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Artificial Intelligence is present in everyday life – from “googling” to facial recognition to vacuum cleaner robots. AI tools are becoming more and more elaborate and support people and companies more effectively in their tasks, such as generating graphics, texting or coding, or interpreting large amounts of data.

What AI tools are there, how do they work, how do they help in our everyday world – and how do they change our lives? These are the questions we address in our Content Hub Artificial Intelligence in Practice.

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O2? Can't do! OpenAI has confirmed it will bypass the name "o2" for its next reasoning model to avoid trademark conflicts with British telecommunications giant O2. Instead, the company will jump straight to "o3" for its next release. The company is currently investing heavily in developing the o-series, its first "reasoning" models. To support this work, OpenAI is developing a new large language model called "Orion" that will generate synthetic training data, according to The Information. Microsoft's Phi-4 model recently demonstrated the effectiveness of incorporating synthetic data in AI training, at least in achieving impressive benchmark results. Interestingly, Sébastien Bubeck, who helped create the Phi series at Microsoft, has since joined OpenAI's team.

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OpenAI has announced new features for its ChatGPT desktop applications. The updated "Work with Apps" function now allows ChatGPT to read content directly from various applications, including terminals, IDEs, and text editors. The AI can now analyze commits in Git repositories and generate code for Xcode. ChatGPT also supports text from Apple Notes, Notion, and Quip. While the function can read content directly from applications, it cannot write back to them, requiring users to copy content manually. Additionally, the Advanced Voice Mode can now read content from apps and answer questions about it. The update is available immediately for macOS, with a Windows version coming later.

The current list of supported applications includes Apple Notes, Notion, TextEdit, Quip, Xcode, VS Code (including Code, Code Insiders, VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf), Jetbrains suite (including Android Studio, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, PHPStorm, CLion, Rider, RubyMine, AppCode, GoLand, DataGrip), Terminal, iTerm, Warp, and Prompt.

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AI answer company Perplexity has acquired Carbon, a startup specializing in connectors that link external data sources to LLMs. The acquisition aims to let Perplexity users directly connect services like Notion and Google Docs to their AI search interface. As part of the deal, Carbon's entire team will join Perplexity to accelerate the development of these integration features. The acquisition highlights a growing pattern in the AI industry, where major platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity are converging to offer similar solutions: chat interfaces that combine Internet access with connections to users' personal data sources. Beyond the big players, there are a myriad of B2B AI solutions doing similar things.

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OpenAI is making ChatGPT more accessible by letting users interact with the AI assistant through phone calls and WhatsApp messages. U.S. users can now call ChatGPT for free at 1-800-242-8478, with a monthly limit of 15 minutes of conversation time. The phone service works with any device, including landlines and basic mobile phones, eliminating the need for a smartphone or internet connection to access ChatGPT. For users worldwide, OpenAI has added WhatsApp support, allowing anyone to chat with ChatGPT by saving the service's number as a contact. Currently, the WhatsApp integration only supports text messages, though OpenAI plans to add authentication features that will enable advanced capabilities like image recognition. The company says it developed these new features during an internal hackathon and implemented them in just a few weeks.

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Spanish AI startup Magnific AI has released its image generation model called Super Real. According to the company, it ranks among the top models for creating realistic images, specifically targeting professionals in architecture, interior design, film, and photography. Freepik acquired Magnific in May, when the startup's initial product was an AI upscaler. Since then, the company has released additional features like "Relight," which can adjust lighting settings including image backgrounds. With Super Real, the company now offers a competitive image model. However, it still lacks image editing capabilities similar to those found in the Midjourney Editor.

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