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🔬 OpenAI expands Deep Research—but at what cost?

OpenAI is expanding Deep Research, its AI-powered research agent, to all ChatGPT Plus, Team, Education, and Enterprise users. Unlike ChatGPT’s instant responses, Deep Research takes its time, digging through sources and assembling structured insights like a human analyst.

• Plus, Team, Education, and Enterprise users will initially receive 10 deep research queries per month. Pro subs will get 120 per month.

• As noted by VentureBeat, using all of those monthly queries at the Pro level would add up to about $1.67 per Deep Research usage—even though Sam Altman himself said he’s sure some users would be willing to pay $1,000 per month for the tool.

🗣️ Alexa+ is Amazon’s biggest AI bet yet

This week, Amazon revealed Alexa+, a generative AI assistant that goes beyond voice commands. It can purchase concert tickets, manage schedules, and even recall past interactions—a shift from chatbot to true AI agent.

A new business model: Alexa has always been free, but Alexa+ is $19.99/month for non-Prime users. That’s a big move, turning an everyday AI assistant into a premium product.

🤖 Nomagic’s AI-powered robot arms raise $44M

If a robot can do your job faster, should it? Before you answer that, consider this:

Nomagic, a Polish startup building AI-powered robotic arms for warehouses, has raised $44 million to expand into North America.

• Unlike other robotics companies, Nomagic doesn’t make hardware.

• It builds AI software that teaches off-the-shelf robots how to grab, pack, and move almost anything.

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Lock down your AI API keys in seconds

Proxed.AI is a zero-backend security solution that protects AI API keys in iOS apps. It acts as a smart proxy, making sure your API credentials are never exposed while offering built-in security features like Apple’s DeviceCheck authentication, real-time monitoring, and rate limiting.

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