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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

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OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT , can now browse the internet — in certain cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the bot’s functionality by granting it access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the web. Time will tell whether they’re sufficient.

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10 most used gen AI tools in the enterprise

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Gen AI has entered the enterprise in a big way since OpenAI first launched ChatGPT in 2022. ChatGPT ChatGPT, by OpenAI, is a chatbot application built on top of a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) model. Human oversight and intervention may be necessary.

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Ghost debuts an anonymous group messaging app with ChatGPT baked in

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Anonymous social apps have a history of devolving into bullying and harassment, ultimately leading to their failure. To test this theory, the company has now launched its Ghost messaging app that allows users to share an anonymous message in a group chat with friends in order to flirt, joke or ask questions without revealing their identity.

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Netflix crackdown, monetizing ChatGPT and bypassing FB’s 2FA

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Monetized ChatGPT: OpenAI this week launched a pilot subscription for its text-generating AI. For $20 a month, subscribers can access more than what the base level gets: access to ChatGPT during peak hours, faster response times and priority access to new features and improvements. Not everyone was notified at the time, however.

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RTRO launches an algorithm-free social app for friends, creators and brands

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Ahead of Meta’s launch of a text-based social network , female-founded social networking startup RTRO is launching its app this week with the goal of connecting brands, creators and their fans and followers in a more positive environment focused on human connections and communities, not algorithm-driven content.

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OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, a startup attempts a humanoid robot, and Salesforce turns it around

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most read ChatGPT in API form: OpenAI introduced an API that’ll allow any business to build ChatGPT tech into their apps, websites, products and services. (As As a refresher, ChatGPT is the free text-generating AI that can write human-like code, emails, essays and more.) So, signed up for both events?

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X begins rolling out Grok, its ‘rebellious’ chatbot, to subscribers

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Grok, a ChatGPT competitor developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has officially launched on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Grok began rolling out late this afternoon to X Premium Plus subscribers in the U.S., “Premium Plus” being X’s plan that costs $16 per month for ad-free access to the social network.

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