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Today, we’re releasing new tools to help developers go from prototype to production faster: AgentKit, expanded evals capabilities, and reinforcement fine-tuning for agents.

Wrtn scaled AI apps to 6.5M users in Korea with GPT-5, creating ‘Lifestyle AI’ that blends productivity, creativity, and learning—now expanding across East Asia.

OpenAI and Japan’s Digital Agency partner to advance generative AI in public services, support international AI governance, and promote safe, trustworthy AI adoption worldwide.

Samsung and SK join OpenAI’s Stargate initiative to expand global AI infrastructure, scaling advanced memory chip production and building next-gen data centers in Korea.

Discover the Sora feed philosophy—built to spark creativity, foster connections, and keep experiences safe with personalized recommendations, parental controls, and strong guardrails.

Our latest video generation model is more physically accurate, realistic, and controllable than prior systems. It also features synchronized dialogue and sound effects. Create with it in the new Sora app.

Sora 2 is our new state of the art video and audio generation model. Building on the foundation of Sora, this new model introduces capabilities that have been difficult for prior video models to achieve– such as more accurate physics, sharper realism, synchronized audio, enhanced steerability, and an expanded stylistic range.

To address the novel safety challenges posed by a state-of-the-art video model as well as a new social creation platform, we’ve built Sora 2 and the Sora app with safety at the foundation. Our approach is anchored in concrete protections.

Learn how OpenAI uses AI to enhance support, cutting response times, improving quality, and scaling to meet hypergrowth.

OpenAI built a system to extract contract data quickly, cutting turnaround times and making it easier for teams to access the details they need.

At OpenAI, we rely on our own technology to help streamline work, scale expertise, and drive outcomes. In our new series, OpenAI on OpenAI, we share lessons to help other organizations do the same.

Learn how OpenAI used AI to deliver personalized answers at scale, converting inbound leads into customers.

OpenAI’s research assistant helps teams analyze millions of support tickets, surface insights faster, and scale curiosity across the company.

Learn how OpenAI boosts sales productivity by automating prep, centralizing knowledge, and scaling top-selling practices.

Discover how OpenAI combats online child sexual exploitation and abuse with strict usage policies, advanced detection tools, and industry collaboration to block, report, and prevent AI misuse.

We’re rolling out parental controls and a new parent resource page to help families guide how ChatGPT works in their homes.

We’re taking first steps toward agentic commerce in ChatGPT with new ways for people, AI agents, and businesses to shop together.

OpenAI and AARP are partnering to help older adults stay safe online with new AI training, scam-spotting tools, and nationwide programs through OpenAI Academy and OATS’s Senior Planet initiative.

ChatGPT business plans now support shared projects, smarter connectors, and enhanced compliance features to help teams work faster and more securely.

OpenAI introduces GDPval, a new evaluation that measures model performance on real-world economically valuable tasks across 44 occupations.

Today we're releasing a preview of ChatGPT Pulse to Pro users on mobile. Pulse is a new experience where ChatGPT proactively does research to deliver personalized updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps like your calendar.

By deploying ChatGPT Enterprise, ENEOS Materials transformed operations with faster research, safer plant design, and streamlined HR processes. Over 80% of employees report major workflow improvements, strengthening competitiveness in manufacturing.

SAP and OpenAI launch OpenAI for Germany, a 2026 partnership to bring secure, sovereign AI to Germany’s public sector, enabling safe, efficient public services.

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new Stargate AI datacenter sites, accelerating a $500B, 10-gigawatt U.S. infrastructure buildout to power next-generation AI and create tens of thousands of jobs.

In this Executive Function series from OpenAI, discover how CNA is transforming its newsroom with AI. Editor-in-Chief Walter Fernandez shares insights on AI adoption, culture, and the future of journalism.

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Discover how SchoolAI, built on OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, image generation, and TTS, powers safe, teacher-guided AI tools for 1 million classrooms worldwide—boosting engagement, oversight, and personalized learning.

OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters powered by NVIDIA systems, with the first phase launching in 2026.

Apollo Research and OpenAI developed evaluations for hidden misalignment (“scheming”) and found behaviors consistent with scheming in controlled tests across frontier models. The team shared concrete examples and stress tests of an early method to reduce scheming.

OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Nscale launch Stargate UK, a sovereign AI infrastructure partnership delivering up to 50,000 GPUs and the UK’s largest supercomputer to power national AI innovation, public services, and economic growth.

Explore OpenAI’s approach to balancing teen safety, freedom, and privacy in AI use.

Learn how OpenAI is building age prediction and parental controls in ChatGPT to create safer, age-appropriate experiences for teens while supporting families with new tools.

