A ZDNet writer went through the free training offered by OpenAI Academy. The courses focus on using ChatGPT and come with assessments and teaching resources, which the author found worth exploring.
Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription is now called Kindle+. One of its two headline additions is audiobooks produced with Virtual Voice, which are read by an AI rather than by human narrators as on Audible.
Teams will soon show an alert when a meeting participant uses a cloned voice or an AI-generated face. Microsoft is leaving detection to outside vendors, which companies must choose and authorise to analyse their calls.
The first seven minutes of an Odyssey made with Grok's AI have been released. TechCrunch finds the footage passable but lacking in artistry, inspiration and human interest.
Sports merchandise seller Fanatics uses OpenAI to power Shop the Look, which helps fans put together game-day outfits. In tests across about 30,000 MLB products, the feature raised engagement by 10%.
OpenAI still leads Arena's image rankings. Behind it, Nano Banana 2.1, Krea 3 Ultra and an improved Grok Imagine 2.0 are shaking up the order.