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When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

By Lucas Ropek · TechCrunch · Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 23:44 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.

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ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in…

The Verge 3h ago

Battlefield 6 Gets Slammed For More Slop Slipping Through: ‘Charging Players $$$ For AI-Generated Content Is Peak Disrespect’

Operators with five guns and misspelled patches have fans shaking their heads

Kotaku 4h ago

We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.

Wired 4h ago

When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

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ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

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