Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI—news, innovations, and trends—all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• OpenAI Unveils o1 Model With $200/Month ChatGPT Pro Plan

• Microsoft Launches Copilot Vision for Enhanced Web Browsing

• iOS 18.2 Brings AI-Powered Tools and Smarter Features

• Apple Introduced Natural Language Search for Apple Music & TV

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

OpenAI

OpenAI Unveils o1 Model With $200/Month ChatGPT Pro Plan

The Gist: OpenAI has launched a premium $200 monthly ChatGPT Pro plan, offering advanced AI models and tools tailored for demanding tasks in fields like programming, data science, and legal analysis.

Key Details:

• Includes unlimited access to OpenAI’s advanced models: o1, o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice.

• o1 Pro mode, featured in this plan, excels in complex tasks and delivers highly accurate answers by utilizing extra computing power.

• Aimed at professionals, researchers, and industries requiring high-performance AI capabilities.

• OpenAI is awarding grants of ChatGPT Pro to select medical researchers, with plans to expand grants to other fields globally.

Microsoft

Microsoft Launches Copilot Vision for Enhanced Web Browsing

The Gist: Microsoft’s Copilot Vision, now in limited testing, allows users to interact with AI while browsing, offering assistance with text, images, and content directly on web pages in Edge.

Key Details:

• Copilot Vision reads and interprets webpage content, providing suggestions and answering questions about the material being viewed.

• Users must explicitly enable the feature, ensuring control over privacy and data usage.

• Initial testing is limited to select websites and Copilot Pro subscribers in the US, with plans for gradual expansion.

• Microsoft emphasizes user privacy, stating that Vision does not capture, store, or use browsing data to train its AI models.

Apple

iOS 18.2 Brings AI-Powered Tools and Smarter Features

The Gist: Apple’s iOS 18.2 introduces advanced AI capabilities, including text and image generation, while enhancing usability and privacy. The update also refines features for Mail, FindMy, and more.

Key Details:

• ChatGPT integration allows Siri and Writing Tools to generate and refine text with privacy safeguards.

• Visual Intelligence on iPhone 16 identifies objects and places using the camera, offering helpful insights.

• Image Playground lets users create animated or illustrated images with AI, labeled to prevent confusion with real photos.

• Mail now categorizes emails into focused groups like Primary and Promotions, making inbox management easier.

Quick Gist

Google launched PaliGemma 2, a family of advanced vision-language models that enable scalable performance and detailed image captioning, boosting app development capabilities (Read More).

London-based legal startup Lawhive secured $40 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures to accelerate its entry into the U.S. consumer legal market (Read More).

X has started trialing a free version of its Grok AI chatbot with select users, expanding access to its generative AI capabilities (Read More).

Musk's xAI announced plans to develop a supercomputer equipped with 1 million Nvidia AI accelerators to support its large-scale AI initiatives (Read More).

Elon Musk's xAI Corp. raised $6 billion in funding, increasing its valuation to over $40 billion, as it positions itself against major AI competitors (Read More).

Apple introduced natural language search for Apple Music and Apple TV in iOS 18.2, enabling users to locate content by describing it in conversational terms (Read More).

Google rolled out major updates for its Gemini AI on Android, including expressive captions, third-party app extensions, and improved document scanning (Read More).

Shield AI expanded its partnership with Palantir to integrate its Hivemind SDK with Palantir's software, enhancing command and control for autonomous uncrewed systems in complex environments (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!