Codex just got faster, more reliable, and better at real-time collaboration and tackling tasks independently anywhere you develop—whether via the terminal, IDE, web, or even your phone.

New research from the largest study of ChatGPT use shows how the tool creates economic value through both personal and professional use. Adoption is broadening beyond early users, closing gaps and making AI a part of everyday life.

This addendum to the GPT-5 system card shares a new model: GPT-5-Codex, a version of GPT-5 further optimized for agentic coding in Codex. GPT-5-Codex adjusts its thinking effort more dynamically based on task complexity, responding quickly to simple conversational queries or small tasks, while independently working for longer on more complex tasks.

OpenAI shares progress on the partnership with the US CAISI and UK AISI to strengthen AI safety and security. The collaboration is setting new standards for responsible frontier AI deployment through joint red-teaming, biosecurity safeguards, and agentic system testing.

Applications are now open for OpenAI Grove, a 5-week founder program designed for individuals at any stage, from pre-idea to product. Participants receive $50K in API credits, early access to AI tools, and hands-on mentorship from the OpenAI team.

OpenAI and Microsoft sign a new MOU, reinforcing their partnership and shared commitment to AI safety and innovation.

OpenAI reaffirms its nonprofit leadership with a new structure granting equity in its PBC, enabling over $100B in resources to advance safe, beneficial AI for humanity.

Discover how SafetyKit leverages OpenAI GPT-5 to enhance content moderation, enforce compliance, and outpace legacy safety systems with greater accuracy .

Applications are now open for OpenAI’s People-First AI Fund, a $50M initiative supporting U.S. nonprofits advancing education, community innovation, and economic opportunity. Apply by October 8, 2025, for unrestricted grants that help communities shape AI for the public good.

OpenAI’s new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.

OpenAI invites researchers to its Bio Bug Bounty. Test GPT-5’s safety with a universal jailbreak prompt and win up to $25,000.

OpenAI and the Greek Government have launched “OpenAI for Greece” to bring ChatGPT Edu into secondary schools and support responsible AI learning. This partnership aims to boost AI literacy, fuel local start-ups, and drive national economic growth.

OpenAI is launching a Jobs Platform and new Certifications to connect workers with jobs, training, and certifications. Learn how we’re expanding economic opportunity and making AI skills more accessible.

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories.  For our inaugural edition, we explore Lowe’s new Visual Scout product recommendation engine powered by Vertex AI Vector Search; a responsive “Driver Agent” platform created by Formula E to bring more equity to the track; Ester AI, a conversational tool from wealth.com that can help financial planners

WEEK OF DEC 16 - DEC 20 * Windows Server 2025 is now available on Google Compute Engine. We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Server 2025 on Google Compute Engine. You can now run Windows Server 2025 Data Center, and Windows Server 2025 Data Center Core editions as well as Windows SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2025 with pay-as-you-go licenses. Customers that don’t already have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement can use the Google Compute Engine’s provided image to take advantage of Google Cloud’s relationships with Microsoft for pay-as-you-go licenses that scale with your workload and

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you missed the first time around.  JANUARY We started the new year strong, removing data transfer fees for anyone moving data off of our platform. Translation: Anyone doing cool things on Google Cloud (like using generative AI to analyze their microservices deployment) is doing it because they want

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next, we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini, rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3. And we're proud to showcase inspiring examples from the public sector, highlighting how organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive transformative change. From state agencies streamlining citizen services to healthcare providers improving patient outcomes and defense organizations enhancing mission readiness, public sector organizations

Cloud-based computing is one of the most important developments in the European economy over the last decade. Moving to the cloud has reduced costs, delivered services with incredible reach, and laid the foundation for entirely new European companies. But legacy licensing practices that force customers onto a single vendor threaten Europe’s ability to take full advantage of this opportunity. For years, in the productivity software space, Microsoft has locked customers into Teams, even when they preferred other providers. Now, the company is running the same playbook to push companies to Azure, its cloud platform. Microsoft’s licensing terms restrict European customers from

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more.  ---------------------------------------- Tip: Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources. ---------------------------------------- WEEK OF DEC 10 - DEC 15 * Announcing Launch of Cross Cloud Materialized Views: To help customers on their cross-cloud analytics journey, today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of BigQuery Omni cross-cloud materialized views (aka cross-cloud MVs). Cross-cloud MVs allow customers to very

