🎛️ OpenAI Adds Tone Controls to ChatGPT

Today’s Highlights:

• 🎛️ OpenAI Adds Tone Controls to ChatGPT

• 🧹 Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy

• 📱 ChatGPT App Hits $3B in Consumer Spend

• 🔦 China’s “Taichi” Photonic Chip Could Leapfrog Nvidia

• ⏳ Internal Chaos Slows OpenAI’s ChatGPT Progress

• 🇨🇳 U.S. Reviews Nvidia H200 Sales to China With 25% Tariff Option

• 🥭 Meta Plans ‘Avocado’ and ‘Mango’ Models to Rival Google’s Nano Banana

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🎛️ OpenAI Adds Tone Controls to ChatGPT

OpenAI has added new personalization tools to ChatGPT, allowing users to adjust how warm, enthusiastic, or emoji-filled their responses are.

The Details:

• Users can now set tone elements like enthusiasm, emoji use, and formatting (headers/lists) to More, Less, or Default.

• These are layered on top of existing tone styles like Professional, Quirky, and Candid, introduced in November.

• The update appears under a new Personalization menu in ChatGPT’s settings.

• OpenAI made these changes after feedback about GPT-5 sounding too cold and earlier models being overly flattering.

• The update aims to give users more control without crossing into behavior critics call “dark patterns.”

Why it matters:

By letting users dial tone up or down, OpenAI makes ChatGPT feel more personal while steering clear of “dark patterns” in design. It’s a subtle but important shift toward user-controlled AI personalities.

OPENAI

📱 ChatGPT App Hits $3B in Consumer Spend

ChatGPT’s mobile app has crossed $3 billion in lifetime consumer spending, with most of the growth coming in 2025, making it one of the fastest-earning apps of all time.

The Details:

• $2.48B was spent in 2025 alone, up 408% from $487M in 2024.

• The app hit $3B in just 31 months—faster than TikTok (58), Disney+ (42), and HBO Max (46).

• Revenue came mainly from $20/mo ChatGPT Plus and $200/mo Pro subscriptions.

• xAI’s Grok followed a similar pace, far ahead of other AI apps.

• ChatGPT’s new app store and potential ad monetization could further accelerate revenue.

Why it matters:

This marks a major shift in consumer behavior—people are not just using AI, they’re paying for it at record speed. ChatGPT’s monetization success could redefine the mobile app economy for AI-first products.

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🧹 Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy

iRobot, the company behind the iconic Roomba vacuum, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is planning to sell off its manufacturing arm to stay afloat.

The Details:

• The filing comes months after Amazon’s $1.4B acquisition deal fell through due to regulatory pushback.

• iRobot plans to offload its Malaysia-based manufacturing business to improve cash flow.

• The company will continue selling and servicing Roomba products throughout restructuring.

• Rising competition from low-cost robot vacuums and declining demand strained revenues.

• Shares have dropped more than 70% over the past year, wiping out much of its market value.

Why it matters:

Once a pioneer in home robotics, iRobot’s collapse highlights the brutal reality of competing in hardware without scale or cloud backing—especially in a market now flooded with AI-powered alternatives.

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MORE AI & TECH NEWS

• China unveiled a light-powered “Taichi” chip that claims to outperform Nvidia’s best GPUs by 100x in speed and efficiency. If scalable, it could redefine the future of AI hardware.

• The U.S. has started a review process to allow Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China, aligning with Trump’s proposal for a 25% fee-based approval. If cleared, it could loosen Biden-era restrictions while raising security concerns.

• Microsoft, Google, and 22 others are partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy on the Genesis Mission to apply AI across clean energy, medicine, and manufacturing. The goal: accelerate breakthroughs through shared public-private AI platforms.

• Meta is launching two new models—Avocado for code and text, and Mango for images and video—targeting early 2026. This expands Meta’s multimodal AI push as it competes with tools like Google’s Nano Banana.

• OpenAI’s internal data shows improved compute margins, with more revenue generated per dollar of server cost. It’s a sign that ChatGPT is becoming more financially sustainable at scale.

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