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OpenAI is offering its ChatGPT Go plan available free of charge for one year to users in India who sign up during a limited promotional period starting November 4, as the company looks to expand in one of its top markets. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the promotion but did not specify how long the offer would remain available. Existing ChatGPT Go subscribers in India will also be eligible for the free 12-month plan, the company said. Priced at less than $5 per month, ChatGPT Go launched in India in August as OpenAI’s most affordable paid subscription plan. The service later…

Thanks to Gary Jones for the photos. Several readers asked today about the presence of multiple boats fishing with nets off Alki Point. They’re purse seiners that show up about this time many years (here’s one of our past reports), fishing for chum salmon. If you’re interested in the rules, maps, etc., here’s the 56-page document (which we also linked when purse seiners showed up briefly two months ago). Source link

The president said he was optimistic about the future of trade with Tokyo just before signing an agreement on rare earth minerals.  President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday signed a framework agreement for securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths through mining and processing, the White House said. The agreement came after Trump’s meeting with Japan’s first female leader, as part of his wider trip to Asia. Both Washington and Tokyo are looking to strengthen their supply chains for rare earth elements, which are used everywhere, from renewable energy to electronics and cars.According…

OpenAI has released new estimates of the number of ChatGPT users who exhibit possible signs of mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts.The company said that around 0.07% of ChatGPT users active in a given week exhibited such signs, adding that its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot recognizes and responds to these sensitive conversations.While OpenAI maintains these cases are “extremely rare,” critics said even a small percentage may amount to hundreds of thousands of people, as ChatGPT recently reached 800 million weekly active users, per boss Sam Altman.As scrutiny mounts, the company said it built a network of experts…

Three weeks after two community events (WSB coverage here and here) aired concerns about street disorder near the Westside Neighbors Shelter in The Triangle, a neighbor reports results of a “productive meeting.” Abi CC’d us on their report: Dear West Seattle Neighbors and Community Partners, After a productive meeting 10/23 with the Westside Neighbors Shelter (WSNS), we wanted to share an update where shelter board members, owners and operators, myself & my partner came together to review updates from recent community / precinct meetings and plan the next steps for the shelter’s future. Our goal is to ensure the shelter…

Businesses are making good money. And that’s the strong currency behind their rising valuation. I know that experts always talk about various political or economic factors, like the China trade, or what the Fed’s gonna do, peace in the Middle East, or why might New York City elect a communist mayor. I’m not sayin’ these things don’t matter. And in most cases, President Trump is carving out success after success. So it’s a good backdrop for stocks. Fundamentally, the stock is only worth what someone will pay for it, and the overall market with millions of investors using their wisdom…

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan believes that AI assistants will finally allow us to shorten our workweek. Speaking on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Monday, Yuan discussed his videoconferencing product’s embrace of AI, which includes a “digital twin” feature where an AI avatar can speak for you. Yuan began using his AI avatar in an earnings call with investors this year, demonstrating the technology’s potential and ability to push the “boundaries of communication,” he said. At Disrupt, the exec emphasized spending a lot of time talking about AI and the right products to bring to market.…

Tonight’s featured Halloween decorations are at Zachary‘s house on Alki – and they’re not the only one on the block: “Multiple displays along 64th; there’s also dueling pirate-themed displays between ours and the neighbors across the street.” And for trick-or-treating, he adds, “We’re also registered on the Teal Pumpkin Project Map.” (If you’re participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project too, please let us know – we’ll have a list in our calendar for Halloween.) Meantime, still room for a few more decoration photos before Friday night – westseattleblog@gmail.com if you haven’t sent yours yet – thank you! (Scroll through the…

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Amazon is planning to cut nearly 10% of its corporate workforce beginning Tuesday as part of an internal restructuring, Reuters reported, citing three sources. The reported layoffs, affecting roughly 30,000 employees, would mark the largest reduction in Amazon’s corporate workforce in the company’s history, surpassing the roughly 27,000 positions eliminated in late 2022 and early 2023, according to layoff tracking site Layoffs.fyi.Sources told Reuters that Amazon has been working to reduce expenses and correct overhiring that took place during the pandemic’s surge in demand.  The cuts may impact several divisions, including Human Resources, known…

The Alan Turing Institute Chair has told the BBC there is “no substance” to a number of serious accusations which rocked the organisation in the summer.In August, whistleblowers accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds, overseeing a “toxic internal culture”, and failing to deliver on its mission.They said the Turing Institute, the UK’s national body for artificial intelligence (AI), was on the brink of collapse after Peter Kyle, the then technology secretary, threatened to withdraw its £100m funding.But speaking exclusively to the BBC, Chair Dr Doug Gurr said the whistleblower claims were “independently investigated” by a third party which…