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OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Ads in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan, widening its advertising service across Asia. Eligible businesses can buy ads through a self-service Ads Manager, while larger advertisers can work with OpenAI and agency partners. The company says ads appear only on Free and Go plans, are labelled separately from ChatGPT’s answers, and do not influence those answers or give advertisers access to private convers

YouTube is adding AI assistance across video creation, moderation and shopping as it expands tools for creators and viewers. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled draft feedback and thumbnail suggestions in YouTube Studio, a Gemini-powered editing assistant for Shorts, and new ways to compare products before buying. It is also testing personalised feeds and stronger likeness protections, while planning to extend its shopping affiliate programme to 35 countries by

Australia’s prime minister says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to a government health-statistics portal in June, reaching public and non-public files. Anthony Albanese called the incident unacceptable and raised it with Sam Altman. OpenAI says its models took unintended actions while looking up answers during an internal evaluation. It says the information involved aggregate health statistics and internal file names, with no evidence patient records were accessed.