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QuitGPT Campaign Gains Traction, Heroku Still Alive

A growing movement called "QuitGPT" is urging users to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions, fueled by frustrations with the chatbot's performance and concerns over its political and ethical implications. The campaign, which gained traction on Reddit, has prompted users to voice their dissatisfaction with the AI model, citing issues such as its coding abilities and meandering responses, according to MIT Technology Review.

The QuitGPT campaign gained momentum in recent weeks, with users sharing their experiences of canceling their subscriptions. Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, subscribed to ChatGPT Plus in September, hoping to speed up his work. However, he grew frustrated with the chatbot's coding capabilities and its verbose replies, leading him to discover the QuitGPT movement on Reddit, as reported by MIT Technology Review.

The campaign also highlights concerns about the political affiliations of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. QuitGPT flagged a substantial contribution by OpenAI president Greg Brockman to President Donald Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc., and pointed out that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses a resume screening tool powered by ChatGPT-4, according to MIT Technology Review.

In other news, the Elixir-to-JavaScript porting initiative has achieved a significant milestone with the release of Hologram v0.7.0. The release, which includes over 700 commits and represents nearly three months of focused work, has increased Erlang runtime coverage from 34% to 96%, and overall Elixir standard library readiness has grown from 74% to 87%, according to Hacker News. The initiative, launched in November 2025, has seen the porting of 150 new Erlang functions across 19 modules, expanding browser-side Elixir capabilities.

Meanwhile, a pragmatic alliance between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is quietly redefining Europe's power balance. A joint-policy paper drawn up by Merz and Meloni is set to be delivered to European Union partners at an informal summit on February 12, 2026, urging reforms to improve the bloc's competitiveness, according to Fortune. This alliance, though perhaps unexpected, is seen by some as serving the interests of both parties.

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