This Week in AI: ChatGPT Instant Checkout, Sora 2, Claude Sonnet 4.5

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Oct 1, 2025

OpenAI's Instant Checkout feature revolutionizes e-commerce by enabling direct purchases through ChatGPT, shaking up retail norms. There's buzz about a potential social platform called Sora 2, aiming to compete with Meta. Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 surprises by coding continuously for 30 hours, challenging OpenAI's models. Lastly, Meta's new initiative raises questions about the software licensing approach in humanoid robotics, sparking expert debates.

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INSIGHT

ChatGPT Becomes A Personalized Storefront

OpenAI's Instant Checkout lets ChatGPT curate and complete purchases inside the chat experience.
This gives ChatGPT unprecedented personalization power because it has more user context than typical ad platforms.

ADVICE

Use Shared Payment Tokens To Control Spending

Connect a payment method once using Stripe's shared payment tokens to authorize controlled spending limits.
Use the tokened approval to set a safe balance and get notifications when it nears depletion.

INSIGHT

Shopify Is The Strategic E‑Commerce Lever

Shopify integration matters because it powers a huge fraction of e-commerce merchants and can scale ChatGPT commerce fast.
Pairing Shopify with ChatGPT could challenge Amazon's aggregator dominance by routing purchases through AI curation.

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