OpenAI releases new AI agent – after admitting one went rogue
Plus: Americans think they have it bad with unwanted surveillance. They should visit London
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after visiting Coney Island in New York City, where I ate a hotdog, rode a ferris wheel and enjoyed a quintessentially American summer holiday.
Today in tech, we're examining OpenAI's new model release and the Silicon Valley's monopoly power, and wondering why Brits and Americans have such vastly different opinions about surveillance cameras.
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