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 3 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• The Washington Post Teams Up With OpenAI

• Character AI Launches New AvatarFX AI Platform

• xAI’s Grok Chatbot Gets Real-Time Vision

• OpenAI is Adding a Shopping Feature into ChatGPT

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

OpenAI

The Washington Post Teams Up With OpenAI

The Gist: The Washington Post has teamed up with OpenAI to feature its journalism directly in ChatGPT, making reliable news more accessible through AI-powered search.

Key Details:

• ChatGPT will display summaries, quotes, and links to original Post articles.

• The partnership spans coverage areas like politics, business, and tech.

• Attribution and links ensure users can explore stories in full context.

• This move builds on The Post’s broader use of AI for news delivery.

Character AI

Character AI Launches New AvatarFX AI Platform

The Gist: Character.AI’s new AvatarFX tech can generate lifelike, speaking videos from static images, pushing the limits of creative AI video tools.

Key Details:

• Creates expressive, realistic videos from user-uploaded images.

• Supports longform videos, multi-speaker scenes, and diverse styles.

• Uses advanced flow-based diffusion models for smooth motion and lip sync.

• Built-in safety tools help prevent misuse, including deepfakes and impersonation.

xAI

xAI’s Grok Chatbot Gets Real-Time Vision

The Gist: xAI’s Grok chatbot just got a major upgrade — it can now analyze what your smartphone camera sees and respond in real time.

Key Details:

• Grok Vision lets users point their phone at an object and ask questions.

• Currently available on iOS through Grok’s voice mode.

• New features include multilingual audio and real-time voice search.

• Vision adds to Grok’s growing toolset, which now includes memory and a canvas editor.

Quick Gist

Microsoft Copilot can now create PowerPoint slides from prompts or files, streamlining the presentation design process for users (Read More).

Microsoft announced the Spring release of its "Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2," introducing AI agents designed to enhance workplace productivity through deep reasoning capabilities and a new "Agent Store" (Read More).

Nvidia has launched NeMo microservices, a suite of tools designed to help enterprises develop and optimize AI agents, simplifying the training and deployment process for digital employees (Read More).

Nvidia's G-Assist is expanding its functionality with a new Plugin Builder that allows users to create custom plugins for various services, making it accessible even to novices (Read More).

OpenAI is integrating a native shopping feature into ChatGPT, allowing users to complete purchases directly within the chat via a partnership with Shopify, indicating a shift towards e-commerce capabilities (Read More)

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!