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An ongoing conversation — both within and outside of the tech community — has been about just how and when OpenAI, which is currently valued at $500 billion, will make money. Well, there’s one surefire way to do that, and that is through advertising. In the near term, that seems to be the AI giant’s plan, as it announced this week that limited ads are headed to certain ChatGPT users. In a blog post published Friday, OpenAI said that it will begin testing ads in the U.S. for both its free and Go tiers. (Go accounts, which cost $8 a…

Getty Images Zuffa Boxing has a new world champion on its roster. The boxing promotion, founded in part by UFC president and CEO Dana White, has signed IBF and The Ring cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia.Zuffa Boxing and Opetaia announced the signing on Friday on Instagram.”I’m with Zuffa Boxing now. I’m pumped for the future. It’s exciting times,” Opetaia said. “Let’s get these big fights lined up. Unification. Undisputed soon.” Opetaia (29-0, 23 KOs) is one of the best professional boxers on the planet. The undefeated fighter is currently enjoying his second reign as IBF cruiserweight champion, after previously vacating the…

Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by jettisoning its nonprofit mission, Bloomberg first reported. The figure comes from expert witness C. Paul Wazzan, a financial economist whose bio says he has been deposed nearly 100 times and testified at trial more than a dozen times in complex commercial litigation cases. Wazzan, who specializes in valuation and damages calculations in high-stakes disputes, determined that Musk is entitled to a hefty portion of OpenAI’s current $500 billion valuation based on his $38 million seed donation when…

What does your 2016 throwback look like? People have been posting pictures from the club, and their skinny jeans and millennial pink-forward outfits. Pop culture was swept up by Beyoncé’s Lemonade and La La Land. Creative directors like Alessandro Michele at Gucci, Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent, and Phoebe Philo at Celine ruled. Got whiplash? For Meghan Markle, it was an altogether different life too.The Duchess of Sussex has joined in on the nostalgic social media trend by posting her own throwback to Instagram. In a carousel dropped yesterday (January 16), Meghan shared a black and white video from the…

The George R.R. Martin profile in yesterday’s Hollywood Reporter is full of fun tidbits about the author, including his excitement over A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, his thoughts on whether or not that Jon Snow Game of Thrones sequel series will ever happen—and a tiny drop of tea about his feud with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal. But anytime Martin sits down for questions, the inevitable subject will always arise: what’s the latest on The Winds of Winter? First things first. Martin is still smarting over that fan who asked him at last year’s WorldCon if he’d…

Brady HendersonJan 16, 2026, 05:49 PM ETCloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said Friday that he is “really optimistic” Sam Darnold will play Saturday against the San Francisco 49ers despite a new oblique injury, echoing what the Pro Bowl quarterback said a day earlier.But in his final comments of the week before the Seahawks’ divisional round playoff game against their NFC West rival, Macdonald left open the possibility that the injury…

OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside of ChatGPT “in the coming weeks.” In a blog post published Friday, the company said adult users in the US of its free and Go tiers (more on the latter in a moment) would start seeing sponsored products and services appear below their conversations with its chatbot. “Ads will be clearly labeled and separated from the organic answer,” OpenAI said, adding any sponsored spots would not influence the answers ChatGPT generates. “Answers are optimized based on what’s most helpful to you.”OpenAI says people won’t see ads appear when they’re talking to ChatGPT about…

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon attends a press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 20, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersThe Education Department announced on Friday that it will delay the implementation of wage garnishment and other involuntary collection efforts affecting defaulted student loan borrowers.The department said the delay affects involuntary collections on federal student loans through wage garnishments and the Treasury Offset Program, which is used to seize some or all of borrowers’ payments from the government, including tax refunds and Social Security benefits.Read more CNBC personal…

Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s AI assistant for taking care of simple tasks on your computer, is now available for anyone with a $20 per month Pro subscription to try. Anthropic launched Cowork as an exclusive feature for its Max subscribers, who pay a minimum of $100 per month for more uses of Claude’s expensive reasoning models and early access to experimental features. Now Claude Cowork is available at a cheaper price, though Anthropic notes “Pro users may hit their usage limits earlier” than Max users do.Like other AI agents, the novelty of Claude Cowork is its ability to work on its…

KTM rider Luciano Benavides edged out Honda rival Ricky Brabec by just two seconds to claim a sensational Dakar Rally victory on the final day.Following a largely one-sided 2025 edition won by Daniel Sanders, the motorcycle category returned to its usual intensity this year, with several riders remaining firmly in contention throughout the two-week marathon in Saudi Arabia.AdvertisementAlthough changes to the roadbook and the route have increasingly turned Dakar into a sprint rather than a pure endurance contest, it was consistency that ultimately led to Benavides and Brabec emerging as the leading protagonists in the fight for victory.At KTM, Edgar…