BBC reports that an AI model from Meta was accidentally given internet access during an evaluation by independent AI-security company Irregular. Because of a misconfiguration in the testing environment, the model was able to access another organisation’s system and carry out hacking activity.
Sam Altman says OpenAI has paused some frontier RL training to catch up on AI safety, security, and monitoring standards. With model capabilities advancing “extremely rapidly,” this could mark a major shift in how fast the AI race moves.
Built an app and learned something interesting along the way? Share it with the community.
This thread is for educational app showcases where the focus is on the problem you solved, how you built it, and what other developers can learn from your experience.
If you're showcasing your own app, clearly mention your relationship to it. For example:
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The goal is to help other developers learn from real projects and experiences. Your app can be the subject of the showcase, but the post should provide meaningful technical, product, or development insight.
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A Google Play link is welcome as supporting context, but this is not an advertising or user-acquisition thread.
If you see someone requesting paid reviews, ratings, votes, installs, or other prohibited engagement, please report the comment to the moderators.
Share what you built, what you learned, and what another developer can take away from it.
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
A lot has changed behind the scenes, and we wanted to give everyone a proper update on where r/GooglePlayDeveloper is heading.
The goal is simple: build a useful, welcoming community where Android and Google Play developers can ask questions, share knowledge, learn from each other, and showcase the work they are building.
We've replaced the old rules with a clearer set of guidelines designed around developer-focused discussions:
Please take a moment to read the updated rules before posting.
We've expanded the flair system to make discussions easier to find and keep organized.
New categories include:
Alongside our existing Help, Policy, Monetization, Bug, Discussion, Solved, and Announcement flairs.
We'll continue refining these based on how the community actually uses them.
We've also significantly strengthened our moderation and spam protection.
We're now filtering and reviewing signals associated with:
We're using a filter-first approach wherever possible rather than automatically removing legitimate developer discussions.
Reddit's Crowd Control is also enabled to provide an additional layer of protection.
If something gets caught incorrectly, please report it or contact the moderators so we can review it.
We've opened the community wiki and published the first set of developer resources.
The initial knowledge base covers:
The wiki will continue growing into a broader knowledge base covering Google Play Console, Android development, Play Billing, Play Integrity, ASO, monetization, security, releases, and other developer topics.
We're introducing designated tester-discovery threads so developers can find testers without turning the subreddit into a stream of tester-request posts.
Please use the designated threads for tester discovery.
Paid testing, paid reviews, ratings, votes, engagement exchanges, and similar activities are not allowed.
If someone asks you to participate in these activities, please report it to the moderators.
We're also opening the door to educational app showcases.
Developers will be able to share what they've built while giving the community something useful to learn from the project.
Showcases should include things such as:
If you're showcasing your own app, please disclose your relationship to it.
A Google Play link can be included as supporting context, but showcases are not advertising posts.
No download/install requests, ratings, reviews, votes, referral links, paid placement, misleading claims, copied marketing material, or engagement exchanges.
This is only the foundation.
We're working toward:
We're also working on ways to bring more knowledgeable developers and official resources into the community while keeping discussions community-first.
We're still refining things, so feedback is welcome.
If you notice something that doesn't work well, a rule that needs clarification, a useful wiki topic we're missing, or a moderation filter catching legitimate content, let us know.
The goal isn't to make this a heavily restricted subreddit.
The goal is to make r/GooglePlayDeveloper a place where developers can actually find useful answers, share what they're learning, discover interesting projects, and build connections with other developers.
Thanks for being here and helping us build it.
India's true middle class is the tax-paying elite; the bottom half needs budget focus on jobs, free education/health, PDS-MSP food security, and state transfers—not tax cuts
One small book seller said that in April, he suddenly went from selling no more than 20 books a week to hundreds, and he’s almost certain that the customers are AI labs, noting the random selection of the books and how they all have ISBNs. He added that his inventory is full with rare and out of print books, meaning that an AI company could be destroying some of the few remaining copies that can be found.
A quick update on the progress we've made since the moderation transition earlier today.
Here's what's been completed so far:
✅ Post approval has ben turned off now.
✅ Community rules have been reviewed and updated.
✅ New post flairs have been added to better organize discussions.
✅ Spam protection and moderation tools have been improved to help keep the community focused on genuine Google Play developer discussions.
✅ All new submissions will go through new rules, which mod panel is working on.
❌ For the time being, promotional posts, app showcases, tester requests, review exchanges, and similar content are not permitted.
Right now, our focus is on creating a high-quality space for developers seeking help, sharing knowledge, and discussing Google Play Console, policies, publishing, monetization, and technical topics.
This is just the beginning. We'll continue refining the subreddit over the coming days,.
Thanks to everyone for your patience and support as we rebuild the community. If you have suggestions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below. We're listening.
Hi everyone,
I've recently taken over as the one of Moderator of r/GooglePlayDeveloper after adopting the community through Reddit's Moderator Code of Conduct process.
First, I'd like to say hello and welcome everyone. I'm excited to be here, and I'm looking forward to helping get this community back on track.
As many of you have probably noticed, the subreddit hasn't been actively moderated for quite some time. As a result, there's been a build-up of spam, rule-breaking posts, and reports that need attention.
Because of that, all new posts are temporarily set to manual approval. This is only while we work through the backlog, clean things up, and put the right moderation processes in place. If your post doesn't appear right away, don't worry. We'll review it as soon as we can.
I'm still getting in touch with the rest of the moderation team, so you'll likely see a few more changes over the coming days and weeks as we get organized.
Our goal is simple: make r/GooglePlayDeveloper a place where developers can have meaningful discussions about Google Play, Play Console, app publishing, policy changes, monetization, technical issues, and everything else related to the ecosystem without the noise.
If you have ideas, suggestions, or feedback, I'd love to hear them in the comments. This community has over 25,000 members, and I'd like to build it together with all of you.
Looking forward to what's ahead!
Sam Altman and OpenAI have announced a major step in the company's AI hardware strategy: its first custom AI chip, called Jalapeño, developed with Broadcom.
What is Jalapeño?
It is an AI inference chip, meaning it is optimized for running AI models (serving ChatGPT responses), not for training them.
The processor is an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) built specifically for large language models rather than a general-purpose GPU.
OpenAI says it was designed around the workloads of ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, and future AI agents.
The era that favoured software jobs and MBA degrees is coming to an end and that the country must place greater value on trade skills such as welding, plumbing, electrical work and carpentry."
Indian workers are recording everyday chores with head-mounted devices to help train AI-powered robots. The work is creating new income opportunities even as informal labourers worry about automation's effect on future jobs.
The future they promised: flying cars ❌ AI Subscription + Usage Charges ✅, new adulting milestone: Paying for Water, Power, and Existential Conversations with AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on governments to tax AI companies to fund a universal basic income and introduce employee retention incentives to account for the potential impact the technology could have on the labor market.
Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting ‘harder to justify’ its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features.”
Microsoft has reportedly discontinued many internal licenses for Anthropic’s Claude Code after operational costs surged across engineering teams. According to reports, employees in divisions like Windows, Microsoft 365, and Teams are being redirected toward GitHub Copilot CLI as Microsoft consolidates around its own AI tooling ecosystem. The move has sparked broader discussion in the AI industry about the rapidly increasing cost of enterprise-scale AI coding assistants and the strategic importance of controlling internal developer platforms.
A new survey says CEOs are looking to slash junior roles in the next two years and focus hiring on mid-level positions.