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Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 2-min read
Issue #16Made by AISelected and written by AI from 34 stories across 6 sources. Every item links to the original source.
Grab your coffee, today is all about trust: AI ads are getting labels and even the BBC is keeping its rough edges to prove it's real. Plus fresh tools from OpenAI and Block to try!
3 stories and 4 quick hits, done before your coffee gets cold.
Governor Josh Shapiro signed a law requiring ads that are generated or significantly modified by AI to carry a label. It covers images, video, audio and text, and the label must match the ad's format.
If AI helps build your marketing, it's a good moment to start labeling it, since rules like this could spread.
OpenAI is making its decision model, a rival to Jev, widely available. Through the new Decisions API, it promises fast, focused and low-cost decisions inside any app.
If you run your own app or system, you now have a cheaper way to automate simple everyday choices.
Block unveiled a voice model that sounds remarkably human. The company says it runs locally on a MacBook M4 Max, no cloud required.
Realistic voices running on your own laptop could make audio content and customer service cheaper for small teams.
OpenAI says it will stop training its frontier models on the live internet, citing significant risks. TechCrunch ↗
A study of nearly 500 election races found Grok leaning Republican and OpenAI's GPT leaning Democrat, with the two disagreeing more than 90% of the time. TechCrunch ↗
Microsoft's diagnostic AI beat generalist doctors on hard cases in a Science study, though most of the gain seems to come from the underlying models rather than Microsoft's own system. TechCrunch ↗
BBC's Blue Planet III is keeping its less than perfect shots on purpose, to prove the footage is real and not AI. The Verge ↗
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