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Xabi Alonso disagrees with Chelsea player over controversial penalty decision
Levil Colwill was penalised for a foul on Brian Brobbey and then hauled off at half-tiem
Sheetz offers veterans a free meal and car wash
On Nov. 11, Sheetz will give veterans and active-duty military a free half turkey sub and fountain drink, plus a free car wash at stores that have one.
Penn State Opens as Favorite Over Minnesota
The Nittany Lions did just enough to escape against Washington for their second consecutive victory on Saturday. The oddsmakers like the win streak to continue when Minnesota comes to Happy Valley on Saturday. Penn State has opened as a 7.5-point favorite, according to FanDuel. Penn State raced out to an impressive 28-6 halftime lead on […]
Main Line Health’s Shelly Buck next in line to chair HAP’s Board of Directors
HAP represents 235 member hospitals from across the state, as well as the patients and communities they serve, advocating on their behalf to state and federal lawmakers and agencies.
NC Gov. Josh Stein to navigate a new era in state politics, as Democrats control House
The second half of NC Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s term will be much different after his party flipped control of the state House.
Recap: Sporting KC ends season with 1-0 victory in San Diego
Sporting Kansas City (7-22-5, 26 pts.) concluded the 2026 MLS season with a 1-0 victory over San Diego FC (9-14-11, 38 pts.) at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday night. Andre Luiz scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in the second half to vault Sporting out of
Michigan State Leads Michigan After First Half, 6-0
Heavy underdogs defy the odds in a defensive stalemate as the Spartans leverage aggressive playcalling and a relentless pass rush to stifle the Wolverines' high-powered offense.
Wake Forest Hammers Merrimack, 77-0
The best thing you can say about the Wake Forest game against Merrimack is that it’s over, with the win, and no significant injuries. The Demon Deacons, without their starting quarterback, slapped Merrimack around in a game that was over at halftime. Wake beat Merrimack 77-0. The Deacs scored seven times in the first half …
Penn State Survives Washington's 2nd Half Surge For Fifth Win
The Penn State Nittany Lions secured a win over the Washington Huskies.
Arch Manning gives Texas the comeback it needed
Texas was in danger of letting another close game define its season. Arch Manning and the Longhorns answered with three straight second-half touchdowns and a road win that keeps the playoff conversation alive.
Three halftime observations from Ohio State vs Oregon on Saturday
It is a close game as Ohio State welcomes Oregon to Columbus for their Top-25 matchup. Here are three observations from the first half of play.
Undefeated #8 UCLA pulled away to beat Minnesota 34-20
The UCLA Bruins continued their undefeated season by going on the road to beat the Minnesota Gophers 34-20. Quarterback Ty Dieffenbach needed just eight completions to get 300 yards and three touchdowns as the Bruin offense put up 24 points in the second half to pull away from Minnesota. The first half was split, with […]
Seedy K’s GameCap: Morehead State
Louisville 107, Morehead State 57. The game, frankly, wasn’t that close. The Cards were ahead 46-33 at intermission. U of L registered points on their first 3 possessions after the break. With 17:49 to go, the Eagles’ first deuce after halftime cut the margin to 53-35. State’s next tally came with 6:48 to play. During […]
Tectonic forces near Japan helped fuel the formation of the Grand Canyon
A double subduction zone off the coast of Japan caused rifting halfway around the world to accelerate, fueling the formation of some of North America's most iconic features.
Oracle: Priced For The AI Bet To Disappoint, With A Database Business Underneath
AI-driven Oracle Cloud Infrastructure backlog is significant but concentrated, with half tied to OpenAI. Find out why ORCL stock is a hold.
📸 Premier League uproar: Tel injured, clear red card missed?
Huge controversy in the Premier League!This Saturday afternoon, Tottenham travel to Leeds for Matchday 10 of the Premier League. While the first half had been played at a relatively gentle pace, the m...
A new campus health building at Aims Community College seeks to address a gap in student needs
About half of Aims Community College’s students report they don’t have insurance, are underinsured, or on Medicaid. Half also say they face mental health challenges. To address those student needs, officials at the two-year college in Greeley took an uncommon step for a community college.
Xero CEO: Why America’s entrepreneurship boom is only half the story
Right now, we’re flying blind on owner outcomes.
