Wed. 08/13 – Perplexity Wants To Acquire Chrome

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?

Links:

• 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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