Author: IQ TIMES MEDIA
OpenAI and Instacart are launching a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, allowing customers to brainstorm meal ideas, make a grocery list, and check out, all without leaving the chat interface. This builds upon an existing partnership between OpenAI and Instacart; more than two years ago, Instacart launched an in-app AI search tool powered by ChatGPT, which helps shoppers ask questions about what to make for dinner or how to accommodate dietary restrictions. The relationship between OpenAI and Instacart seems to have only deepened after former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo — who was already an OpenAI board member — joined…
The governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi want to invest billions of dollars into a would-be mega media conglomerate made up of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.What would they get for their money?Spoiler: I don’t know. And Paramount, the company that wants to use the three oil nations to help finance its bid for WBD, won’t say.But it sure seems like a question worth asking, as Paramount launches a hostile bid for WBD after losing last week’s auction to Netflix.Paramount says the three petrostates will be part of the new bid — as they were in Paramount’s previous…
The Chinese electric vehicles continue to make waves in the US — even if you can’t buy them. One of the most influential tech critics just gave his stamp of approval.YouTuber Marques Brownlee, who goes by MKBHD, drove a Xiaomi SU7 Max for two weeks. The EV retails for 299,000 Chinese yuan, or about $42,000. Compare that to a Tesla Model 3 Performance, which retails at just under $55,000.The verdict? MKBHD was blown away.”This feels nothing like a $42,000 car,” he said. “This is a nice car.”Walking around the EV, MKBHD compared it to a variety of other vehicles, including…
Fresh food has undeniable appeal. A crisp salad bursting with just‑picked vegetables, berries kissed by the sun, or fish straight from the waves—it’s the stuff of foodie dreams. No wonder “fresh” feels like the gold standard. But here’s the twist: Frozen doesn’t just hold its own, it can actually win in ways fresh can’t. Sure, when local produce is in season, fresh is a no‑brainer. But when the grocery aisle looks bare, prices are sky‑high, and you need dinner fast, frozen swoops in like a hero. It’s packed with nutrients, easy on your wallet, and ready when you are. Plus,…
Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open.Premiums can rise if the costs of the medical services they cover increase. Using consumer price indices for the main components of medical care – such as services provided in clinics and hospitals as well as administrative expenses – based on federal data and data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, we found that the cost of hospital services increased the most, while the cost of physician services and…
President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from enacting their own regulation of AI technology. “I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.” “There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI,” Trump said. “We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50…
More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their newborns, a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. It’s a trend that experts worry could have deadly consequences.Babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K, a nutrient the body needs for blood to clot, leaving them at risk for severe bleeding early in life. In the early 1960s, hospitals in the United States began giving newborns shots of the vitamin within the first six hours of birth to prevent bleeding, including bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract or brain.Dr. Kristan Scott, a neonatologist at…
An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration.The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., between Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, according to the FDA’s recall notice.Both items were manufactured by Mellace Family Brands California, which is based in Warren, Ohio.The FDA said the issue came to light after routine testing…
Uber wants advertisers to level up their marketing by tapping into data on the millions of rides and deliveries its users order every day.The ride-hailing giant is announcing the launch of a new insights platform called Uber Intelligence on Monday, the company exclusively told Business Insider.Launched in partnership with the data-connectivity platform LiveRamp, Uber Intelligence will let advertisers securely combine their customer data with Uber’s to help surface insights about their audiences, based on what they eat and where they travel.It uses LiveRamp’s clean room technology, which lets companies aggregate their data in a privacy-safe environment, without sharing or seeing…
2025-12-08T13:01:59.249Z 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. Elon Musk spent the weekend blasting the EU after regulators fined X over “deceptive” blue checkmarks. He boosted posts comparing the EU to authoritarian regimes and calling for exits. The backlash followed a $140 million penalty on X that Musk said was a form of political censorship. Elon Musk…