NBA: LeBron James held to single-digit points for only 10th time as Philadelphia 76ers lose to Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James held to eight points as Philadelphia 76ers lose 119-95 on his return to Cleveland; the 41-year-old received smattering of boos from Cavaliers fans during first half; James spent 11 seasons over two stints with the Cavs
Frank Lampard fumes over controversial Everton decisions
Frank Lampard criticised three “big decisions” that went against Coventry City in their defeat to Everton on Friday night. The Sky Blues went ahead through Yann Gboho early in the second half at t...
IRS expands Tax Pro Account to allow payments on behalf of business clients
The IRS has expanded the Tax Pro Account to allow authorized tax professionals to make certain payments on behalf of business clients, building on a series of recent enhancements to the online service.
Missouri’s Austin Simmons set to return for 2027 in massive move
Coach Eli Drinkwitz’s Missouri Tigers are 6-2 on the season and slight underdogs against Texas in Week 10 action . The Tigers tied with three other teams for fifth place in the SEC, a half-game behind the Ole Miss Rebels and Alabama Crimson Tide for fourth place. Quarterback Austin Simmons has wowed fans with insane throws this season and now has a […] The post Missouri’s Austin Simmons set to return for 2027 in massive move appeared first on ClutchPoints.
IRS lets Tax Pro Accounts make business client payments
The Internal Revenue Service has added a new feature to the Tax Pro Account allowing tax professionals to make some payments on behalf of business clients.
Maximum Entertainment AB (MAXENT_B) Cancels Q3 2026 Report as It Moves to Half-Year Reporting
Maximum Entertainment AB is moving from quarterly to half-year reporting and will not publish its Q3 2026 interim report, previously scheduled for November 30. Its next report will be the FY2026 year-end report on March 31, 2027; the change follows its U.S. subsidiary agreeing to a court-supervised…
Maximum Entertainment Moves to Half-Year Reporting and Will Not Publish an Interim Report for the Third Quarter of 2026
Stockholm, Sweden (November 6, 2026) - Maximum Entertainment AB (Nasdaq: MAXENT B) ("Maximum Entertainment" or the "Company") today announces that it is moving from quarterly to half-year financial reporting. As a consequence, the interim report for the third quarter of 2026, previously scheduled f…
Google says almost no one wants NFC in the Fitbit Edge but readers strongly disagree
A reader poll shows that for over half of respondents, not having NFC on the Fitbit Edge means they won't buy it.
50% of long COVID patients show improvement in 3 years — but the condition tends to linger in those with this subtype
About half of people with long COVID see meaningful improvement in their symptoms after three years, a new study found.
This gen’s top 10 PlayStation Studios games
As we near the six-year anniversary of the PS5, we thought we’d dive into our estimates for the top-grossing PlayStation Studios games since the start of the gen. Together, the 10 games we’re covering today have generated over $6.5 billion across PlayStation (84.7%), Steam (14.1%), and Xbox (1.2% via just Helldivers 2). Let’s have a look at the top 10. Spidey and Kratos sequels take the top two spots God of War Ragnarok takes the top spot with $1.4B in revenue via 21.6M copies – 20.1M on PlayStation (75.2% via PS5) and the rest on Steam. Around 27.5% of the copies sold on PlayStation were physical. It’s another PlayStation evergreen seller, too. This year, Ragnarok has already sold 1.1M copies, generating $60M (68% on PlayStation), outperforming new 2026 titles like Gears of War E-Day and Saros. Overall, our estimates show that Ragnarok has been accessed by 6.7M PlayStation Plus players (it was added to the Extra tier about two years ago). So it’s performed that well this year despite subscription cannibalisation. That’s the pull of God of War IP. And that Bautista series on Amazon is going to be massive - bigger than Fallout, I reckon. Next up is Spider-Man 2 with $1.3B across PS5 (over $1.2B) and Steam (nearly $70M). Spider-Man 2 has sold over 19.1M copies overall, so it should pass 20M early next year. Spider-Man 2 is an evergreen title that always spikes around the holidays (mostly concentrated around Christmas week): In December 2023, it sold 2.1M copies, up 20% from November 2023 (the month after release) In December 2024, Spider-Man 2 sold 460K copies (natural decay), up 60% from November 2024. Despite the Steam version launching in January 2025, it still sold more copies – and made more revenue – the month before. In December 2025, it sold 328K copies, up 30% from November 2025. This year’s December and Christmas will be somewhat limited by Spidey’s February 2026 addition to PS+ Extra, where 6.3M people accessed it for the first time. While subscription inclusions always cannibalise premium revenues to some extent, Spider-Man 2 did manage to sell 578K copies in August 2026 – the most its sold since Q1 2024, following hype from the Spider-Man Brand New Day movie. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe God of War Ragnarok and Spider-Man 2 continue to be huge evergreen tentpoles for Sony. Together, both titles have sold 3.4M this year (2.3M for Spidey and 1.1M for Ragnarok), generating a combined $172.9M ($115.8M for Spidey and $57.1M for Ragnarok). Again, some premium games would take a leaf out of Kratos’ book (not Spidey’s!) and would kill for these numbers in year 1. And we can see why Sony wants to take a leaf from Steam’s book, killing physical to get higher margins from catalogue sales, ensuring they get their cut, and having more control over supply and demand (and pricing for their first-party titles). Hot rods, hellpods, and horizons Gran Turismo 7 takes #3 this generation with $841.9M in revenue via 12.7M copies sold. For more info on GT7, you can check out our write-up from earlier this week. Around 1.1M people have already played GT7 this month, less than six days in. Next up – at #4 – is the first second-party game on this list. Helldivers 2 has generated $786.3M via 23M copies sold across Steam (66.1% of the copies), PS5 (25.7%), and the 1.5-year-later Xbox port (8.3%). And there are plenty of players very dedicated to the Super Earth cause, as over 4M folks have played Helldivers 2 for over 100 hours, while 462K played for over 500 hours. That dedication to democracy is pretty topical… Anyway, Helldivers 2 still attracts about 700K players per day (more if there’s a significant update), and its August addition to PlayStation Plus Extra has led to 1.6M new players overall. This year, Helldivers 2 has sold over 2.5M copies, generating $81.1M in revenue. It’s another evergreen hit for Sony, and draws in engagement numbers similar to Arc Raiders. The Helldivers 2 model, in my opinion, should be the way PlayStation approaches its live-service and second-party releases. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Horizon Forbidden West rounds off the first half of the top 10, generating $485.8M. That said, PlayStation completely stifled Horizon Forbidden West’s revenue by adding it to PlayStation Plus way too early (one year after launch). You can see the revenue drop-off clearly in our platform: As you can see: Forbidden West was still a healthy catalogue earner right before it was added to PS+ Extra, making about $1.23M a week on PlayStation across late 2022 and into January 2023. After it was added to Extra_, Forbidden West_’s weekly revenue halved to around $610K, basically overnight. Excluding launch month, Horizon Forbidden West generated about $67.2M on PlayStation in the period before the PS Plus addition. In the same period after it joined the service, that fell to $28.1M, a 58% drop. So, PlayStation didn’t trade a little bit of premium revenue for subscriber value here. It gave up well over half of it, and it cut momentum instantly for one of its premier franchises. Could you imagine the kind of cannibalisation if it launched day in date on Extra? Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe And the cannibalisation wasn’t a temporary blip that bounced back once the game left the service in September 2024. By then, 19 months on PS Plus had already hoovered up most of the install base that would have bought it, so there was barely a premium audience left to monetise. PlayStation even added it back to PS Plus on October 21 this year, and sure enough, weekly revenue dropped again (by around a third); though, the numbers are small now that Forbidden West is nearly four years old. Worth the trade-off. The usual suspects, platformers, and an Asia-driven second-party hit As for the rest of the list: Ghost of Yotei has now generated $410.1M via 5.5M copies on PS5. Yotei popped off a bit a few weeks ago due to a content update, which we covered here. The Last of Part Us I, a remake that we covered here, has generated $341.3M in revenue (67.2% via PlayStation) via 6.4M copies. It was also added to PS+ Extra about two years after launch, where 7.8M people accessed it for the first time. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has made $334.9M (93.6% via PlayStation 5). It’s now passed 5M copies sold overall. It’s sold 250K copies this year, generating $13.5M in revenue. Time for another Ratchet? Stellar Blade has generated $316.9M via PS5 (59.7%) and Steam (40.3%). However, the share of Stellar Blade’s 5.4M copies sold is far closer (50.4% on PlayStation, 49.6% on Steam) – despite the Steam version releasing a year later. China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong account for 48% of Steam copies and 35% of PlayStation copies (about 41% overall). These markets are regionally priced lower than others, hence the difference. Astro Bot rounds out the top 10 with $292.6M in revenue via over 4.7M copies sold. We covered Astro’s recent performance here, covering how Astro Bot is another evergreen seller and has been a hit with families. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Even these bottom five games have generated a combined $281.7M this year in catalogue sales. PlayStation wants those numbers to be bigger in the coming years, which is one of the reasons it’s killing the disc (alongside the better margins it and publishers get through digital). No more used discs means more D2C revenue for PlayStation. On that note, we recently chatted to the New York Times again about PlayStation’s digital future, so keep your eyes peeled for that! The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. Want to see why these companies (and many others) are subscribed to Alinea? Get a free platform trial! [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]
Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and U.S. senator, dies at 89
Rockefeller came from one of the nation’s richest families to spend a half century in public service in one of the poorest states.
