Axios

President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing ahead of the midterms — with more to come, Axios has learned.

• "This is just the beginning," an administration official told Axios.

Why it matters: The seemingly partisan nature of the taxpayer-funded ads — which come a little more than a month before the midterms — has drawn bipartisan pushback.

Artist JMSN is demanding the Trump administration stop using his song "Love Me," which was the background music for a controversial government ad that critics argue illegally uses taxpayer money.

The big picture: The administration has repeatedly come under fire for its use of celebrities' music and images.

OpenAI launched dots, its take on the AI assistant and an answer to Meta's Muse, a personal agent that has gone viral and moved markets since its release.

Why it matters: ChatGPT defined the chatbot era, but that status will have to be earned again as the world shifts from talking with AI to making it go out and do things.