OpenAI has launched “Your Year with ChatGPT,” a feature that gives users a personalised summary of their activity, including awards, poems, and images based on their chats. It is available to Free, Plus, and Pro users in select English-speaking countries, and participation is optional with privacy controls in place.

OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $100 billion at a valuation of $750 billion. The company is also preparing for a public listing that could value it at around $1 trillion.

OpenAI is in talks with Amazon over a potential $10 billion investment, which could value the AI company at more than $500 billion. The deal may include using Amazon’s AI chips and cloud services, allowing OpenAI to diversify its technology partners beyond Microsoft and Nvidia.

Disney invested US$1 billion in OpenAI and licensed hundreds of its characters for use in an AI video platform. The deal lets users create short videos with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters, with a selection shown on Disney+.

Tempo has launched its public testnet, allowing companies to build stablecoin payment applications on a blockchain designed specifically for fast, low-fee transactions. The project has drawn support from banks, fintech firms, and tech companies, with early tests covering remittances, tokenised deposits, and AI-driven billing.

ChatGPT users saw prompts in their chats that looked like ads, causing confusion and concern. OpenAI said these were just experimental app suggestions, not paid advertisements, and has now removed the feature.

A US judge has ordered OpenAI to hand over 20 million anonymised ChatGPT conversation logs to several news organisations as part of a copyright lawsuit. The case examines whether the AI reproduced copyrighted articles without permission, despite OpenAI’s concerns over user privacy.

OpenAI plans to grow ChatGPT’s paying users from 35 million to 220 million by 2030 through new features like shopping tools and enterprise services. The company is investing heavily in AI development while facing rising costs and competition from other tech giants.

ChatGPT has launched a new “shopping research” mode that guides users through product choices and comparisons during the busy retail season. The tool pulls data from online stores to create buyer guides, with plans to add in-app checkout soon.