Measles, mumps and misinformation: how Crunchy Moms became ‘the most dangerous’ group on Facebook
Meta says it removes content that could cause imminent physical harm – but nearly half a million members have joined a group that regularly promotes misinformation
Five Plays: Stanford Third Quarter
It took until the second half, but Louisville started to get more aggressive with their linebackers. On this play, Stanquan Clark times up the snap before shooting the gap to make a play in the backfield. He’s just unlucky because the play goes to the other side, which leaves him grasping for air. Stanford uses […]
Survey: Half of Vermont businesses hiked prices this year
More than 40% of companies described the current business climate as poor in a new Vermont Chamber of Commerce survey. Most say they are already dabbling in AI.
Survey: Half of Vermont businesses hiked prices this year
More than 40% of companies described the current business climate as poor in a new Vermont Chamber of Commerce survey. Most say they are already dabbling in AI.
“They’d Have a Much Better Chance of Winning”: Skip Bayless Laments Diego Pavia Being Cut by Ravens Amid Struggling vs. Jaguars on TNF
With Lamar Jackson out with an injury, the Baltimore Ravens started Joe Fagnano at quarterback for Thursday Night Football’s showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, as the game approaches halftime, the Ravens are struggling offensively, trailing 17-3.
Family carnival business struggling with inflation and labor shortage
Blake Huston runs a third-generation traveling carnival, but soaring fuel, labor, and insurance costs are threatening the family business. Half of U.S. carnivals have closed in nine years. NBC News' Christine Romans reports.
Celtics Star Makes Honest Admission About Mitchell Robinson’s Early Struggles
The Boston Celtics gutted out a 109-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum sat with rest. Payton Pritchard left in the third quarter with an eye abrasion. Boston built a 21-point halftime lead, watched it disappear, and had to fight through a fourth quarter where Milwaukee briefly took […] The post Celtics Star Makes Honest Admission About Mitchell Robinson’s Early Struggles appeared first on HEAVY.
Florida’s Jon Sumrall makes QB change for Oklahoma clash
The Florida Gators are set to switch things up at quarterback yet again. Jon Sumrall is expected to start Tramell Jones Jr. over Aaron Philo against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. Jones Jr. took over from Philo after the latter struggled in the first half against the Georgia Bulldogs and threw two interceptions. […] The post Florida’s Jon Sumrall makes QB change for Oklahoma clash appeared first on ClutchPoints.
To squish or not to squish: The science behind squishies
For college students, sitting through a long lecture can be harder than it sounds. About halfway through, your leg starts bouncing under the desk, or your thumb starts clicking your pen without you…
Russell & Tuipulotu back for Scotland v All Blacks
Captain Sione Tuipulotu and fly-half Finn Russell return to the Scotland side for Saturday's Nations Championship meeting with New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Oregon was once a Republican stronghold. This politician started shifting the balance in 1954
For much of the first half of the 20th century, Oregon was effectively a one-party Republican state. Democrats had not won a U.S. Senate seat in 40 years, had not won a U.S. House seat in 18 years, and had controlled the state legislature for only four of 74 years since 1880. Into this landscape emerged Richard Neuberger, a Portland-born journalist of Jewish heritage whose prolific writing career, progressive convictions and remarkable personal drive would reshape Oregon politics.
What CVS Health (CVS) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) plans to separate its retail pharmacy operations from its insurance and pharmacy services businesses, creating two publicly traded companies in a transaction expected to close in the first half of 2028. The announcement came as the company reported third-quarter 2026 revenue o
Musk bet big on keeping Texas red. What happens to his business empire now?
Elon Musk poured nearly half a billion dollars into the midterms to support Republican candidates, most to help Ken Paxton defeat Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.
Physicists sank a telescope 1.5 miles under the sea to put Einstein's relativity to the test
A half-built neutrino telescope on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea searched for cracks in one of physics' most basic invariances. It came up empty, but its limits rival those of detectors many times its size.
Just how hard is the rest of the Steelers’ schedule?
The second half of Pittsburgh’s schedule might not be as hard as you think.
