ChatGPT stories
Travellers can now compare 4,000 ferry routes in ChatGPT, as the booking service pushes a fragmented market into AI planning tools.
Heavy AI usage could soon squeeze power grids and water supplies as queries multiply across business and everyday search.
Users may notice fewer errors as the chatbot’s default switches to GPT-5.5 Instant, which OpenAI says cuts hallucinations by 52.5%.
Australian employers face privacy, dismissal and confidentiality exposure as staff use AI without training or clear rules, lawyers warn.
Adults using ChatGPT can now name a trusted contact, giving OpenAI a new way to alert someone in serious self-harm cases.
Businesses struggling with fragmented records can now give AI agents a shared data layer, as Airbyte adds search and write tools for workflows.
The revamp puts AI agents into everyday workflows for 250,000 customers as monday.com seeks to turn a work tool into a broader platform.
Advertisers are being given an early chance to test contextual placements in ChatGPT as brands seek new ways to reach shoppers researching purchases.
AI has made stolen credentials and careless copy-paste habits a bigger risk than password strength, with scams and breaches accelerating.
Businesses can now run supplier, tax and sanctions checks through AI tools, as apexanalytix opens access to more than 280 million records.
Broader attacker activity is increasingly moving beyond stolen credentials, even as identity still accounted for 58.7% of incidents in Q1 2026.
US advertisers can now buy ChatGPT placements directly, as OpenAI adds self-serve tools, click-based bidding and better measurement.
Australian firms are being urged to adopt passwordless logins as AI tools and data leakage make stolen credentials easier to exploit.
Privacy regulators in Canada say the chatbot maker failed to obtain valid consent for training data, prompting ongoing oversight and reform.
Merchants are set to gain faster checkout, broader payment options and AI shopping tools as Commerce expands its platform updates.
Australian businesses risk vanishing from search as AI tools replace blue links with one answer, cutting clicks and reshaping discovery.
Retailers with sprawling catalogues can now automate product FAQs, reducing manual content work while boosting page visibility for shoppers.
It aims to curb staff data leaks into public AI tools by giving Australian employers visibility and controls over what workers share.
AI search is turning brand coverage into a direct driver of discoverability, making earned media far more valuable than backlinks for buyers.
AI-generated shopping answers are steering more supermarket discovery, with local chains still beating Amazon in Australian grocery searches.
