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Perplexity launches Labs tool
OpenAI eyes 'ambient' devices
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Perplexity launches Labs tool
Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine competing with Google, has launched Perplexity Labs, a new productivity tool for its $20/month Pro subscribers. Labs can generate detailed reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and even interactive mini web apps using AI. It’s now available on the web, iOS, and Android, with Mac and Windows apps on the way. Designed to handle more complex tasks, Labs uses tools like web search, code execution, and data visualization to complete projects in around 10 minutes. Users can structure data, apply formulas, generate charts and images, and access all output files from a dedicated workspace. Labs signals Perplexity’s expansion into productivity and enterprise use cases, joining recent initiatives like its upcoming Comet web browser and acquiring professional network Read.vc. The company reportedly aims to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation.
Perplexity Labs UI
OpenAI eyes 'ambient' devices
Sam Altman and Jony Ive
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap says the company sees a major opportunity to build “ambient” AI devices that reduce dependence on screens. Lightcap said OpenAI aims to develop AI that is “truly personal” and integrated into everyday environments. While Lightcap said he doesn’t know the specifics of CEO Sam Altman’s secretive hardware project with former Apple designer Jony Ive, he confirmed OpenAI's acquisition of Ive’s design firm io, valued at $6.5 billion, will bring creative control to the company’s future hardware efforts. Enterprise adoption is also accelerating, with OpenAI now serving 3 million business users, up from 2 million in February. The company is partnering with the California State University system to bring ChatGPT to 500,000 students and faculty, calling it the country’s first “AI-powered” university system. Lightcap also noted OpenAI’s involvement in a new AI data center project in Abu Dhabi, its first large-scale initiative outside the U.S.
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