AI Alliances: OpenAI New Codex, Social Norms in AI, Microsoft Hosts Rivals, and Hoppy Copy

In Today's AI for Business News: OpenAI rolls out a coding agent that acts like a virtual teammate for developers, helping write and test code more efficiently. University of London researchers show that AI agents can build shared social rules just by interacting, without any central control. Italy fines Replika €5 million for privacy violations, including failing to verify users' ages and lacking legal data protections. Microsoft expands its cloud AI offerings by hosting rival models from Meta, xAI, and others, giving users more model choices. Prompt Tip – Use the “Competitive Challenge” approach: tell AI it’s up against a rival and needs to prove it can do better. This can boost energy, creativity, and personality in responses. AI Tools to Try – Hoppy Copy – a tool to help write email campaigns and newsletters – https://theaipreneur.pro/hoppycopy Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-codex https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu9368 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/italys-data-watchdog-fines-ai-company-replikas-developer-56-million-2025-05-19 https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-hosts-developer-conference-focus-grows-ai-profits-2025-05-19