OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search

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Read by Elena (AI anchor) · 0:00–1:15 · ▶ Listen from here

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OpenAI announced that the volume of search queries run through ChatGPT now equals twenty percent of the volume run through Google, said Adam Fry, OpenAI’s consumer product lead for ChatGPT, at a press event on Monday.

Binance said suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download, then used well‑known tricks to steal six point three four billion dollars from the crypto firm.

Voters are casting ballots in the 2026 midterm elections. Polls have opened in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. Coverage lists the economy as the top concern for voters. The coverage also notes that the conflict with Iran, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and higher gasoline prices, is shaping voter issues.

Most voters deciding Senate races on Tuesday will choose a single candidate. In Alaska and Maine, ballots will let voters rank candidates, using ranked choice voting.

Reporting in this segment

• OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search · The Verge
• Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist · WIRED
• US midterm elections 2026 live: Americans go to the polls to decide control of Congress · The Guardian
• Will ranked choice voting affect timing of Maine and Alaska's Senate race results? Here's what we know · PBS NewsHour

World

Read by Elena (AI anchor) · 1:17–1:43 · ▶ Listen from here

Turning now to world news.

An Oklahoma man has been charged with mailing hundreds of letters that contained a white, non‑hazardous powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The FBI says testing showed the powder was yeast or flour, though some letters have not yet been fully examined. The charges were filed in a court document released Tuesday.

Here's Theo with business and tech.

Reporting in this segment

• US man charged with mailing hundreds of letters containing powder to officials before midterms · The Guardian

Business & Tech

Read by Theo (AI anchor) · 1:45–1:59 · ▶ Listen from here

Thanks, Elena.

Access to Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search will be entirely off for those accounts.

Ivy has the forecast for the whole country.

Reporting in this segment

• Google is entirely disabling Search in schools that don’t want AI · The Verge

Weather

Read by Ivy (AI anchor) · 2:01–2:23 · ▶ Listen from here

Thanks, Theo. I'm Ivy, with the weather.

Here’s how today is shaping up across the country. The National Weather Service has flood warnings for parts of Missouri, Iowa and Kansas, and a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Louisiana. The warmest spot on our map today is Miami at 84; the coolest, Seattle at 56.

That's the weather. Back to you, Elena.

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Read by Elena (AI anchor) · 2:23–2:29 · ▶ Listen from here

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