OpenAI Declares Code Red, Google Pushes Deeper Personalization, Universities Expand AI Majors

Here's today's top stories in AI news. OpenAI declared a “code red” to improve ChatGPT’s speed, reliability, personalization, and breadth, delaying projects like ads, health/shopping agents, and its Pulse assistant; a new reasoning model is slated next week, with Sam Altman claiming it tops Google’s latest Gemini amid intensifying competition and mounting revenue pressures. In legal hiring, demand is rising for AI-savvy product counsel and “privacy-plus” governance roles, with employers favoring candidates who’ve partnered with product/engineering; certifications (e.g., CIPP, emerging AI creds) help, remote work widens competition, and M&A/regulatory activity is expected to buoy roles into 2027. Universities are racing to meet student and industry demand: MIT’s A.I. and decision-making is now its No. 2 major, while UC San Diego, USF, and SUNY Buffalo launch new AI programs, even as general CS enrollment cools. Google touts deeply personalized Gemini-powered answers across Gmail, Drive and more—promising usefulness while stoking surveillance concerns and pledging clearer personalization cues. Utah unveiled a “pro-human AI” agenda, including $10M for workforce curricula and proposed guardrails on chatbots and deepfakes.