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Wed. 08/13 – Perplexity Wants To Acquire Chrome
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Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome, but how serious are they? Fine, says OpenAI, have your GPT-4o back. Are AI companions the next breakout AI business beyond coding help? And is GM getting back in the self-driving car business for real this time?
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Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome (WSJ)
OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again (VentureBeat)
OpenAI rolls out Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts integration in ChatGPT (BleepingComputer)
UK porn site traffic plunges as age verification rules take effect (Financial Times)
AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025 (TechCrunch)
GM Plans Renewed Driverless-Car Push After Cruise Debacle (Bloomberg)
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