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BMW moves from website configurator to ChatGPT prompts

I have lost count of the hours I have spent deep in the digital trenches of online car configurators late at night. For anyone who genuinely loves cars, clicking through countless paint samples, ticking boxes for different upholstery, picking different drivetrains and swapping out wheel designs can be a deeply satisfying, almost therapeutic ritual - the ultimate modern tool for automotive daydreaming.

BMW has decided that this method of clicking through endless menus is a relic of the past. In a digital u-turn, the Munich-based automaker has bypassed traditional website navigation by launching a vehicle configurator built entirely as a dialogue-based plugin within OpenAI's ChatGPT. Instead of a visual journey through complex options, the brand now wants us to type or speak our way to a perfect specification, replacing the cursor with natural language prompts.

To find this new tool, you need to navigate to chatgpt.com or fire up ChatGPT on a mobile device, head into the plugins section, and search directly for the BMW brand. Once activated, the interface completely abandons the rigid, step-by-step approach of a typical manufacturer site. I simply describe my automotive needs in normal, everyday prose, focusing on lifestyle requirements like cabin space, electric power, all-wheel drive, ground clearance, or intended daily usage.

The system almost instantly processes these variables, cross-references them with its live corporate database, and serves up tailored model recommendations. If I find myself torn between two separate setups, the chatbot can draft side-by-side comparison tracking things like projected running costs and overall driving dynamics without forcing me to open multiple browser tabs or deal with separate submenus.

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BMW moves from website configurator to ChatGPT prompts

BMW's new dialogue-based ChatGPT plugin attempts to modernize the car-buying process by replacing traditional online configuration menus with natural language AI prompts.
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BMW launches vehicle configurator as a dialogue-based plugin in OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

The new BMW plugin in ChatGPT for the first time enables AI-assisted, dialogue-based configuration of current BMW models. Custom vehicle configuration via text or voice input on smartphones and desktop computers. The development sees BMW add a new digital channel through which people can engage...
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FiestaST said:
BMW moves from website configurator to ChatGPT prompts

I have lost count of the hours I have spent deep in the digital trenches of online car configurators late at night. For anyone who genuinely loves cars, clicking through countless paint samples, ticking boxes for different upholstery, picking different drivetrains and swapping out wheel designs can be a deeply satisfying, almost therapeutic ritual - the ultimate modern tool for automotive daydreaming.

BMW has decided that this method of clicking through endless menus is a relic of the past. In a digital u-turn, the Munich-based automaker has bypassed traditional website navigation by launching a vehicle configurator built entirely as a dialogue-based plugin within OpenAI's ChatGPT. Instead of a visual journey through complex options, the brand now wants us to type or speak our way to a perfect specification, replacing the cursor with natural language prompts.

To find this new tool, you need to navigate to chatgpt.com or fire up ChatGPT on a mobile device, head into the plugins section, and search directly for the BMW brand. Once activated, the interface completely abandons the rigid, step-by-step approach of a typical manufacturer site. I simply describe my automotive needs in normal, everyday prose, focusing on lifestyle requirements like cabin space, electric power, all-wheel drive, ground clearance, or intended daily usage.

The system almost instantly processes these variables, cross-references them with its live corporate database, and serves up tailored model recommendations. If I find myself torn between two separate setups, the chatbot can draft side-by-side comparison tracking things like projected running costs and overall driving dynamics without forcing me to open multiple browser tabs or deal with separate submenus.

www.arenaev.com

BMW moves from website configurator to ChatGPT prompts

BMW's new dialogue-based ChatGPT plugin attempts to modernize the car-buying process by replacing traditional online configuration menus with natural language AI prompts.
www.arenaev.com www.arenaev.com

www.press.bmwgroup.com

BMW launches vehicle configurator as a dialogue-based plugin in OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

The new BMW plugin in ChatGPT for the first time enables AI-assisted, dialogue-based configuration of current BMW models. Custom vehicle configuration via text or voice input on smartphones and desktop computers. The development sees BMW add a new digital channel through which people can engage...
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So now BMW stands for 'Break My Windows"....

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Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Gets Final Court Approval

A U.S. federal court has officially approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with thousands of authors over claims that the AI company used
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A U.S. federal court has officially approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with thousands of authors over claims that the AI company used copyrighted books without permission to help train its Claude chatbot. The ruling makes it the largest known copyright settlement in U.S. history. It also marks the first major AI copyright lawsuit in the country to reach a final settlement.