Four evening games in winter
The next seven matchdays in the Bundesliga have been scheduled. Eintracht play four times at 18:30, while the second half of the season begins on a Sunday.The Bundesliga has confirmed the schedule for...
Nintendo’s First-Half Profit Rose on Stronger Software Sales, New ‘Mario’ Movie
The Japanese videogame maker said Thursday that net profit rose 11% from a year earlier to 220.92 billion yen, equivalent to $1.39 billion, for the six months ended September.
Mavs' Comeback Comes Up Short Against Victor Wembanyama's Spurs
Despite strong second-half performances from Marshall and Flagg, the Mavericks couldn't finish their rally and dropped to 4-4.
Nets take control in second half against Hornets en route to 114-104 win
Michael Porter Jr. had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Julius Randle added 22 points as the Brooklyn Nets won their second game of the season, 114-104, over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.
How Long Should Warsofsky Get to Turn Sharks Around?
How long should Ryan Warsofsky get to turn around the San Jose Sharks? We know half of you want Warso […]
Porto overpower Napoli despite McTominay strike
Porto gain their first victory of this season's Champions League with three second-half goals to overcome Napoli.
Appeals court strikes down Nassau County transgender sports ban
The lawsuit was brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2024 on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels, a women's roller derby team that welcomes all athletes.
CVS Health to Split Into 2 Public Companies, Separating Retail and Specialty Pharmacy
Expected in the first half of 2028, the planned separation would create a stand-alone retail pharmacy company with nearly 30,000 pharmacists.
National blue wave brings a high tide for Dems in the high desert
By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — President Donald Trump told voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” They did just that. In a national rebuke of Trump’s policies, voters gave Democrats a clear majority in the House and Senate and flipped a half-dozen governors’ mansions and every […]
CVS Health is splitting into two companies, separating its pharmacies from insurance
CVS Health expects the separation of Aetna and Caremark from about 9,000 pharmacies to be completed in the first half of 2028
Trump has defied political consequences for years. The midterms changed that
The elections were a categorical repudiation of a Republican president who has spent the first half of his second term governing without regard to consequences.
West Ham confirm Parker as boss
West Ham confirm the appointment of former midfielder Scott Parker as their head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
AI Teammates Launches Ongoing AI Implementation Program for Mid-Market Business Owners
Program builds a working AI system in the first 6 weeks, then continues as an ongoing operating partnership for owners of $1M to $20M businessesSilicon Valley, California--(Newsfile Corp. - November 4, 2026) - AI Teammates, founded by Alice Y. Chen, has launched the AI Architecture Method, a structured implementation program that builds and operates AI systems on behalf of business owners rather than training them to build their own.Image Credit: AI TeammatesTo view an enhanced version of this..
Tom Jones reclaims 36th Senate District for Republicans
Republicans took back Lancaster County’s 36th Senate District Tuesday, a year-and-a-half after a shock special election win by Democrat James Malone.
Nearly half of US adults under 65 had little to no health insurance in 2026: Report
Nearly half of U.S. adults had inadequate health insurance in 2026, as ACA marketplace enrollment declined and millions lost Medicaid coverage.
Hyperion Research: Nearly 20% Growth in HPC and AI-for-Science Server Market, Dell Takes Lead from HPE
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 3, 2026 – With its most recent update of on-premises HPC and AI-for-Science server revenues, Hyperion Research announced today that the market is growing at close to 20% year/year and that Dell has become the market share leader, with server revenues of $4.2 billion for the first half of 2026. HPE […]
Khaman Maluach breaks silence on his altercation with Draymond Green
Khaman Maluach revealed that he did not make any illegal contact on Draymond Green prior to the Golden State Warriors player committing a hard foul on him early in the second half of the game. With the second half having just started, the Phoenix Suns had the ball, and Maluach was trying to take possession in the paint, with Green trying to defend him.
Packers vs. Patriots bold predictions for NFL Week 9
This is one of the most interesting and compelling games of the schedule for Week 9 and the first half of the NFL season. The Green Bay Packers are starting to find their offensive rhythm with Jordan Love improving on a week-by-week basis, but the team is still waiting for Micah Parsons to return to help the defense assert itself. The New England […] The post Packers vs. Patriots bold predictions for NFL Week 9 appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Prop. 38: This billionaire-backed measure would approve $8.4 billion for health research
California’s Prop. 38 would provide $8.4 billion to find cures for cancer and other diseases. Half the money would go to one institute.
