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OpenAI Employees Read ChatGPT Conversations Under 'Project Lilly'

Internal documents obtained by 404 Media reveal that OpenAI employs hundreds of freelancers to manually review real ChatGPT user conversations as part of 'Project Lilly', a quality assurance initiative. The reviewers evaluate user inputs, summarize the presumed intent, and rate the AI-generated responses, aiming to make the chatbot less sycophantic and more 'smart but humble'. While the program is intended to improve safety, experts raise privacy concerns, noting that users are not adequately informed that human reviewers may read their intimate conversations. OpenAI says it filters personal information and hides usernames, but admits errors can occur. Similar manual review practices are also used by Google and Anthropic.

• OpenAI's 'Project Lilly' deploys hundreds of freelancers to review real ChatGPT conversations.
• The review process involves three steps: reading the input, summarizing intent, and evaluating the AI answer.
• Reviewers are instructed to flag excessive emoji use and sycophancy.

Apple reverses Hide My Email domain change

Apple has reversed a planned change to its Hide My Email feature that would have moved autogenerated addresses to the @private.icloud.com domain. The company confirmed on August 24–25, 2026 that Hide My Email addresses will remain on @icloud.com after user criticism that the proposed domain change would make disposable addresses easier for sites to reject. Daring Fireball reported internal Apple objections to the switch. Earlier reporting from 404 Media documented a Hide My Email bug that leaked users’ real addresses; Apple fixed that bug after being alerted more than a year earlier.

• Apple announced it will keep Hide My Email addresses on the @icloud.com domain rather than moving them to @private.icloud.com.
• The reversal followed user criticism that @private.icloud.com would make disposable addresses easier for sites to block during sign-ups.
• Daring Fireball reported that Apple employees had objected to the domain change internally.

LinkedIn sees 1M+ reports of 'AI-Slop' after new flagging tool

LinkedIn rolled out a “Seems like AI slop” report option on July 30, 2026, letting users flag posts and comments that appear generically AI‑generated. More than one million reports were submitted within about two weeks, and LinkedIn says content it classifies as AI‑slop is shown roughly 40% less often. The company combines automated detection with community feedback, displays that feedback in post analytics, and has removed its previous “Enhance your post” AI rewriting tool in favor of limited proofreading and other safeguards to curb abuse. Independent analysis cited (Pangram Labs via 404 Media) suggested up to 41% of LinkedIn posts over 250 words may be fully AI‑generated, though detector accuracy and risks of misclassification and malicious mass reporting remain contested.

• Since July 30, 2026 LinkedIn offers a 'Seems like AI slop' option to report posts and comments that appear AI-generated.
• The report option was used over one million times within about two weeks of launch.
• LinkedIn says content it classifies as AI‑slop is shown roughly 40% fewer times (about 40% less often).

VGX steps up the search for the news service of the future

The VGX project has been extended for another two years as Schibsted continues its experiment to develop a digital news service for young people.

Schibsted Press & News: VGX extended, SMS Sweden named Sales Org of the Year, Radio Aftonbladet launches

The Schibsted press page lists multiple recent announcements: VGX project extended for two years, SMS Sweden named Sales Organisation of the Year 2026, Radio Aftonbladet goes live, Schibsted strengthens Nordic position with stronger results, Raoul Grünthal appointed new Chair of Tinius Trust, Aftonbladet Radio opens for advertisers, Schibsted secures rights deal for Norwegian football, partnership with Estercare for women's health, joint digital advertising offering with TV4, open sourcing AI tool Videofy, and several award wins.

Schibsted Press & News: VGX extended, Radio Aftonbladet live, and more

Schibsted's press page features multiple news items including the extension of the VGX project, Radio Aftonbladet going live, SMS Sweden named Sales Organisation of the Year, and other corporate announcements.