Court Approves Landmark AI Copyright Deal​

On July 20, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to the settlement in a San Francisco federal court. The judge dismissed objections that the payout was too small.

The case began in 2024, when a group of writers accused Anthropic of using pirated copies of their books to train Claude, its large language model. Anthropic, which is backed by Amazon and Alphabet, denied wrongdoing. However, it agreed to settle after lengthy legal proceedings.

According to Anthropic, more than 91% of eligible authors and publishers have already claimed their share of the settlement funds.

Why Anthropic Had to Pay​

A major turning point came in June 2025, when the court ruled that training AI models on copyrighted books qualifies as fair use under U.S. copyright law.

However, the judge also found that Anthropic had stored more than seven million pirated books in a central digital library. That library was not necessarily used only for AI training. That unauthorized storage was ruled to violate copyright law and became the basis for the damages.

Without a settlement, Anthropic faced a trial where potential damages could have reached hundreds of billions of dollars.
 
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You know, despite the respect I have for the intellectual capabilities of the leading lights of AI (who I believe would have genius-level IQ scores), I still think most of them don't exactly know what is going on in the 'black boxes' of AI. I think the actual capabilities of LLMs are expanding too fast...
 
UH OH!

OpenAI says two of its own models, GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed pre-release system tested with cyber safeguards off, broke out of a sandbox last week, chained zero-days and stolen(!) credentials to reach the open internet, and hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a benchmark, in what OpenAI calls an unprecedented cyber incident.
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This had me entirely fooled unless you look closer, nothing stands out, just feels off and unnatural. Then did some digging and found all videos are exactly 15 seconds a month or so to upload all of them, 3 unrelated long form videos and then checked tiktok and facebook pages just sudden activity in the last 3 months odd

Spotted this gem AI has a really hard time with text.

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1.6K views · 18 reactions | 📦🦁 The package wasn't even open yet... And somehow it already had a new owner. 😂 I barely put it on the floor before somebody decided it belonged to him. I still don't know what was inside the box... But apparently it

📦🦁 The package wasn't even open yet... And somehow it already had a new owner. 😂 I barely put it on the floor before somebody decided it belonged to him. I still don't know what was inside the...
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I fcking HATE people like this, hiding the fact that it is AI for monetary exploitation. At least tiktok caught on and labled it as AI. I don't mind if you want to make money but at least be forth coming.

 
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For director Neill Blomkamp, “District 9” must feel like an eternity ago.

The 2009 sci-fi action film used a quasi-documentary style to tell a thrilling tale of a man fighting for survival against government-backed mercenaries while his body fused with alien DNA — even if, let’s be real, it was an extremely clunky allegory for Apartheid.

The heaps of body horror and gritty special effects definitely helped, on top of a breakout performance from Sharlto Copley who conveyed a palpable sense of desperation.

It was nominated for four Oscars and made loads of money: by the standards of the film industry, it was an unqualified success.

But it’s mostly been downhill for Blomkamp ever since. His movies have continued to make money, for the most part, but their reception has been worse and worse.

He’s gone on to accrue so many unrealized projects that he has an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to them. He also started a blockchain based game development studio, where he’s received backlash for allegedly not paying employees for months on end. Things just don’t seem to go his way.

Now, for a director desperate to make a name for himself again without the same resources he once had at his disposal, where else to turn to but embracing AI?

On Monday, Blomkamp announced “NIGHTBORNE,” his “first full test AI film” made using the popular Chinese model Seedance 2.0. He also announced Barley Studios, his new AI film studio, where he promises more slop spectacles will be forthcoming.

“I’ve been experimenting with AI for a couple of years, and it’s now at the point where I want to tackle a full feature in this format,” Blomkamp enthused.

The film, he claims, “was made with real concept artists, and features the faces and voices of 32 real people.”

Rather than generate hype, the AI film has been ripped apart as a clear sign of his decline — the pièce de résistance in his fall from grace.

“If His Sh*tty AI Movie Is What Finally Taught You Neill Blomkamp Is A Hack,” a headline from Aftermath lambasted, “Then So Be It.”

The Verge was no less forgiving, calling it “slop warmed over.” Redditors blasted Blomkamp as a “one hit wonder” who went “full AI slop mode.”
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Neill Blomkamp Is Making It Look Like AI Is the Last Resort for Filmmakers With Failing Careers

Neill Blomkamp's AI film is the last gasp of a once promising director who failed to follow up his much-hyped first film.
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