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Back in March, OpenAI began to develop “eyes and ears” for ChatGPT in the form of plugins. This would allow ChatGPT to exponentially expand its capabilities as a tool for users to basically delegate any task too. At the time, these plugins were only available to a select few in a “limited alpha.” But with OpenAI’s announcement Friday afternoon, over 70 third-party plugins are finally being rolled out to ChatGPT Plus users.
“We’re rolling out web browsing and Plugins to all ChatGPT Plus users over the next week!” OpenAI announced in a tweet. “Moving from alpha to beta, they allow ChatGPT to access the internet and to use 70+ third-party plugins.”
The plugins should automatically activate upon subscribing to ChatGPT Plus and can be found under “Beta Features” in a user’s settings. The service costs $20 a month and allows users to utilize OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 model, a significantly better, but still flawed, upgrade over ChatGPT-3. Plus subscribers will have access to over 70+ third-party plugins. These can parse through website content, visualize and analyze data, and even help you learn foreign languages.
Users can install as many plugins as they want, but are only allowed to use three at a time. The plugins cover a range of industries and business ventures including shopping, real estate, stocks, travel, and food. For example, one plugin, “ndricks Sports,” finds and compiles relevant sports news and information.
Other plugins like, “AskYourPDF,” and “ChatWithPDF,” allow users to provide a URL of a PDF document for ChatGPT to parse through. However, these plugins are very particular about what URLs it can and cannot accept, and this one does not accept local files from your computer.
ChatGPT-plugins are still in beta and it shows. I pointed out the “ndricks Sports” plugin earlier, and while the information it provided me is accurate, the sources it gave me don’t actually link back to wherever ChatGPT got that information. Or in some cases like with “ChatWithPDF,” the plugin just straight up did not work at the time I tried it.
Regardless, the implementation of plugins represents a radical shift in the capabilities of ChatGPT, especially in the wake of Google Bard getting a massive multimodal upgrade. The consequences of giving generative AI the ability to access the internet are yet to be seen in full, but you can’t say the progress of these machines isn’t at least a bit exciting.
Leaked details have emerged about Google’s generative AI plans ahead of its annual I/O conference.
At Google I/O 2023, which takes place this Wednesday, the company is expected to share major AI announcements to contend with Microsoft and OpenAI amidst the ongoing “AI arms race.” Information shared with CNBC and The Wall Street Journal provides details about Google’s plans to unveil a new version of its large language model, updates to its AI chatbot Bard, and generative AI features for Google’s search engine. The overarching message is reportedly how AI can help people achieve their full potential.
This is a big moment for Google. After ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022 prompted a “code red,” and Microsoft announced its own GPT-4 powered Bing chatbot, Google has scrambled to catch up with its competitors and hold its position as the top dog in search. A botched launch of its AI chatbot Bard and ethical concerns about rushing to develop AI tools have only raised the stakes. The AI tools and features that Google announces tomorrow could be make-or-break when it comes to maintaining the company’s status as the rightful wearer of the tech industry crown (sorry, coronation still on the brain).
Here’s what we might see at tomorrow’s Google I/O:
According to CNBC, Google is announcing a new version of its LLM called PaLM 2. The earlier model, PaLM, which was released in 2022, is what powers Google’s AI chatbot Bard. So with a more advanced LLM, we can expect Bard to improve as well. PaLM 2 reportedly includes over 100 languages and has been tested with coding, math, creative writing, and analysis.
Per CNBC, Google is also reportedly working on a multimodal version of Bard, which means it can support multimedia input and output. It’s also reportedly working on larger versions of the chatbot internally called “Big Bard” and “Giant Bard.”
The possible announcement that will impact everyday users the most is an overhaul of its traditional search format. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google is planning to make the search process more conversational, with follow up prompts and contextual information for queries that “can’t be easily answered by traditional web results.” This might include user-generated content from TikTok and other posts from social media creators. In case you didn’t know, Gen Z basically uses TikTok as a search engine instead of Google. So this is a clear attempt to corral younger users back into the fold.
The conversational feature in search is code-named “Magi,” and was revealed back in April, but with few details. Now we have a more concrete idea of what it would look like. How it relates to Bard, or whether it’s technically the same thing as Bard, just moved to the search page, isn’t clear yet.
In March, Google announced generative AI features for Google Workspace and Gmail, which included a tool for drafting text in Google Docs and composing emails. Now, it is reported that Google will announce AI integrations for Google Slides and Google Sheets. Per CNBC, Slides will come with a tool to generate images based on text prompts and Sheets will use AI to generate spreadsheet templates. There was no specific mention of Google Docs and Gmail in the leaks, but Google I/O would be a fitting time to share further updates, so we’re not writing it off yet.
With the updated design, landmarks and buildings are shown in 3D, and green spaces, parks, trees, roads, and other areas are displayed in more detail and with more accuracy.
Apple’s revamped map experience also provides iPhone, iPad, and Mac users with better navigation, turn-by-turn walking directions with augmented reality, and in general, a much more detailed and immersive Maps interface.
This design began rolling out in September 2018 in Northern California, and as of 2019, it was available across the United States. Apple has since expanded it to multiple other countries, most recently adding Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia.
O’Beirne expects the new Apple Maps design to be officially live in Taiwan in June.
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Honkai Star Rail is chugging along at a strong pace, as the game has already been downloaded more than 20 million times.
Genshin Impact developer miHoYo’s latest title is blasting off at the speed of light, as it managed to hit more than 20 million downloads just a single day after launching. This was spotted by industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, sharing the news in a tweet, originally confirmed in a Weibo post from Honkai Star Rail’s official account. It’s certainly an impressive figure, but not exactly a surprising one. Genshin Impact has become massively popular since its launch in 2020, and Honkai: Star Rail obviously shares a lot of sensibilities when it comes to its character design, even if the latter is obviously more sci-fi as opposed to Genshin’s fantasy setting.
The Weibo post also announced that as thanks to all of the players, miHoYo is distributing 10 Star Rail Special Passes on April 30 (i.e. today if you’re reading this article today). A celebration event for the launch of the game is also being held today, so all in all it sounds like it will be worth logging in today if you’re one of those 20 million players checking the game out.
iPhone users will see an “Early Access” banner for Apple Pay Later in the Wallet app if they are selected, and a notice will be sent to their Apple ID email. There doesn’t appear to be any way to force an invite, but those who wish to try Apple Pay Later must be a U.S. resident, 18 or older, and update their iPhone to iOS 16.4 or later.
Apple Pay Later early access began in late March, and Apple said it plans to offer the feature to all eligible users “in the coming months.”
iPhone users can apply for a $50 to $1,000 loan in the Wallet app with no impact to their credit, according to Apple. After entering the amount they would like to borrow and agreeing to the Apple Pay Later terms, a soft credit check will be initiated. Once a user is approved, Apple Pay Later will be available as an option when using Apple Pay.
In the Wallet app, users can view, track, and manage loans, with upcoming payments shown on a calendar and payment reminders sent via the Wallet app and email. Users must set up a debit card as a loan repayment method, with credit cards not accepted.
Apple Pay Later credit assessment and lending is handled by Apple Financing LLC, a subsidiary of Apple. The service is based on the Mastercard Installments program, so merchants that accept Apple Pay do not need to do anything to implement it. Apple published a series of support documents with additional information.
Apple has not said if or when the feature will launch in other countries.
Looks like #ApplePayLater is continuing to roll out Early Access!
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— Will Sigmon (@WSig) April 28, 2023
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