TOP 25: WEEK 11
We will keep it short this week as our bracketology post goes live later today, but as we move into the back half of the season, this is our Top 25 entering CFP rankings week. DOMINANCE REIGNS SUPREME UCLA, LSU, Utah, Wake Forest. These four teams are a combination of zero losses with a weaker […]
OpenAI: ChatGPT Search Is About 20% of Google’s, 250 Million People Speak With ChatGPT, and Chat Is Merging With Work
OpenAI says ChatGPT growth is accelerating. The company added 200 million users over just the past two months, jumping from 1 billion to 1.2 billion weekly active users in 60 days. Its search volume, it says, is approximately 20% of Google’s. Its users create 1.5 billion images with it per week. And its voice mode, between dictation and speaking with ChatGPT, now has 250 million combined weekly active users. ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry told me this during a brief fireside chat at an OpenAI-hosted dinner in New York City on Monday night. “The growth is just going big,” he said. During our conversation, Fry also revealed plans to merge ChatGPT’s Chat and Work modes (so that confusing toggle up top will soon go away), agreed with feedback that ChatGPT-created restaurant signage looks too uniform, and addressed the cost to serve its personal assistant Dots. Here’s a look at our full conversation, lightly edited for clarity and length. We also cover image generation, interactive interfaces, advertising, education, and public unease about AI: Alex Kantrowitz: OpenAI has analyzed ChatGPT’s search volume and compared it with Google’s. What did you find? Adam Fry: ChatGPT has been growing quite quickly. ChatGPT’s volume of search-like queries is now roughly one-fifth the volume of queries of Google. It’s a pretty amazing statistic when you think about it, mainly because we started just about a year and a half ago. It’s hard to remember this, but ChatGPT at a time didn’t have any up-to-date information. You’d ask a question, it would say something like, “It’s past my training date,” and nobody had any idea what that meant. You’re saying ChatGPT’s search volume is one-fifth of Google’s. Bing’s share of the search market is around 5%. Does that make you multiple times larger than Bing? To say that more directly, ChatGPT has gone from one billion to 1.2 in just the last two months. That’s roughly 100 million users in 30 days, and another 100 million in another 30 days. The growth is just going big, and we’re staying very focused on how fast ChatGPT is growing. What counts as a search? I might have 20 prompts back and forth in a ChatGPT conversation. Does each one count as a query? Story continues below… A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR Move upmarket without a rebuild Moving upmarket means saying yes to what enterprise buyers ask for first: SSO, directory sync, and audit logs. WorkOS gives you all three, so your team keeps building the product instead of the checklist. Get enterprise-ready. Continued from above…. Adam Fry: What people came to ChatGPT for to start, if you go back about two years, is really writing help and coding help. Those wouldn’t be things that you really search for. What we’ve seen over the last year is people have grown into all these other topics. Things like you’re looking up a person or people or a place or a thing, and it requires up-to-date information. That’s a key element. Another big part is finance questions or health questions, where you really want to make sure it’s up-to-date information that’s quite factual, and we’ll do a web search for those questions. It’s basically anything that a user would have traditionally gone to a traditional search engine for, but is now deciding to go to ChatGPT for. Does each conversation with a search embedded count as one search, or does every question that requires a web search count? Every time you ask a question and go search the web, that’s a search. You used to work at Google. How would you say the nature of search is changing? One of the things that people really love about ChatGPT is this personalization and this understanding of the broader journey. If you look in the past, people would go for a Q&A box, and you’d ask a one-off question, like how tall is the Eiffel Tower. But there’s so much context in our lives around, “Maybe I’m taking a trip to Paris.” It’s actually helpful for ChatGPT to respond, “Here’s how tall the Eiffel Tower is, but I know you’re going on a trip to Paris.” It’s that ability for people to actually maintain context over time that has led them to start using ChatGPT in this way. You’ve also announced 250 million weekly active users of voice input, including dictation and conversations with voice mode. We are at 250 million weekly active users. What’s amazing about this is, if you look at those 250 million, what we’re seeing is it’s actually also incremental to the product. It’s no longer just a novelty. People aren’t just trying out voice. We’re seeing them use voice input day to day in their daily life, and it’s grown so quickly. Those 250 million users are using voice input, and that could just be a quick question or a long conversation. We’re seeing both behaviors. We’re seeing people just not want to type. You just hold it and start talking to it, or it turns into a longer conversation where people just sit with it. The big reason for this is the frontier capabilities of our models that we’ve shipped. We shipped what we call GPT Live 1, and then we shipped GPT Live 1.1. The big change with this is that it’s much more natural to speak with. It’s something we call backchanneling and interruptibility. Mhhhm… What you just did there is what the model does, because it’s really good at having a bidirectional