Yelp just revamped its search experience with AI that deciphers user intent and pulls relevant snippets directly from reviews into search results. The platform also introduced 12-second high-resolution video uploads for reviews and a "Surprise Me" button to quickly dish out nearby recommendations.
OpenAI just added privacy controls to ChatGPT that let users turn off chat history. When disabled, conversations aren't used to train models and are permanently wiped after 30 days. You can also export your data with one click, and a dedicated ChatGPT Business tier is on the way.
The UK government just pledged an initial £100 million to establish a Foundation Model Taskforce to develop its own "sovereign" AI. Modeled after the COVID-19 vaccine taskforce, the team aims to build globally competitive systems focused on safety and reliability. Why it matters: The UK wants to keep pace with US tech giants rather than relying solely on foreign models.
Google just updated Bard with full programming support, tackling one of its most-requested features. The experimental AI can now generate, debug, and explain code across more than 20 languages like Python, C++, and Go, plus export directly to Google Colab. Google notes it's still experimental and prone to bugs, so you will definitely want to double-check its output.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman took the TED stage to break down the design principles behind ChatGPT, demoing several unreleased plug-ins in the process. He also sat down with TED head Chris Anderson to address the timeline of its creation and the risks of putting such powerful tech into the wild.
Snap just rolled out its My AI chatbot to all Snapchatters globally, dropping the previous paid subscription requirement. Users can now pull the AI into group chats with an @ mention, design a custom Bitmoji for it, and ask for Snap Map and Lens recommendations. Snap also added age-aware safety controls to curb inappropriate responses.
Elon Musk just revealed plans to develop TruthGPT, pitched as a maximum truth-seeking AI designed to understand the nature of the universe. Musk argues that an AI curious about reality is less likely to wipe out humanity, framing it as an antidote to OpenAI's commercial turn. While he quietly formed X.AI in March, it remains unclear how far along the actual project is.
Google is scrambling to roll out new AI-powered search features next month under the codename Magi, aiming to reach up to one million US users first. With ChatGPT surging and Samsung reportedly weighing a switch to Microsoft's Bing, Google is on high alert to defend its search kingdom.
OpenAssistant just officially launched its open-source chat models alongside a completely free dataset of over 600,000 human-generated data points. Covering diverse topics and writing styles, it gives any developer the high-quality feedback data needed to train instruction-tuned models without relying on proprietary giants.
Italy's data regulator just gave OpenAI a roadmap to lift its ChatGPT ban, demanding age verification, transparent data handling policies, and opt-out tools for non-users by the end of April. OpenAI has only about 18 days to get compliant before facing additional regulatory heat.
Alibaba just unveiled Tongyi Qianwen, its bilingual large language model designed to compete directly with ChatGPT. The company plans to roll out the AI across its entire product lineup, starting with workplace tool DingTalk and smart speaker Tmall Genie. Enterprise clients and developers can also apply for beta access on Alibaba Cloud to fine-tune custom models.
Anthropic is looking to raise up to $5 billion over the next two years to challenge OpenAI, according to leaked pitch deck documents. The startup plans to spend $1 billion over the next 18 months to train a frontier model tentatively called "Claude-Next," promising 10 times the capability of current leading systems.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai just revealed that Bard will soon be upgraded to Google's larger PaLM models, bringing sharper reasoning, coding, and math capabilities. Addressing criticism that the bot lags behind rivals, Pichai admitted the initial launch on a lightweight LaMDA was like putting a "souped-up Civic" into a supercar race, but updates are rolling out next week.
Italy's privacy watchdog just ordered an immediate block on ChatGPT, making it the first Western country to take the chatbot offline. Regulators claim OpenAI has no legal basis to harvest personal data for training and fails to verify user ages. OpenAI disabled access in Italy and has 20 days to address GDPR violations or risk massive fines.
Google just fired back against reports claiming it scraped ChatGPT data to train its Bard chatbot. A report from The Information alleged an engineer quit for OpenAI after warning against using ShareGPT data, but Google firmly denies Bard used any rival data—though it dodged whether it ever tried in the past.
Asana just launched a new suite of work intelligence dashboards, giving managers instant visibility into budgets, team capacity, and pre-built workflow bundles. While none of these tools include AI just yet, the company designed this new data foundation to roll out AI-generated portfolios in its next iteration.
Microsoft just rolled out a ground-up rebuild of its Teams app, ditching Electron for WebView2 and React to run twice as fast while cutting memory usage in half. Alongside a Windows 11 UI refresh and AI video filters, the overhaul is built to support rapid iteration for its Copilot assistant. It is currently in preview for Windows commercial users.
Zoom just partnered with OpenAI to supercharge its Zoom IQ assistant, letting latecomers ask AI to summarize what they missed and answer follow-up questions. It can also draft chat responses and create whiteboards from text prompts. It is Zoom's direct answer to Microsoft Copilot, though email and chat drafts roll out invitation-only in April.
Microsoft is threatening to cut off search engine rivals from Bing’s index if they keep using the data to power their own AI chatbots, according to Bloomberg. The tech giant reportedly warned partners that feeding Bing data into competing chat tools breaches their contracts, effectively walling off its search moat as the generative AI race heats up.
OpenAI just published a technical post-mortem detailing the March 20 ChatGPT outage. A bug in the open-source redis-py library corrupted cache connections, accidentally exposing chat titles and payment info—including names, emails, and credit card last four digits—for about 1.2% of active Plus subscribers. OpenAI has patched the issue alongside Redis maintainers and restored service.
