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App developers looking to launch their programs in ChatGPT can now submit them for review and potential publication, OpenAI said Wednesday. The company also introduced a new app directory within Chat’s tools menu that has swiftly been dubbed an “app store.”  In October, the company announced the arrival of apps in its chatbot, explaining that the move would bring a broader suite of capabilities to ChatGPT users. Major platforms—including Expedia, Spotify, Zillow, and Canva—announced integrations that would allow users to access their services directly from Chat conversations. Now, the company is opening up the field to a broader array of players.…

2025-12-18T20:18:06.376Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. House Democrats released a new batch of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. There are photos of several well-known people, including Bill Gates and Sergey Brin. Some of the photos appear to have been taken at a conference. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new batch of photos…

Pickle Robot, which builds autonomous unloading robots for warehouses and distribution centers, announced a new chief financial officer just days after a report of a major deal with UPS. The Charlestown, Massachusetts-based company announced that it hired Jeff Evanson as its CFO on Thursday. Evanson had been consulting for the company since September and recently joined full time. Evanson previously served as the vice president of global investor relations and strategy at Tesla from 2011 to 2017. In that role, he worked directly with Elon Musk and helped the company raise debt and equity financing to support the launch of…

The AI talent wars show no signs of slowing, with companies making headlines weekly for their latest high-profile hires. This includes engineers they are poaching from each other or acqui-hiring but also, increasingly, senior executives that can support them as they scale up. Less than 10 days after Slack CEO Denise Dresser became OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, former British finance minister George Osborne announced he was joining Sam Altman’s company. Shortly thereafter, the crypto exchange Coinbase separately appointed Osborne to lead its internal advisory council. The announcements drew particular attention in the U.K., where commenters noted that Osborne joins a…

ChatGPT has hit a new milestone of $3 billion in worldwide consumer spending on mobile as of this week, according to estimates from app intelligence provider Appfigures. This figure represents the total spending on iOS and Android devices since the app’s launch in May 2023, when it first arrived, then only on iOS. Image Credits:Appfigures What’s notable is that the bulk of that spending took place this year. Worldwide, consumers spent an estimated $2.48 billion in the ChatGPT mobile app in 2025, representing a 408% year-over-year increase from the $487 million spent in 2024. In 2023, the app’s first year…

The same global food system that is fueling rising obesity rates is also accelerating climate change, according to a sweeping new scientific review that argues both crises share common roots and solutions.The review, published Thursday in Frontiers in Science, links the rise of ultra-processed foods and beef-heavy diets to worsening health outcomes and growing environmental damage.More than one billion people are obese, according to the World Health Organization. This number is expected to rise to 1.3 billion by 2030, even as the use of weight-loss drugs and bariatric surgery are reaching record levels.MORE: Landmark study recommends ‘Planetary Health Diet’ for…

It’s the time of the year for holiday cheer, but also the season for coughing, sneezing and everything in between.Cases of common winter illness, such as COVID-19, influenza and norovirus, are spreading far and wide in schools and offices. The week of Dec. 8, norovirus activity was considered “high” by WasteWaterSCAN, a tool managed by Stanford University for tracking pathogens in wastewater. More specifically, WasteWaterSCAN analyzed a 42% increase of norovirus in the median concentration since November.Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea, according to the CDC. It is often called “stomach flu” or “stomach bug.” However,…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced.Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented 16 years as governor as the state received the rewards and stings of shifting from textiles and tobacco to a high-tech economy.Rachel Hunt’s office said that her father died peacefully Thursday at his Wilson County home. “He devoted…

OpenAI isn’t trimming its sails.In a pair of videos and an accompanying chart, top OpenAI executives made the case that the startup’s biggest risk might be not spending enough on securing future compute, even though the company has already committed roughly $1.4 trillion on data center projects over the next eight years and is, according to CEO Sam Altman, five years away from profitability.”We want to be ahead of the curve,” OpenAI President Greg Brockman said in a video posted on X. “And the truth is, I don’t think we will be, no matter how ambitious we can dream of…

2025-12-18T17:31:06.314Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. MrBeast said he’s considering launching a new YouTube channel focused on financial literacy. The world’s top YouTuber separately plans to launch a financial services business. Money is a common thread in MrBeast videos, where he doles out big cash giveaways to contestants. YouTuber MrBeast loves giving away piles of…