conversation. That push to the frontier—we were the first to really release this at scale—has made it so much more natural for people to chat. That’s still only about 20% of the user base. From the outside, that looks small. Why is it exciting from the inside? It’s very exciting for a few reasons. We see from the data that when people start using voice, they stay around using voice. One of the things, transparently, we can do a better job of is bringing more people into discovering it. We see that the number of people who discover it could be a lot higher. But once they do, it’s a really new way for people to interact with AI. We’ve made a lot of improvements to it too, where we’re just going to see the number go up. You have background mode, so now by default, if you close the app, it’ll show, “Hey, the conversation’s still going.” If you want to walk around the house or you’re putting away the groceries, you can still have a chat. That kind of continuity has also changed how much people use it. Dots launched on September 29 and is about a month old. How’s it doing? It’s doing great. We talk to people about their Dot, and the first thing that everyone says is, “I love my Dot.” One of the reasons we’re seeing this is the proactivity, its ability to reach out to you and figure out things. The biggest use case I see all the time is, “Did I forget something today that I was supposed to do?” You can just say to your Dot, “Remind me of things at the end of the day that I may have forgotten. Somebody emailed me or messaged me,” and it’ll do that. This Dot changes the paradigm of the relationship with AI, where it’s actually helping you and giving you time back. You’re more conservative with permissions than some competitors. I tried to give my Dot my credit card, and it wouldn’t take it. With the creator of OpenClaw in-house, why are Dots’ permissions more limited? This is a space where we want to be very thoughtful and conservative because it’s a new space where you’re entrusting your Dot to take care of things on behalf of you that matter and are meaningful. We’ve just talked about how you go to this 1.2 billion user growth and asking questions. Now we’re asking people, “Can you ask ChatGPT or your Dot to help get things done?” But when you ask it to help get things done, it’s a whole new level of trust. We’ve built up a tremendous amount of trust in giving the right answers to your questions, and we want to make sure that when we build this new product, it has a high degree of trust. It’s a long game. We think this is going to be a new market for a very long time, and we want to make sure that we’re being this trusted player in the market to start. I initially thought Dots would be available on my $20 plan, then realized I had to spend $100 a month to get it. I upgraded, but I’d like to downgrade at some point…. We hope to keep earning your business and make the value good enough. It’s a really good point. ChatGPT’s goal more broadly, which I think is unique for us in the market, is we are focused on bringing intelligence to everyone safely across the entire world. For Dots in particular, there’s no difference. We don’t have anything to share tonight about the date of when Dots will go to a broader set of users. But you can rest assured we’re working very hard, and there are a couple things we have to get right. Over time we’re going to work on more efficient, agentic models that are able and capable of doing things for you. The first one is, right now we wanted to make sure that your Dot is actually really helpful. We started with some of our best models, but over time we’re going to work on more efficient, agentic models that are able and capable of doing things for you. The second thing is around proactivity. We’re still dialing in: How much do I message you to help you get things done? We can always play around with that to understand how much usage should a user use to have a successful Dot. We’re going to work on both, and our goal and ambition is to bring it out to all users. How much background computing does a Dot require? I’ve read estimates that serving a $100 subscriber might cost OpenAI $3,000 in compute, and mine seems to read every email that arrives. How often is it checking connected data sources? Right now, Dots are on the compute-heavier side, and this is one of the things we want to make sure that we can dial back over time. But the goal is to give you the best product. This is our premium, always-on personal assistant. Once we nail that, we’ll figure out how to dial back the compute needs. The thing we’re seeing also from our models, as we train frontier models, is just how—I can’t even keep up with how quickly we have a new model, and each new model is more efficient. If you looked at 6.1 Sol when it came out relative to Astra, much more efficient. I’m very excited about the next set of models we have coming too that’ll be even more efficient that we can use. Elon Musk said the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue. Is efficiency the key to winning against competitors, or is there more to it? There are a couple of factors that go into it. One is the cost side, but the other is the revenue side. On ChatGPT and on our consumer business, we’ve been extremely proud of our ability to diversify different revenue streams in a way that’s growing really fast. To give you another stat, we announced several months back that we had passed 50 million subscriptions, and the number has grown considerably since then. On ads, within 200 days, we reached more than a billion in ARR, and that business is growing extremely quickly. We also have credits. Rather than paying for subscriptions, users can buy more credits. Between credits, subscriptions, and