Anthropic just updated Claude so users can publish and share their Artifacts, as well as remix creations made by others. The sidebar feature lets you render code, interactive diagrams, and mini-games right next to chat, turning AI generations into easily shareable mini-apps.
Poe just introduced Previews, letting users see and interact with web applications built directly inside chat threads. The feature works alongside coding powerhouses like Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, and Gemini 1.5 Pro. Basically, you can now generate frontend projects and test the live widgets immediately without pasting code elsewhere.
French research lab Kyutai just unveiled Moshi, an open-source conversational voice AI boasting an end-to-end latency of only 200 milliseconds. Built from scratch in six months, it can listen and talk at the same time and run directly on a laptop without an internet connection.
OpenAI just patched a glaring security flaw in its ChatGPT macOS app, which was previously storing user conversations in unencrypted plain text on local drives. That meant any malicious app with machine access could easily read your chat history. Following external reports, OpenAI quietly pushed an update that finally encrypts local conversation records.
Perplexity is facing fierce backlash from Forbes and Wired, with both outlets accusing the AI search startup of covertly ignoring robots.txt rules to scrape content and republishing original scoops verbatim. Perplexity defends its actions as fair use tied to direct user queries, but the tension between web scrapers and original creators is escalating quickly.
Meta is cooking up a new feature in WhatsApp that turns your selfies into custom AI stickers. Users upload a few reference photos to Meta AI and can then trigger scenes by typing "@Meta AI imagine me" in any chat—dropping themselves into outer space or a forest. It's currently in beta testing on Android, with full control to delete your reference images at any time.
Perplexity just upgraded Pro Search to handle complex questions using multi-step reasoning. The search assistant can now break down queries, trigger follow-up web searches automatically, and run code or tap Wolfram|Alpha for advanced math and data analysis. Free accounts get limited access, while Pro subscribers get higher daily limits.
Elon Musk just revealed that xAI plans to launch Grok 2 this August, promising a major leap in real-time knowledge and reasoning. Musk noted the team did heavy lifting to purge junk from Internet training datasets, while teasing that Grok 3—powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs—is slated for the end of the year.
Apple is gearing up to announce a deal bringing Google Gemini to its devices as soon as this fall, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The move adds another heavyweight alongside ChatGPT, with Anthropic also in the mix. Why it matters: bringing in third-party chatbots buys Apple time to build Apple Intelligence while taking a cut of partner subscription sign-ups.
Solos just unveiled the AirGo Vision, taking direct aim at Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The new eyewear features a temple-mounted camera powered by GPT-4o for visual search, with the freedom to swap to Gemini or Claude. It uses a modular design with swappable frames, though it only takes photos and skips video. It launches later this year.
Mark Zuckerberg just called out closed-source AI competitors, claiming tech labs obsessing over 'one true AI' act as if they are trying to 'create God.' Instead of a hoarded single product, he argued the future belongs to diverse, open-source models tailored to different human interests. Why it matters: As tech giants race for total control, Meta is positioning open tools and smart glasses as the antidote to proprietary walled gardens.
Meta is testing creator-made AI chatbots on Instagram in the U.S. Built through AI Studio, these characters primarily appear in messaging to help creators interact with fans, clearly labeled as AI. The test starts with around 50 creators, with plans for a full launch by August.
Character.AI just rolled out a two-way voice calling feature, letting users talk out loud to its AI characters in real time. It supports multiple languages including English, Chinese, and Spanish, with low latency and tap-to-interrupt controls. Why it matters: Turning text bots into voice buddies makes role-play and language practice feel far more personal.
OpenAI just struck a multi-year content partnership with TIME, bringing 101 years of historical archives and current reporting into ChatGPT. User responses drawing from the coverage will include direct citations and Time.com source links, while TIME taps OpenAI's models to build new reader-facing products.
Google just rolled out 110 new languages to Google Translate powered by its PaLM 2 model, marking its biggest expansion ever. The update opens up translation to more than 614 million speakers—around 8% of the global population—spanning from widely requested tongues like Cantonese to reviving Indigenous languages like Manx. PaLM 2 makes it far easier for models to learn closely related dialects without abundant standalone training data.
Amazon is reportedly developing a new chatbot codenamed Metis, powered by its upcoming Olympus AI model rather than Titan. The tool leans on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to pull real-time data, with CEO Andy Jassy directly involved in the effort. Insiders say it could launch as early as September, though some within the company worry it may be too late to catch OpenAI and Google.
Opera just launched the developer beta for Opera One R2, bringing its Aria AI assistant right to the center of web browsing. The browser now packs native image and voice generation, image understanding, and a new page-context mode to summarize or query any open site. It also adds split tabs and floating media controls. A broader rollout is scheduled for later this year.
Anthropic just made Claude 3 Haiku and Sonnet available in AWS GovCloud and the AWS Marketplace for the US Intelligence Community. The startup also modified its usage policies to permit authorized foreign intelligence analysis like detecting sabotage and early military warnings, while strictly keeping bans on weapons and cyberwarfare.
OpenAI just pushed back the rollout of ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode alpha by a month. The team says it needs extra time to refine content refusal guardrails and ready server capacity, targeting a full rollout to Plus subscribers in the fall.
OpenAI just opened its macOS desktop app to all users, expanding beyond early Plus subscribers. Mac users can now hit Option + Space to pull up a Spotlight-style chat interface, take instant screenshots to ask questions, upload files, and talk directly from the desktop. It is a huge leap toward making AI a native part of everyday computer workflows.
