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Saidul Islam
January 18, 2026

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Todayā€™s Recipes:

  • šŸ§  Gemini launches Personal Intelligence...

  • šŸ“¢ Ads are coming to ChatGPT

  • āš–ļø Musk demands $134B from OpenA

  • Microsoft confirms free Windows update for 2026

  • 6 big ways Android phones will change in 2026

  • Trump urges tech firms to fund power plants

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  • And Moreā€¦.

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Geminiā€™s new Personal Intelligence (beta) links Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search to deliver personalized, privacy-conscious assistance for paid U.S. subscribers, expanding later to more regions and tiers.

Details

  1. What it is: A beta feature that connects Google apps to make Gemini more personal, proactive, and powerful.

  2. Apps connected: One-tap linking for Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search to tailor answers using your own content.

  3. Core strengths: Reasoning across complex sources and retrieval of specific details (e.g., license plates from Photos, trip data from Gmail).

  4. Privacy controls: Off by default; you choose apps to connect, can turn off anytime, and see referenced sources in answers.

  5. Training approach: Gemini doesnā€™t train directly on your Gmail or Photos; it uses prompts/responses with filtered data to improve functionality.

  6. Limitations: Possible inaccuracies or ā€œover-personalizationā€; users can correct preferences and provide feedback.

  7. Availability: Rolling out to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S., with plans to expand and add to AI Mode in Search; not for Workspace accounts.

  8. How to enable: Open Gemini ā†’ Settings ā†’ Personal Intelligence ā†’ Connected Apps.

Takeaway: Personal Intelligence is Googleā€™s push to make AI truly useful by securely leveraging your own data, opt-in, explainable, and expanding access soon.

OpenAI will test clearly labeled ads in ChatGPTā€™s free and Go tiers in the U.S.; paid plans stay ad-free. Privacy controls and sensitive-topic exclusions apply.

Details

  1. Rollout: Ads will appear for U.S. users on free and Go tiers; Pro, Business, and Enterprise remain ad-free.

  2. Ad labeling: Ads are separated from responses, clearly marked, and shown only when relevant to the conversation.

  3. Privacy: Conversations arenā€™t shared or sold to advertisers; users can dismiss ads or turn off personalization.

  4. Safeguards: No ads for accounts under 18 or near sensitive topics like health or politics.

  5. Context: Follows months of ā€œsuggestionsā€ controversy and internal testing of new ad formats; costs push monetization.

Takeaway: The ad-free era is ending for ChatGPTā€™s free tiers, expect transparent, opt-out ads while paid plans stay clean.

Elon Musk is demanding $79Bā€“$134B in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission; trial set for April in Oakland.

Details

  1. Damages sought: Musk wants $79Bā€“$134B, based on expert C. Paul Wazzanā€™s valuation analysis tied to Muskā€™s $38M seed donation.

  2. Basis of claim: He argues OpenAI defrauded him by shifting from its nonprofit mission and seeks returns akin to early startup investors.

  3. Allocation of ā€œwrongful gainsā€: Wazzan estimates $65.5Bā€“$109.4B for OpenAI and $13.3Bā€“$25.1B for Microsoft (owns ~27% of OpenAI).

  4. Context on wealth: Muskā€™s fortune is around $700B; even $134B would be a modest addition relative to recent $1T Tesla pay approval.

  5. OpenAI response: OpenAI warned partners Musk will make ā€œoutlandishā€ claims; it frames the suit as harassment.

  6. Timeline: Trial scheduled for April in Oakland, California.

Takeaway: This case tests OpenAIā€™s nonprofit-to-profit pivot and Muskā€™s claim to outsized returns, expect a high-stakes April showdown

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