OpenAI's ChatGPT Evolves into a Personalized Shopping Platform
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Anthropic Forms Economic Advisory Council to Study AI's Impact
Anthropic has assembled a council of leading economists to advise on the economic impacts of artificial intelligence and guide research for its Anthropic Economic Index. This represents a significant step toward understanding how AI technologies will reshape labour markets, productivity, and economic structures.
The council's work will be critical as Anthropic's research already shows distinct patterns in how AI is transforming work, particularly in software development, where their analysis of 500,000 coding interactions revealed automation is increasingly handling complete coding tasks with minimal human input. This systematic approach to measuring economic impacts could help policymakers and businesses make more informed decisions about AI adoption and regulation.
OpenAI Transforms ChatGPT Into a Shopping Platform Without Ads
OpenAI has enhanced ChatGPT search with shopping features that offer personalized product recommendations, images, reviews, and purchase links. Unlike traditional search engines that rely heavily on advertising, ChatGPT's shopping experience uses structured metadata to deliver results that feel more personalised and independent.
This move represents a potentially disruptive shift in how online shopping works - from "you find products" to "products find you." The scale of adoption is already significant, with OpenAI reporting over one billion searches in just one week. This direct challenge to Google, Amazon, and other shopping platforms could fundamentally change consumer purchasing patterns and reshape digital commerce.
DeepMind Expands AlphaFold 3's Molecular Prediction Abilities
DeepMind has significantly expanded AlphaFold 3's capabilities to predict not just proteins but also DNA, RNA, and various molecular structures with improved accuracy for complex molecular interactions. The system is now available for non-commercial use through the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
This advancement could accelerate drug discovery, materials science, and fundamental biological research by providing more accurate structural predictions of molecules and their interactions. By making these powerful capabilities freely available for research purposes, DeepMind is enabling scientists worldwide to tackle previously intractable problems in chemistry and biology, potentially leading to breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology.
Other Developments Worth Noting
- Hugging Face's 3D-Printed Robotic Arm: Hugging Face released SO-101, a programmable 3D-printable robotic arm with camera integration and improved assembly. This affordable hardware platform could democratise physical AI experimentation and bridge the gap between software AI models and real-world robotics applications.
- Qwen3 Model Family Released: Alibaba launched Qwen3, an updated AI model family with dual thinking modes (reasoning and non-reasoning), support for 119 languages, and eight different-sized models. Early benchmarks suggest some versions outperform competitors like GPT-4o mini and DeepSeek R1 in specific tasks.
- Graph Learning Optimisation: PyTorch graph learning models can now be accelerated by up to 35% using PyG and torch.compile without sacrificing accuracy. This technical improvement makes complex graph neural networks more practical for production applications in drug discovery, recommendation systems, and social network analysis.
- EU Seeking Feedback on AI Regulation: The European AI Office is collecting expert input on interpreting key obligations for governing general-purpose AI under the EU AI Act, focusing on systemic risk thresholds, compute estimation, and downstream responsibilities. This consultation will shape how frontier AI models are regulated in Europe.
- Claude Misuse Patterns Identified: Anthropic reported that Claude models were misused for influence operations, credential stuffing, recruitment fraud, and malware development. Their detection of these patterns and subsequent account bans demonstrates both the potential risks of advanced AI systems and the importance of monitoring for malicious applications.
New Tools Discovered
- Ztalk.ai: An application that can join video calls to provide real-time AI voice translation, making multilingual meetings more accessible and productive.
- Competely AI Agent: An AI system that automatically finds, analyses, and tracks competitors, helping businesses maintain awareness of their competitive landscape.
- Shepherd: A learning tool that converts multiple documents into organised notecards, flashcards, and smart notes for more effective studying.
- RightNow AI V2.0: A specialised "vibe coding" platform designed specifically for CUDA engineers to accelerate GPU programming workflows.
- notclass: A tool that transforms YouTube videos into interactive classroom experiences with an AI agent to enhance the learning process.
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