🧠 ChatGPT on Mobile Gets a ‘Thinking’ Switch

Today’s Highlights:

• 🤖 ChatGPT on Mobile Gets a ‘Thinking’ Switch

• 🎭 Lemon Slice Raises $10.5M to Build Interactive Digital Avatars

• 🧠 OpenAI Searches for a New Head of Preparedness

• 🚀 Nvidia Goes Bigger on Open Source AI

• 🤝 Google and Meta Team Up to Break Nvidia’s Grip

• 💻 Google Launches Code-Based Toolkit for AI Agents

• 🎮 Roblox Tests AI Game Builders with Real Benchmarks

• 🔁 Amazon Shakes Up AGI Leadership and AI Strategy

• 🛑 Bernie Sanders Calls for National AI Data Center Freeze

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OPENAI

🧠 ChatGPT on Mobile Gets a ‘Thinking’ Switch

OpenAI is rolling out a new update that lets Android users control how long ChatGPT “thinks” before responding, bringing a key desktop feature to mobile.

The Details:

• Android users can now choose between Standard Thinking and Extended Thinking

• Extended Thinking gives the model more time to reason through complex or multi-step tasks

• Previously, thinking time on Android was capped automatically to save compute

• On desktop, OpenAI is also adding task-based formatting blocks, like a mini editor for emails

• The new controls are exclusive to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, not available on ChatGPT Go

• Features are rolling out gradually and may not appear for all users at once

Why it matters:

This puts more control in users’ hands. Being able to trade speed for deeper reasoning makes ChatGPT more useful for serious work on mobile, while OpenAI continues to segment premium features around compute-heavy tasks.

OPENAI

🧠 OpenAI Searches for a New Head of Preparedness

OpenAI is hiring a new Head of Preparedness to lead research into emerging AI risks, spanning cybersecurity, mental health, and frontier model capabilities.

The Details:

• The role focuses on identifying and preparing for severe AI-related risks before they scale

• Sam Altman said models are already creating real challenges in areas like cybersecurity and mental health

• The job will execute OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework for tracking high-risk frontier capabilities

• Compensation is listed at $555,000 plus equity

• The preparedness team was formed in 2023 to study risks from phishing to catastrophic scenarios

• OpenAI recently updated its framework, allowing safety requirements to shift if rivals release high-risk models without similar protections

Why it matters:

AI risks are no longer theoretical. From cybersecurity exploits to mental health impacts, OpenAI is signaling that safety now requires senior leadership, real authority, and constant adaptation as models grow more powerful and competitive pressure increases.

LEMON SLICE

🎭 Lemon Slice Raises $10.5M to Build Interactive Digital Avatars

Lemon Slice has raised $10.5M in seed funding to bring real-time video avatars into AI agents, adding a visual layer to chats that have so far been mostly text-based.

The Details:

• The round was backed by Y Combinator, Matrix Partners, Dropbox CTO Arash Ferdowsi, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, and The Chainsmokers

• Lemon Slice-2 is a 20B-parameter diffusion model that creates avatars from a single image

• The model runs on one GPU and can livestream video at 20 FPS.

• Avatars can plug into knowledge bases and act as tutors, support agents, or customer reps

• The tech is offered via API and a one-line embeddable widget.

• Voices are generated using ElevenLabs

• The startup supports both human and non-human avatars, aiming to avoid the uncanny valley

Why it matters:

AI agents are everywhere, but they still feel flat. Lemon Slice is betting that interactive video avatars are the next interface shift. If it works, this could change how people learn, shop, and get support online, moving AI from chat boxes to face-to-face experiences.

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MORE AI & TECH NEWS

• China is building a secret chip lab to recreate advanced photolithography machines using ex-ASML engineers. They’ve built a prototype, but it’s not yet capable of mass-producing AI-grade chips..

• Google launched a toolkit to build autonomous AI agents using TypeScript instead of just prompts. This “code-first” approach offers more control, reliability, and testability for developers.

• Roblox is testing AI tools with a new benchmark called OpenGameEval to measure real-world game-building tasks. It goes beyond simple code generation to evaluate multi-step creation workflows.

• A hacker exposed a startup using a “phone farm” of 1,000+ devices to fake popularity for AI-generated influencers. The phones posted undisclosed ads across TikTok to trick viewers and algorithms.

• Google and Meta launched TorchTPU to make AI chips more compatible with PyTorch, challenging Nvidia’s CUDA lock-in. This could shift developers and cloud buyers toward TPU-based systems.

• Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for a nationwide pause on new AI data centers, citing job risks and democratic lag. He wants lawmakers to reassess AI’s benefits and impact before further expansion.

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