To our customers: At Google Cloud, we put your interests first. This means that when you choose to work with us, we become partners on a journey of shared innovation, shared support, and shared fate. We are committed to helping you evolve as technology advances, drawing on our depth of experience to ensure you can use the latest and best technology, while keeping you safe and protected. When it comes to the rapidly developing world of generative AI, this is imperative. Earlier this year, we embedded Duet AI — an always-on AI collaborator — across our products, from Google Workspace to Google

Editor’s note: Jack Ngare is a Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO based in Nairobi, Kenya. A native of Kenya, he worked in telecommunications abroad for 12 years before returning home to work for a large African financial institution and a U.S. technology company. He joined Google Cloud last year with a mission to digitize and modernize Cloud’s global top customers, while simultaneously growing Africa's entrepreneurial technology culture.  ---------------------------------------- What is the opportunity you see before you? Working at Google Cloud, I’m able to bring people some of the world's best software and hardware engineering. I also see the possibility

Editor’s note: Alicia Abella is the Managing Director for Telecommunications Industry Solutions at Google Cloud. The work involves bringing complex, advanced technology to businesses across diverse markets and cultures — from startups in Brazil to North America's largest telecommunications companies. The daughter of immigrants from Cuba, she has a PhD, 29 patents, and extensive experience running teams and working with customers. ---------------------------------------- Did you always see yourself bringing new inventions into the world?  No, not at all. I grew up in Queens, New York — the only child of Cuban immigrants. My parents worked hard and saved money so I could get an

We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, authored by Bern Elliot and Gabriele Rigon. We believe this recognition is a testament to Google Cloud’s robust investments and commitment to innovation in AI, coupled with a deep understanding of enterprise customer needs. Enterprises are increasingly investing in AI-driven solutions that balance addressing customer expectations with operational efficiency. At a time when the demand for quality, performant, and trustworthy conversational AI has never been higher, we’re thrilled to continue to deliver best-in-class technologies, purpose-built to solve our

Editor’s Note: José Neto works in Google Cloud's São Paulo office, assisting customers in both hybrid/on-prem cloud computing systems, and modernizing computer applications for the cloud. It's appropriate work; a native of Salvador, Brazil, he's spent decades harmonizing the past and the future, dealing with radical change, and staying comfortable amid uncertainty as he moves forward.  ---------------------------------------- What do you think defines how you work? It's the way I look at experience. When I work with a customer, I'm interested in helping them fix a problem or build a new service—it's very personal for me. I love working towards results. I always ask what

We have made great strides toward more equitable workplaces in the past decade. This is particularly true since 2020 and something to celebrate on the occasion of International Women’s Day. It’s also an appropriate time to reflect on how we can continue to reach an equitable playing field by confronting biases and empowering all people in the workplace. As tech industry veterans, we’ve experienced our share of challenges in male-dominated workplaces — being talked over in meetings, having our contributions devalued or our knowledge and skills underestimated, and working much longer hours in the hopes of being given the same opportunities

From keeping the internet running to driving AI innovation to transforming our customers’ businesses, women deliver impact across Google Cloud. We work to continue to bring more women into leadership roles through supporting initiatives including: * Career Development: We support women on the path to Director with a program called Polaris, a year-long career development program —more than 500 women have participated in the program since it began in 2017. * Sponsorship: We offer mentoring and sponsorship programs across all levels, including Pathways to Sponsorship, a nomination-based program to accelerate the career progression of women into senior leadership. * Women@Cloud:

Editor’s note: Scott Penberthy is the Director of Applied AI in Google Cloud's Office of the CTO (OCTO), a team that works with some of Google Cloud’s largest customers to solve their most complex business problems and advise Google on emerging trends across industries, geographies, and technology. A self-described student of deep learning, he's working with healthcare providers (and as a side project, NASA) on how we can better understand both life and the universe. ---------------------------------------- How does an advanced artificial intelligence specialist think about AI? AI is the ultimate pattern recognizer. At hyperscale, which is what we're starting to do now, AI

Editor's note: Google Cloud's Technical Account Managers are a rare breed. People like Dipty Chander have business understanding, technical chops, great communications skills, and an extraordinary talent, which allows them to cut through complexity and deliver customer success. As if that's not enough, Dipty is on a personal mission to bring 1 million people from underrepresented groups into the world of cloud software writing. ---------------------------------------- What is your main job at Google Cloud? I'm a Technical Account Manager (TAM), which means I work with customers to make sure Google Cloud understands their needs and expectations. It's wonderful because it's so complex. For example,

