Wed. 08/13 – Perplexity Wants To Acquire Chrome
Tech Brew Ride Home · Morning Brew
August 14, 202519m 32s
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Show Notes
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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