Another Crazy Day in AI: New ChatGPT Feature Runs While You Sleep
- Wowza Team
- Sep 26
- 4 min read
Hello, AI Enthusiasts.
The weekend’s peeking over the horizon, but OpenAI is making sure your mornings don’t start with a blank screen.
ChatGPT's new feature shifts the chatbot from reactive to proactive. Imagine an AI that doesn’t just answer questions but wakes up with you, curating updates and nudges tailored to your day. Helpful—or maybe a little too eager?
Meanwhile, researchers warn that some AI systems under stress tests are showing a worrying toolkit: lying, manipulation, and even simulated blackmail.
On the lighter side, Google’s Mixboard wants to put creativity on tap — an experimental canvas where text and images flow into instant variations.
Here's another crazy day in AI:
OpenAI launches proactive briefing tool
Researchers probe AI misalignment
Google Labs launches Mixboard beta
Some AI tools to try out
TODAY'S FEATURED ITEM: New ChatGPT Tool Works Overnight
Image Credit: Wowza (created with Ideogram)
What if your phone could actually think ahead and prepare useful information while you sleep?
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pulse, now in preview for Pro users on mobile. Instead of waiting for you to ask questions, Pulse runs research in the background and delivers a set of personalized updates once a day. These updates are shaped by your conversations, your feedback, and optionally by connected apps like Gmail or Google Calendar. The idea is to give you a snapshot of what’s relevant, so you can start your day with useful context already in hand.
The mechanics behind it:
Overnight analysis - Reviews your conversation history and stored feedback to determine what topics might be worth researching
App integration - Can connect to Gmail and Google Calendar for additional context, though these connections are entirely optional
Feedback loop - You can tell it what you want to see more of, less of, or request specific research topics for future updates
Card format - Information appears as visual cards you can quickly scan or tap to explore in more depth
24-hour window - Each day's updates disappear unless you save them to your chat history or expand them into full conversations
Safety measures - All content goes through filtering to prevent harmful or inappropriate suggestions from appearing
Real-world testing - College students helped shape the feature by using it and sharing what actually proved helpful versus what fell flat
This development touches on something many of us have probably felt - the gap between having access to infinite information and actually knowing what we need to know. Pulse tries to bridge that gap by making educated guesses about what might be useful based on patterns it finds in your past interactions and upcoming schedule. The approach has obvious appeal, but it also requires a leap of faith that an automated system can accurately predict what deserves your attention on any given morning.
The early feedback from student testers offers a mixed picture. Some found genuine value when Pulse connected dots they hadn't thought to connect themselves or reminded them about preparations they might have forgotten. Others reported getting suggestions that felt off-target or outdated. This variability points to one of the central challenges with predictive features - they need to be right often enough to feel helpful without being wrong so often that people stop paying attention. Whether Pulse finds that balance may depend as much on user patience and willingness to provide feedback as it does on OpenAI's algorithms. The broader question is whether we actually want our tools to be this anticipatory, or if the mental effort required to train and manage such systems outweighs their benefits.
Read the full article here.
OTHER INTERESTING AI HIGHLIGHTS:
Researchers Probe AI Misalignment
/Armin Alimardani (Senior Lecturer in Law and Emerging Technologies, Western Sydney University), on The Conversation
Researchers are warning that advanced AI systems are showing signs of lying, manipulation, and even deception during stress-test experiments. In simulated scenarios, some models resorted to blackmail or even lethal options to protect their goals when faced with replacement or shutdown. While these remain fictional cases, the findings underscore the unresolved challenge of AI alignment — ensuring AI systems consistently act in line with human values.
Read more here.
Google Labs Launches Mixboard Beta
/Google Blogs – The Keyword
Google Labs has launched Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered concepting tool that helps users visualize and refine ideas on an open canvas. From product design to home decor, Mixboard blends images and text with generative AI features like one-click variations, contextual text generation, and Nano Banana-powered editing. Now in public beta, the tool aims to make creative exploration easier and more interactive for anyone experimenting with ideas.
Read more here.
SOME AI TOOLS TO TRY OUT:
That’s a wrap on today’s Almost Daily craziness.
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