Welcome back. AI is now coming for casting calls. Eline Van der Velden, founder of Xicoia, “the world’s first artificial intelligence talent studio,” is in talks with several talent agencies to represent the studio’s first creation, an AI actress named Tilly Norwood. Amid public backlash and rumblings of an agency boycott, Van der Velden said in a statement on Instagram that Norwood is not meant to be a replacement for human talent but “a creative work – a piece of art.” IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. ARE AI MODELS THE FUTURE OF FASHION? 2. CHATGPT GETS PARENTAL CONTROLS 3. LUFTHANSA LEANS ON AI, CUTS 4,000

Welcome back. Anthropic is expanding globally after finding that nearly 80% of Claude’s users are outside the U.S. On Friday, the company named Chris Ciauri as its new Managing Director of International and announced more than 100 new roles in Dublin, London and Zurich, along with the opening of its first Asia office in Tokyo. Ciauri called it a pivotal moment to “develop the necessary infrastructure and partnerships to support our growing international customer base.” IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. UN AIMS TO SHAPE GLOBAL AI RULES 2. OPENAI’S $400B WEEK; MASSIVE INVESTMENTS, EXPANSION 3. AI USE AMONG DEVELOPERS SURGES AI GOVERNANCE UN AIMS TO SHAPE GLOBAL

Good morning. Welcome to this special weekend edition of The Deep View, presented in partnership with Bland. THIS AI COMPANY IS MAKING PHONE CALLS PEOPLE ACTUALLY ENJOY Phone calls suck. Especially when you’re dialing a big company. You call with a simple question… and what do you get? Hours on hold. A clunky phone tree that leads nowhere. Or a robotic voice that couldn’t sound less human. And after all that? You still don’t get the help you needed. That’s why Bland, one of tech’s hottest companies, is building their voice agents. Now, when you call a company powered by Bland, you get: * A voice that sounds authentic,

Welcome back. If you unexpectedly found yourself with an unwanted Amazon Prime account, you may be in luck. Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission over enrolling millions of users into its Prime subscription service without their consent. The company was also accused of making it difficult for customers to cancel their subscriptions. The settlement includes a $1 billion civil penalty and $1.5 billion in refunds for affected customers. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. MUSK, XAI MAKE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMEBACK 2. SPOTIFY GOES AFTER AI-GENERATED CONTENT 3. COAST GUARD LANDS $350M FOR ROBOTICS, AUTONOMY ENTERPRISE AI MUSK, XAI

Welcome back. Canadian enterprise AI startup Cohere announced on Wednesday that it received an additional $100 million from investors in its latest funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to $7 billion. The Nvidia-backed company plans to use the funding to accelerate the development and global deployment of its security-centered enterprise AI products as it continues to scale operations worldwide. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. ALIBABA JOINS AI INFRASTRUCTURE RACE 2. MICROSOFT BRINGS ANTHROPIC TO COPILOT 3. STAN LEE HOLOGRAM SPARKS FAN DEBATE DATA CENTERS ALIBABA JOINS AI INFRASTRUCTURE RACE The surge in AI data center demand shows no signs of slowing. Alibaba’s cloud division announced a host of plans

Welcome back. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday called the growth of AI services “astonishing” and predicted even greater advancements to come. In a blog post, he said that as AI gets smarter, it could become a fundamental driver of the economy and potentially a basic human right. Altman added that OpenAI is preparing to expand its AI infrastructure and will share more on the company’s plans and funding later this year. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. ORACLE, SOFTBANK, OPENAI POWER STARGATE EXPANSION 2. NVIDIA’S SELF-FULFILLING INVESTMENT 3. MIDDLE EAST’S FIRST AI ROBOTICS LAB LAUNCHES BIG TECH ORACLE, SOFTBANK, OPENAI POWER STARGATE EXPANSION Stargate is going through a

Welcome back! Meta is getting into the online dating game. Facebook Dating launched Monday, with a new chatbot that helps you “find love through what you like,” letting you swipe (or chat) right within your go-to groups and events to help match you with people who actually have the same interests. Who knew your next crush could be just a group post away? IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OPENAI, NVIDIA DATA CENTER DEAL HIGHLIGHTS AI’S HUNGER FOR POWER 2. CAPGEMINI TEES UP SMARTER AI AT 2025 RYDER CUP 3. IS AI WEAKENING CREATIVITY, HUMAN CONNECTIONS? DATA CENTERS OPENAI, NVIDIA DATA CENTER DEAL HIGHLIGHTS AI’S HUNGER FOR POWER There

