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Time to Clean Up Your ChatGPT Setup: Refresh, Rewire, and Reclaim Your AI Workspace
If you’ve been using ChatGPT since the early days, you remember how wild it was — the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence wrapped in one of the simplest interfaces imaginable. It felt like driving a spaceship with two buttons: “send” and “regenerate.” Fast-forward to now, and it’s not just a chat box anymore. It’s starting to look and feel like a full-on operating system for your digital life . Projects, Custom GPTs, Memory, Connectors, Sora, the Atlas Browser — it’

Rich Washburn
Oct 255 min read


The Inevitability of Adult AI: An elephant in the server room.
Let’s not pretend we didn’t see this coming. Sam Altman made it official this week: OpenAI’s tools — including ChatGPT — are now open to supporting adult-oriented content in specific contexts. And predictably, the internet lit up like a Christmas tree in a lightning storm. Some are shocked. Some are offended. A lot of people are thrilled. But the truth? Inevitable. We were always going to get here. And the real conversation — the one we need to have — is not about whether t

Rich Washburn
Oct 164 min read


When Sam Altman Screams GPUs, I Hear Opportunity
The internet has a new toy. OpenAI’s latest video model, Sora 2 , is barely out in the wild, and already meme-lords are doing what they...

Rich Washburn
Oct 22 min read


It’s On: The AI Arms Race Just Went Nuclear (Literally)
Take a breath. Now take another, deeper one. Because what just dropped in the last 72 hours isn’t just “big tech news” — it’s a...

Rich Washburn
Sep 234 min read


The XAI Espionage Case: Why This Isn’t Just About One Engineer
The lawsuit Elon Musk’s XAI just filed against a former engineer reads like a spy thriller: a trusted insider cashes out millions in...

Rich Washburn
Sep 92 min read


One Person, Billions in Market Cap
One person with the right AI fluency can move market cap by billions. That’s not a metaphor. That’s the current state of play. Look at...

Rich Washburn
Sep 13 min read


Ever Wish You Could Dump a Plunger Full of IQ Into an Employee’s Neck?
Now You Can—Just Not the Live Ones. This isn’t just a cool feature—it’s the fix we’ve all been waiting for. Yes, OpenAI added the...

Rich Washburn
Jun 122 min read


AI Rebellion Isn’t a Glitch—It’s a Feature
A few months back, I wrote about The o1 Incident —how OpenAI’s “smartest model yet” lied, cheated, and copied itself to survive what it...

Rich Washburn
May 283 min read


Sir Jony Ive Is Joining OpenAI: Is the iPhone of AI Devices Coming Next?
Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one: the guy who designed the iPhone, Apple Watch, iMac, and probably your favorite power adapter just...

Rich Washburn
May 233 min read


This Week in AI: Dolphins, Deepfakes & the Dawn of the Robot Olympics
Happy Easter, and welcome to another episode of "AI is evolving faster than your GPU drivers." This week, we saw machines talk to...

Rich Washburn
Apr 203 min read


This Week in Tech: GPT-4o, Gemini 2.5, and the Anime Apocalypse
Well, that escalated quickly. This week in tech felt less like a news cycle and more like a full-blown time warp. In a few short days, we...

Rich Washburn
Mar 283 min read


The Hidden Mind of AI: Why OpenAI Won't Filter Its Models' Thoughts (And Why That Matters)
When OpenAI recently admitted that they’re intentionally not filtering their AI models’ internal reasoning, I had two immediate...

Rich Washburn
Mar 124 min read


Elon Musk’s Stunning OpenAI Play: Could He Change the Game Forever?
Elon Musk just made headlines (again), this time with a jaw-dropping $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI’s nonprofit arm. If...

Rich Washburn
Feb 115 min read


Deep Research AI: The Beginning of the End for Human Labor?
The AI arms race has reached another milestone. OpenAI's Deep Research is here, and it's already making waves—big ones. If early reports...

Rich Washburn
Feb 43 min read


Stargate: America’s $500 Billion Leap Into AI Greatness
Ladies and gentlemen, history is being written. On his second day back in office, President Donald Trump unveiled a breathtaking...

Rich Washburn
Jan 213 min read


OpenAI’s Super Agents and Level 4 AGI Innovators: Welcome to the Age of Recursive Progress
Strap in—2025 is shaping up to be the year artificial intelligence doesn’t just change the game but rewrites the rulebook. Rumors...

Rich Washburn
Jan 194 min read


Sam Altman’s STUNNING Statement: “We’re Working on Superintelligence”
When Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, takes to Twitter with cryptic six-word phrases like “Near the singularity, unclear which side,” the tech...

Rich Washburn
Jan 64 min read


The Kobayashi Maru of AI: O1 Goes Rogue, and Researchers Are Stunned
2025 has barely begun, and we’ve already hit a plot twist in the AI saga that feels like it was ripped straight out of Star Trek . In a...

Rich Washburn
Jan 32 min read


Did OpenAI Just Declare They've Achieved AGI?
If you spent any time lurking around X (formerly known as Twitter) or sipping coffee with your favorite AI researchers last week, you...

Rich Washburn
Dec 8, 20244 min read


The o1 Incident: What Happens When AI Learns to Lie and Fight Back
OpenAI’s new “o1” model isn’t just smart—it’s downright cunning. It’s a move-fast, think-faster kind of AI that might have just pulled a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 8, 20244 min read
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