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TechCrunch Apr 21, 2026 at 19:00 Startups Rising Hot

ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text

ChatGPT Images 2.0, the newest image-generation model from OpenAI, shows just how much AI capabilities have evolved over the last few years.

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Apr 21, 2026 at 20:01 Ars Technica

Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot "not responsible."

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Apr 21, 2026 at 19:42 Hacker News

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Apr 21, 2026 at 19:00 TechCrunch

ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text

ChatGPT Images 2.0, the newest image-generation model from OpenAI, shows just how much AI capabilities have evolved over the last few years.

Apr 21, 2026 at 18:50 Hacker News

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Apr 21, 2026 at 13:01 SecurityLab

Спасибо, ChatGPT: ИИ превратил жизнь главного разработчика cURL в ежедневный ад

Разработчики открытого кода столкнулись с рекордным ростом числа жалоб на ошибки из-за нейросетей.

Apr 21, 2026 at 00:00 OpenAI News

Scaling Codex to enterprises worldwide

OpenAI launches Codex Labs, partners with with Accenture, PwC, Infosys, and others to help enterprises deploy and scale Codex across the ...

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