Matthias Bastian
Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the relationship between humans and computers.
Read full article about: OpenAI makes ChatGPT search free for everyone, adds maps and voice support
OpenAI announced today that ChatGPT's search features are now free for all registered users worldwide, dropping the previous paid-only restriction. The company says it has spent recent months improving search speed and reliability, particularly for mobile users. The update brings several new features, including built-in maps and voice search. Users can also now set ChatGPT as their default browser search engine. To showcase these improvements, OpenAI released several demos highlighting how ChatGPT can help with everyday tasks like finding local events, picking restaurants, and planning vacations. The system pulls current information from across the web and presents results with a mix of text, images, videos, and interactive maps.
Read full article about: Meta releases AI video watermarking model that survives common edits
Meta announced Video Seal, a new neural watermarking system that helps identify AI-generated videos even after they've been edited. The watermark remains invisible to viewers but can be detected later to verify a video's origin. The company made the entire system available as open-source software under an MIT license, including the Video Seal Watermarking model, research paper, and both training and inference code. Meta also released an interactive demo that lets users test the technology. Along with Video Seal, Meta introduced two additional tools: Omni Seal Bench, which provides comparative rankings for neural watermarking across different types of media, and Meta Watermark Anything, also released under an MIT license.
