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OpenAI's $200 Christmas gift

 OpenAI is introducing a premium subscription tier for its ChatGPT service and officially rolling out its "reasoning" model series with an updated release. The o1 model, which debuted as a limited preview in September under the codename "Strawberry," is now being launched in its full version to replace the preview. Starting today, this updated model will be accessible to ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers, with availability expanding to Enterprise and Edu users next week. As part of its updates, OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Pro, a new subscription plan priced at $200 per month. This plan offers unlimited access to OpenAI o1, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice Mode. It also features an exclusive version of o1, known as "o1 pro mode," which leverages additional computational power to tackle complex problems with high accuracy. The existing ChatGPT Plus tier, priced at $20 per month, will remain available, providing early access to new features and models—excep...
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Google Chrome to be sold?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has called for Google to divest its Chrome web browser to promote fair competition in the online search market. Additionally, the DOJ has suggested it may consider requiring Google to separate its Android business if necessary.

In a filing submitted Wednesday in DC District Court, the DOJ detailed its proposed final judgment following Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and search advertising. The proposal outlines a series of measures intended to curb Google’s dominance, including restrictions on certain agreements and the potential breakup of the company.

One of the key proposals emphasizes spinning off Chrome, which the DOJ identifies as a critical entry point for online searches. The DOJ also left the door open to an Android spin-off, signaling this as a potential remedy if other measures fail to restore competition. Such a move could serve as a deterrent, ensuring Google doesn’t bypass imposed regulations, and might even become an option Google chooses to avoid complying with alternative restrictions, such as limits on self-preferencing Google Search within Android.

Other remedies proposed by the DOJ include banning Google from offering payments or incentives to companies like Apple and other manufacturers to make Google’s search engine the default option. The proposal also seeks to prohibit Google from favoring its search engine on its platforms, such as YouTube or Gemini. Furthermore, the DOJ wants Google to allow competitors access to its search index at a marginal cost, share search data and ranking signals for a decade, and give websites the ability to opt out of its AI-generated summaries without risking penalties in search rankings.

In response, Google criticized the DOJ’s proposals in a blog post authored by Kent Walker, Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer. Walker described the recommendations as “wildly overboard” and accused the DOJ of pursuing a “radical interventionist agenda” that could harm American consumers and undermine the country’s technological leadership on the global stage.

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