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In today’s edition:

• OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search

• Claude AI Gets Desktop App

• China Adapts Meta’s Llama AI for Military Use

• Adobe Launches Generative Remove Tool

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

OpenAI

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search

The Gist: OpenAI has launched a real-time search feature within ChatGPT, offering live updates on sports, stocks, and news, putting it in direct competition with search giants like Google and Microsoft.

Key Details:

• ChatGPT search, called SearchGPT in its beta phase, allows users to ask questions in a conversational way and access current information, using data from news and search partnerships, including Bing.

• Users can now click on sources to see original articles, with major media outlets like Reuters, The Associated Press, and Time providing content.

• Available to ChatGPT Plus and Team users now, this feature will roll out to all users in the coming months, positioning ChatGPT as a new competitor in online search.

• OpenAI’s new feature comes after a major funding round, valuing the company at $157 billion, signaling its strategic push into the search and information-gathering space alongside Microsoft’s Bing and Copilot.

Anthropic

Anthropic’s Claude AI Gets Desktop App

The Gist: Anthropic has launched a desktop app for its Claude AI chatbot, bringing it to Mac and Windows users while also adding voice dictation support on its mobile app.

Key Details:

• The new Claude desktop app offers the same features as its web version, letting users access chats and starred conversations directly from their desktops.

• Anthropic recently introduced a "computer use" feature in public beta, allowing Claude to navigate a computer screen and perform tasks, though this isn’t yet included in the desktop app.

• Voice dictation support is rolling out on Claude’s iOS and Android apps, enabling users to interact by speaking their queries.

• This move aligns Claude AI with other chatbots like ChatGPT, which also recently introduced voice capabilities and has its own desktop apps.

Meta

China Adapts Meta’s Llama AI for Military Use

The Gist: Chinese research institutions affiliated with the military have modified Meta's open-source Llama AI model into a tool called "ChatBIT," designed for military intelligence and decision-making, raising concerns over the use of open-source AI for defense purposes.

Key Details:

• Researchers from China’s Academy of Military Science and other PLA-linked institutions developed ChatBIT using Meta’s Llama, adapting it for intelligence gathering and military dialogue.

• Meta’s open-source approach encourages innovation but restricts military use; however, enforcing this is challenging, especially with international actors.

• ChatBIT currently functions on a smaller, specialized dataset of 100,000 military dialogues, which limits its capabilities compared to larger models.

• The Pentagon and U.S. policymakers are increasingly vigilant about China’s AI advancements, with new regulations targeting U.S. investment in Chinese AI, aiming to mitigate national security risks from AI development abroad.

Quick Gist

Adobe's Generative Remove tool for Lightroom and Photoshop has officially launched but has faced backlash from users for decreased performance and increased errors following recent updates (Read More).

Google partnered with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to establish an AI hub, enhancing the kingdom's tech infrastructure and positioning it as a regional AI leader (Read More).

Google launched new AI-driven features across its Maps, Waze, and Earth apps, including an "Ask Maps" feature for personalized recommendations and enhanced navigation tools (Read More).

Anthropic has hired a full-time AI welfare expert, Kyle Sing, to explore moral considerations regarding AI systems and their potential rights as they evolve (Read More).

Google is rolling out Gemini Extensions for its Home, Messages, Phone, and WhatsApp apps, enhancing user interactions with natural language control and contextual assistance (Read More).

Google is gradually rolling out its generative AI solution, Gemini, which will replace Google Assistant and provide features for WhatsApp, Google Home, Phone, and Messages (Read More).

Copenhagen has launched Gefion, a new AI supercomputer funded with DKK 600 million, aimed at accelerating innovation in drug discovery and other fields (Read More).

Nvidia plans to launch an Arm-based AI PC processor in Q3 2025 in competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD, as the market for AI-enabled consumer PCs begins to take shape (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!