ads, I’m confident that the value of a Dot is going to be able to pay for itself. Elon has subscriptions too. This is clearly an expensive product to serve. One thing we continue to bet on at OpenAI and ChatGPT more broadly is that the models will continue to get much better and much cheaper, way faster than any of us think. If you look back at the historicals on it, it continues to be true. From what I’ve seen, I see no slowing down of that. What is Meta doing right with Muse? It has spent a lot of time atop the App Store charts. There are a couple of things they’ve done well. The first is people have been craving simplicity in their products. One of the things we have stated publicly as well is, at times AI products can be too complex. We’ve announced we’re merging ChatGPT’s Chat and Work. We’re making it much more simple in the products. You don’t have as many toggles or sliders between efforts and different model pickers. One of the things they’ve done well is this simplicity. You just go in and you can ask a question. You don’t have to think too much about what you’re doing. That’s one thing that seems to have resonated with users, which we also believe in. Second, there’s something really nice about being able to access your agent across many different channels. We just announced and launched Dots on iMessage. Whether you talk to your Dot on email or iMessage or within the ChatGPT app, the ubiquity in getting your assistant out there is going to be key. Those are two things that, if I had to be nice to our competitors, I would say were two big ones. So Alexandr Wang’s meme-tweeting strategy isn’t something you’re going to emulate? I have a different tweeting style. ChatGPT still asks me to choose between Chat and Work, even though some people call this technology AGI. Will that distinction go away? Couldn’t agree more. We have to solve this. Asking users to choose — we’ve heard repeatedly from all of our users it’s too much to understand. When should you go to Chat? When should you go to Work? It’s solvable. There’s real research to solve to make sure the models can understand what your intent is. Are you asking for a fast, quick reply? Are you asking me to go do a long agentic task? We’re going to solve it, and the plan is to bring Chat and Work together. So one interface will work out whether I’m asking for a conversation or a task. When? Coming soon. You told me the majority of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users are using image functionality. What are they doing? Today, 1.5 billion images are created per week. It’s hard to even wrap my head around that number. They’re doing a wide range of things. One of the most interesting things they’ve started to do is really use it for productivity use cases. The first thing it started with—I don’t know if you saw the ’80s trend, but it was quite fun. You could take a photo of yourself and say, “Put me and my family in ’80s outfits.” I did this for my family, and it was a really fun poster. But what we’re also seeing is businesses for their menus, or posters for birthdays. People are using it almost in a productivity-like fashion to create visual diagrams of what they would like to see. We’ve actually brought the latency down on images as well, so it’s gotten a lot faster. It went from a very high number of seconds to getting much faster. As it comes down even further, the number of images people are creating and the number of use cases is going to grow a lot. My feature request: When a restaurant makes a menu or sign, prompt it for more specificity so it doesn’t look like every other AI-generated restaurant sign. Or offer a shuffle button for a different style. I agree with the feedback, and we’ll take it to the team. I’m seeing ChatGPT generate little interactive interfaces within its answers. What’s the direction for Intelligent UI, and how are people using it? I am extremely excited about Intelligent UI. If you go back a couple years, these chat apps were all text, and now that’s changing. They’re going to be visuals. Intelligent UI and our first attempt at this with GPT-6 Intelligent UI is really just the beginning. As you go to the extreme, what you can imagine is, let’s say you’re using voice mode, and you just say, “Show me how offside works.” Immediately it should show you a visual diagram, and you say, “No, I don’t quite understand it.” It should just repopulate. That’s where the future of this technology goes. It’s almost like you’re talking to a canvas that will update and change. People are finding it helpful for a lot of things. My favorite one is—it’s hard to admit that I had no idea how hearts work. The last biology course I took was in high school. I just asked it, “How does the heart work?” and it instantly gave me a beautiful interactive diagram of where blood flows and how it goes through. I’m really, really bullish on this for learning in particular. You’ve described useful applications in finance, health, and learning, and ChatGPT has 1.2 billion users. If people are getting so much value, why is public polling on AI so negative? The reality with AI is it is going to change the nature of how work gets done. For a lot of people, that is something that can feel scary at times, and we’ve all felt that. But I remain confident that when people actually use the product and they use AI, it very quickly changes how they perceive it. We’re at 1.2 billion, but there are still a lot of people who haven’t used it. The more people use it, get familiar with it, how it can actually help you in your life, it’s going to feel a lot less scary. Big Technology is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Thanks!! Subscribe
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