Innovation Profs - 10/14/2025

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October 14, 2025

Quick Hits

Des Moines Register partnered with AI-powered answer engine Perplexity – here's why it matters for local news

As part of the USA TODAY Network, the Des Moines Register has announced a partnership with Perplexity, an AI-powered search and answer engine.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/columnists/2025/10/10/perplexity-ai-search-engine-partner/86611447007

Your plumber has a new favorite tool: ChatGPT | CNN Business

Blue-collar industries, such as plumbing and HVAC, are increasingly exploring how AI can boost productivity, cut down costs and even replace administrative support roles.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/tech/ai-chatgpt-blue-collar-jobs

OpenAI's Nick Turley on transforming ChatGPT into an operating system | TechCrunch

In an interview, OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT discusses the company's push into developing an AI operating system full of third-party apps.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/openais-nick-turley-on-transforming-chatgpt-into-an-operating-system

Suno & Udio Sound Fair Use Alarm in Yout vs. RIAA YouTube-Ripper Appeal

Suno & Udio say a decision under appeal in a YouTube-ripping case, jeopardizes fair use and undermines their defense against the RIAA.

torrentfreak.com/suno-udio-wade-into-youtube-ripper-circumvention-lawsuit-appeal-251008

MrBeast Concerned That AI Slop Will Put Him Out of Business

After rolling out an AI tool to generate cheap thumbnails for his videos, Jimmy Donaldson says the tech is creating "scary times."

futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mrbeast-ai-slop-sora2

OpenAI’s newly launched Sora 2 makes AI’s environmental impact impossible to ignore

As AI shifts from text to video, its appetite for power and water soars, presenting a climate-policy issue.

theconversation.com/openais-newly-launched-sora-2-makes-ais-environmental-impact-impossible-to-ignore-266867

You Can't Use Copyrighted Characters in OpenAI's Sora Anymore and People Are Freaking Out

Turns out a lot of people's creativity is limited to what someone else has already made.

gizmodo.com/you-cant-use-copyrighted-characters-in-openais-sora-anymore-and-people-are-freaking-out-2000669714

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison

Terence Tao says ChatGPT saved him hours solving a math problem

Mathematician Terence Tao recently described how he used ChatGPT to help solve a math problem on MathOverflow.

the-decoder.com/terence-tao-says-chatgpt-saved-him-hours-solving-a-math-problem

Tool of the week: Sora 2

We finally got access to Sora 2 - OpenAI’s new video generation model that includes audio with videos and includes a TikTok-like feed of AI videos made with the tool. It also includes the new cameo features where users can put themselves (and friends) into videos. Users can access Sora 2 through the Sora app on iOS or at openai.com/sora.

You can see some videos Snider has made here.

If you are still waiting for a Sora invite code, we have some:
This one has six invites left: DS2STG
This one has two invites left: KD6FPP

AI-generated image of the week

Now this would scare the neighborhood kids away… 

Prompt: carve our faces into pumpkins, and have the pumpkins sitting on a front porch all decorated for halloween

What we found

Interesting new research on political bias in ChatGPT.