Google Matches OpenAI on Shopping
Sam Altman, look behind you. Sundar Pichai is catching up. Google on Sunday announced it was adding the ability to buy stuff within its Gemini AI chatbot, using Google Pay to complete the transaction,...
Anthropic Unveils New Healthcare Features for Claude
Anthropic isn’t leaving the healthcare sector to OpenAI. The AI startup behind the Claude AI models on Monday announced Claude for Healthcare, a new set of tools and resources that healthcare provid...
Google Unveils AI Shopping Tools for Gemini
Google is adding the ability for users to shop directly within its Gemini chatbot and AI Mode search tool, the company said Sunday, making it the latest firm to add AI-powered commerce features. Shopp...
Robinhood Wins a Round in Battle With Coinbase
Robinhood and Coinbase are two of the most popular trading apps, historically concentrating on equities and crypto, respectively. But more and more, they’re competing head to head. Coinbase is launc...
Indonesia Blocks Grok Over Sexual Imagery
Indonesia blocked xAI’s Grok chatbot, due to the risk of sexual “deepfakes” on the service, Reuters reported, the latest sign of rising criticism of sexual imagery on the site. Earlier this week...
Shopping Change Agents
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OpenAI, SoftBank Invest $1 Billion in Data Center Developer
OpenAI and SoftBank will each invest $500 million in SB Energy, a SoftBank-backed data center developer that’s building a site for the Stargate project. As part of the investment, the companies have...
Nvidia Taps Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer
Nvidia is hiring its first chief marketing officer who will report directly to CEO Jensen Huang, an Nvidia spokesperson said. Alison Wagonfeld, who previously headed marketing at Google Cloud, announc...
