Fri. 07/18 – ChatGPT Agent

OpenAI has a new agent that can control your entire computer. You might soon be able to put crypto in your 401k. Why is Apple suing a prominent YouTuber? And in the Weekend Longreads, the one article that has done the most to radicalize me, as an investor, in a long, long time.

Links:

• OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you (The Verge)
• OpenAI ChatGPT Agent announcement LIVE — all the big news from today's livestream (Tom's Guide)
• Netflix says it’s streamed 95 billion hours in 2025, and a lot of ads too (The Verge)
• Donald Trump set to open US retirement market to crypto investments (Financial Times)
• AI start-up Perplexity’s valuation tops $18bn months after latest funding round (Financial Times)
• Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks (Macrumors)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• 4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment (The New Yorker)

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