OpenAI Integrates Shopify Checkout, Aims for $10B Revenue Amid $5B Losses
OpenAI integrates Shopify checkout into ChatGPT, aiming for $10B revenue stream from commissions on sales despite $5B losses last year.
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Google AI Searches Local Businesses, Gets Pricing for Pro Users
In a groundbreaking move, Google AI now offers Pro and Ultra subscribers the ability to search local businesses, obtain pricing, and gather availability information through AI-powered calls, bringing cutting-edge features to early adopters.
Slack Unveils AI-Powered Enterprise Search, Centralizing Knowledge Across Platforms
Slack unveils an AI-powered enterprise search feature, centralizing knowledge across conversations, data, and third-party apps, providing personalized, permission-aware results and transforming scattered information into complete answers with context.
OpenAI Integrates Shopify for Ecommerce Results in ChatGPT Search
OpenAI's ChatGPT Search now integrates ecommerce platforms like Shopify and Turbify, displaying product images, prices, and summarized reviews from merchant data, enhancing its shopping capabilities.
OpenAI Unveils AI-Powered Web Browser, Challenging Chrome's Dominance
OpenAI unveils an AI-powered web browser, integrating its Operator web-browsing agent, challenging Google Chrome's dominance and gaining direct access to user data.
Google Accused of Exploiting Web Content for AI Summaries, Sparking EU Antitrust Complaint
Google faces EU antitrust complaint as Independent Publishers Alliance accuses tech giant of exploiting web content for AI summaries in Google Search, harming publishers who cannot opt out without vanishing from search results.
ChatGPT Boosts News Site Referrals, Traffic Still Declines
While ChatGPT drives referral traffic to news sites, overall organic visits plummet, prompting publishers to explore paywalls and new revenue streams as AI disrupts their industry.
Baidu Unveils Multi-Agent AI Search System for Enhanced Information Retrieval
Baidu unveils a groundbreaking multi-agent AI search system that utilizes a Directed Acyclic Graph and specialized agents to intelligently break down complex queries, execute subtasks, and synthesize enhanced information retrieval responses.
Apple Eyes Perplexity AI Acquisition to Bolster AI Prowess
Apple eyes acquiring Perplexity AI, a move that could bolster its artificial intelligence capabilities, enhancing features like Siri and offering an AI-powered search alternative on Safari as the tech giant aims to catch up with rivals in the AI landscape.
Meta Pursues Perplexity AI Acquisition, Bolstering AI Ambitions
Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, intensifies its AI ambitions by pursuing an acquisition of Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, though a deal has yet to materialize, following its recent investments in Scale AI and a failed bid for Safe Superintelligence.