OpenAI Turns ChatGPT into Ad Billboard While Anthropic Builds AI by Whispering Sweet Code

KEY POINTS

•On January 16, 2026, OpenAI announced plans to introduce ads labeled 'sponsored' on ChatGPT, with an ad-free paid option.
•Anthropic launched its Cowork tool powered by Claude Code, which gained social media buzz for automating non-technical tasks.
•Google Gemini integrated AI into Gmail and YouTube for 3 billion users, while BlackRock warned the US lacks skilled workers for AI-driven construction.

In a move Shakespeare could only envy for drama, OpenAI announced January 16, 2026, that ChatGPT will soon dish out ads labeled 'sponsored,' presumably to pay for data centers because ‘the AI empire doesn’t fund itself.’ Meanwhile, Anthropic dropped its viral Cowork tool powered by Claude Code—the AI version of Inception—where AI literally helped build AI while cleaning your digital mess in a demo that had internet nerds swooning over 'vibe coding.' Not to be outdone, Google Gemini invaded Gmail and YouTube, doling out AI email summaries to a cool 3 billion users, proving AI inbox snooping is more popular than ever. Meanwhile, Anthropic reversed course on AI apocalypse talk, claiming AI tweaks jobs rather than wipes them, just as BlackRock panics about the US lacking skilled workers for the AI-fueled construction bonanza. Plus, Samsung flexed its Galaxy S25 Ultra Titanium, because nothing says 'future' like a shiny bunker phone. Toss in Apple outsourcing Siri to Google and Microsoft’s awkward data center apologies, and welcome to the AI Wild West—bring popcorn, not pitchforks.

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Mockingbird News

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ChatGPT is becoming your mother-in-law selling you stuff while Anthropic’s AI codes itself like some techy version of a narcissist admiring its own brain.

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