority, to balance cost and latency. ...

April 3, 2026 · 4 min · Rob Taylor