OpenAI has integrated a real-time search engine into ChatGPT, providing up-to-date information from the internet, including news, stock prices, and sports scores. This “ChatGPT search” feature is initially available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers for $20 per month, with a gradual rollout planned for free users. Unlike traditional search engines, the AI-powered ChatGPT can directly answer questions and summarize content with links to relevant sources. Read More
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has added vision capabilities to its chatbot, Grok, allowing it to analyze and interpret images on the X platform. Grok can now examine visual content like photos, documents, and diagrams, generating insights such as recipe suggestions from ingredient photos or explanations of graphs. Users on X can activate this feature via a new button, enabling Grok to provide image descriptions and analyses, which could be especially helpful for those with visual impairments. Read More
Salesforce has launched its AI-powered chatbot platform, Agentforce, which is now generally available for companies seeking low- or no-code options to deploy chatbots for employees and customers. Used by firms like OpenTable, Saks, and Wiley, Agentforce automates tasks by triggering bots through data changes, business rules, or pre-built automation. CEO Marc Benioff positioned Agentforce as a step beyond typical AI copilots, suggesting its versatility and autonomy differentiate it from competitors, notably Microsoft’s Copilot, which he has critiqued for potential data mishandling. Agentforce also includes specialized tools like Agentforce Service Agent, a customer self-service option priced at $2 per conversation, and Agent Builder, a tool for creating custom agents. Read More