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ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…

Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser, who refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition.Administrators may have been hoping to minimize distractions this homecoming weekend as the school prepares to celebrate a Hoosiers football team with its highest-ever national ranking. Instead, the controversy has entangled the school in questions about censorship and student journalists’ First Amendment rights.Advocates for student media, Indiana Daily Student alumni and high-profile supporters including billionaire Mark Cuban have blasted the school for…

Boeing 737 Max aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, U.S. June 25, 2024.Jennifer Buchanan | Via ReutersBoeing has won regulator approval to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max jetliners to 42 a month, a milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration capped its output after a midair near-catastrophe.In January 2024, the FAA restricted Boeing to building the planes at a rate of no more than 38 a month — though it had been below that level at the time — after a door plug from a nearly new 737 Max 9…

Last updated: 9:00 PM ET, Thu October 16, 2025 WHY IT RATE: Commtrak has rebranded and launched a redesigned website as part of a significant upgrade to enhance operational efficiency and support more travel agencies in recovering hotel commissions, leading to a 95% increase in revenue for existing clients. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorCommtrak, a long-standing partner to North American travel agencies in recovering past-due hotel commissions, announces the launch of its rebrand and redesigned website. This marks the culmination of more than two years of investment in modernizing and scaling its operations. “This is more than a new logo or website…

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the impact on innovation across all types of companies. As businesses continue to embrace AI and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human…

ChatGPT’s mobile app growth may have hit its peak, according to a new analysis of download trends and daily active users provided by the third-party app intelligence firm Apptopia. Its estimates indicate that new user growth, measured by percentage changes in new global downloads, slowed after April. The firm looked at the global daily active user (DAU) growth and found that the numbers have begun to even out over the past month or so. Global DAUs for ChatGPT mobile app.Image Credits:Apptopia Although October is only half over, the firm says it’s on pace to be down 8.1% in terms of…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district has been indicted by a federal grand jury after authorities said he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen who was eligible to work.A two-count indictment returned Thursday evening by a federal grand jury in Des Moines charges Ian Roberts with one count of making a false statement for employment and one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.Roberts, who is originally from Guyana and worked for two decades in school districts across the country, was detained Sept. 26 by U.S. Immigration and…

In the South, there is only one thing that can rival college football itself: the party before kickoff.Pinpointing the exact origins of tailgating is near impossible. Some trace it to Nov. 6, 1869, when Rutgers and New Jersey (later Princeton) played in the first college football game. Others credit Green Bay Packers fans, who folded down pickup truck tailgates for makeshift pregame seating during the team’s inaugural season in 1919.Arguments over who has the best tailgating traditions are as old as the sport itself and the creativity is as varied as the fans themselves. From Bevo Boulevard (Texas) and the…

Signage outside Western Alliance Bank headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, March 13, 2023.Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBig banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs had just finished taking victory laps after a blockbuster quarter when concerns emerged from an obscure corner of Wall Street, sending a collective shiver through global finance.Regional bank Zions late Wednesday disclosed a near total wipeout on $60 million in loans after finding “apparent misrepresentations” from the borrowers. The next day, peer Western Alliance said that it had sued the same borrower, a commercial real estate firm called the Cantor Group, for alleged fraud.The result…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:15 PM ET, Thu October 16, 2025 Disney Cruise Line officially has a new ship.The shipbuilding team at Meyer Werft handed over Disney Destiny to the cruise line on Wednesday in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The “heroes and villains”-themed ship will debut in November at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Disney Destiny will offer 4- and 5-night cruises to The Bahamas and Western Caribbean. The delivery is just the “latest milestone in our long-standing partnership with Disney Cruise Line,” says Bernd Eikens, chief executive officer of Meyer Werft. “I would like to express my sincere thanks…