Welcome back. Happy first day of fall! A new book on the market, penned by two AI researchers, warns that the race to create superhuman AI could put us on a path to extinction. "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All,” delves into how, according to their research, superintelligent AIs could pursue goals that conflict with ours, and if a clash happens, humans wouldn’t stand a chance. Talk about some not-so-light reading! IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. NEURALINK’S SPEECH-RESTORING DEVICE SET FOR OCTOBER TRIAL 2. OPENAI SIGNALS PLANS FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS 3. MORE TURNING TO AI FOR ADVICE DESPITE

Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of The Deep View, brought to you in partnership with Kore.ai. DONE WITH THE HYPE? A C-SUITE TOOLKIT FOR REAL RESULTS WITH AI The hard truth? Too many AI projects deliver no real profit impact (yes we read the latest MIT study too). Just as well, Kore.ai works with the world’s largest enterprises and we know what it takes to get results with AI rather than vanity metrics. Most companies are done with flashy, low-impact pilots. For your 2026 investments, the task is simple: move past the hype and scale AI for real value. We've developed a

Welcome back. If you’ve found yourself struggling to buy concert tickets without spending a king’s ransom or getting shut out entirely, you may be in luck. The FTC announced on Thursday that, along with seven states, it has filed a lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The lawsuit alleges that the companies are engaging in illegal ticket resale practices and have deceived both artists and consumers regarding prices and ticket limits. Those practices include coordinating with brokers, who “harvest millions of dollars worth of tickets" in the primary market, and then sell them at substantially inflated prices in the secondary market.

Welcome back! The US-UK Technology Partnership is driving a wave of AI news this week, including Microsoft signing a $6.2 billion, five-year agreement with Nscale Global Holdings Ltd. and Aker ASA to build European-owned hyperscale AI infrastructure in Norway, a deal that secures Microsoft's access to advanced AI compute capacity powered entirely by renewable energy.  IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. HUMAN OVERSIGHT STILL KEY AS AI IN TESTING SOARS, REPORT 2. FIGURE AI INCHES CLOSER TO MASS DEPLOYING HUMANOID ROBOTS 3. INVISIBLE RAISES $100M, NOW WORTH $2B AI AGENTS HUMAN OVERSIGHT STILL KEY AS AI IN TESTING SOARS, REPORT Despite the rocketing use of AI in testing digital

Welcome back. OpenAI has snapped up another former xAI employee, marking another move in the rivalry between the two companies. Mike Liberatore, xAI’s former finance chief, joined OpenAI on Tuesday after only a few months in his role at xAI, according to his LinkedIn profile. Liberatore is the latest OpenAI hire with connections to Elon Musk, the fourth since July when it hired Uday Ruddarraju, xAI’s former head of infrastructure engineering, along with former xAI infrastructure engineer Mike Dalton. OpenAI also hired Tesla’s former vice president of software engineering, David Lau. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. AI OVER HUMANS: ANOTHER COMPANY CUTS HUNDREDS OF JOBS 2.

Welcome back! It was a big day yesterday for Google’s parent company. Alphabet became the fourth public company worth $3 trillion, joining Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple as its shares climbed more than 4%. Alphabet closed Monday with a market value of $3.05 trillion, boosted earlier in September by a favorable antitrust ruling, CNBC reported. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. CHATGPT VS. CLAUDE: HOW PEOPLE REALLY USE AI 2. ROLLING STONE PUBLISHER SUES GOOGLE OVER AI USE 3. AI BOT JOINS ALBANIA’S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AI ASSISTANTS CHATGPT VS. CLAUDE: HOW PEOPLE REALLY USE AI It would be simplistic to call it the “Battle of the Bots.” But whether

Welcome back! It was a rough start to the weekend for hundreds of employees at Elon Musk’s xAI. The company laid off at least 500 employees, nearly one-third of the company’s data annotation team on Friday night, according to Business Insider. The publication reported that employees were notified via email that the company was downsizing its teams as it undergoes a major reorganization, shifting its focus to expand and prioritize its specialist AI tutors. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. MERRIAM-WEBSTER SUES PERPLEXITY OVER CONTENT USE 2. AI, SUICIDE & MUSK: ALTMAN’S UNCOMFORTABLE TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEW 3. VOLKSWAGEN BETS $1.1B ON AI FUTURE BY 2030 AI ON

Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of The Deep View, brought to you in partnership with Sprinto. WHY COMPLIANCE WITHOUT AGENTIC AI IS ALREADY OBSOLETE For years, compliance has been treated as a necessary evil, something you do because customers demand it, not because it drives growth. And until recently, it’s been painfully manual. On average, compliance teams spend 15 hours a week (nearly 40% of their time), on repetitive tasks like evidence gathering and audit prep. And that kind of time radically eats into crucial engineering hours. On top of that, most companies still use checklist-driven approaches that are static, convoluted, and