OpenAI Launches GPT-5.1: Advanced Reasoning, Personalization, and Safety Improvements
12 Nov

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.1: Advanced Reasoning, Personalization, and Safety Improvements

AI
OpenAI has released GPT-5.1 as the next iteration in the GPT-5 family, with 2 core variants, GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. The update focuses on 3 axes, adaptive reasoning behavior, clearer explanations, and stronger control over tone and safety. Model Lineup And Positioning GPT-5.1 Instant is the default conversational model in ChatGPT. OpenAI describes it as the most used model, with a warmer default tone and improved instruction following. GPT-5.1 Thinking is the advanced reasoning model. It exposes explicit thinking time and now adjusts that time more precisely to the question. GPT-5.1 Auto continues to route queries between these variants…
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The right struggles with a mean-girl mentality affecting its image
12 Nov

The right struggles with a mean-girl mentality affecting its image

Politics
A version of this article was first published in the Right to the Point newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday morning. The uproar over Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens is obscuring another problem that is going to hurt the cause of conservatism: the mean-girl tone that too often emerges in prominent voices on the right. It rang loudly in Tucker Carlson’s recent discussion with Megyn Kelly when he derided Liz Cheney as “repulsive” just days after her father’s death, giving pundits on the left the opportunity to bash both Carlson and Kelly.…
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Shutdown over, but this economist remains cautious and unenthusiastic
12 Nov

Shutdown over, but this economist remains cautious and unenthusiastic

Business News
After 43 days, the U.S. government shutdown finally came to an end late on Nov. 12, 2025, when Congress voted through a long-overdue funding bill, which President Donald Trump promptly signed. But the prolonged gap in government-as-usual has come at a cost to the economy. The Conversation spoke with RIT economist Amitrajeet A. Batabyal on the short- and long-term impact that the shutdown may have had on consumers, on the gross domestic product and on international trust in U.S. stewardship of the global economy. What is the short-term economic impact of the shutdown? Having some 700,000 government workers furloughed has…
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Ford unveils immersive Mustang experience featuring Hollywood cars and Anthony Mackie
12 Nov

Ford unveils immersive Mustang experience featuring Hollywood cars and Anthony Mackie

News in Focus
​ Ford Motor Company has unveiled a new way to experience one of America’s most iconic cars. The automaker on Saturday opened "American Icon: A Mustang Immersive Experience," a limited-time installation in Los Angeles that features visual effects and Hollywood vehicles to celebrate six decades of the Mustang. Inspired by popular immersive art exhibits, the experience takes visitors through a sensory journey of the Mustang’s history and cultural impact, according to Ian Cohen, head of creative and content for global communications at Ford Motor Company. "It kind of became this beautiful experiment almost to say, 'Hey, can we do an…
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