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May 8, 2026

ChatGPT gets major voice upgrades, Perplexity brings AI to Mac

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ChatGPT got a big voice upgrade and added a new safety feature, Perplexity brought its 'Personal Computer' to Mac, and Gemini now lets you disable its AI in Ch…

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

You can now use new voice features that make conversations more natural, translate speech live across many languages, and transcribe what you say as you speak.

ChatGPT gets major voice upgrades and a new safety feature.

ChatGPT

You can now set up a 'Trusted Contact' who will be alerted if ChatGPT detects you're talking about self-harm, adding an important safety net.

ChatGPT gets major voice upgrades and a new safety feature.

ChatGPT

GPT‑Realtime‑2 , our first voice model with GPT‑5‑class reasoning that can handle harder requests and carry the conversation forward naturally.

GPT‑Realtime‑2 , our first voice model with GPT‑5‑class reasoning that can handle harder requests and carry the conversation forward naturally. | GPT‑Realtime‑Translate , a new live translation model that translates speech from 70+ input languages into 13 output languages while keeping pace with the speaker. | GPT‑Realtime‑Whisper , a new streaming speech-to-text that transcribes speech live as the speaker talks. GPT‑Realtime‑2 , our first voice model with GPT‑5‑class reasoning that can handle harder requests and carry the conversation forward naturally. GPT‑Realtime‑Translate , a new live translation model that translates speech from 70+ input languages into 13 output languages while keeping pace with the speaker. GPT‑Realtime‑Whisper , a new streaming speech-to-text that transcribes speech live as the speaker talks. ChatGPT gets major voice upgrades and a new safety feature.

Source · Advancing voice intelligence with new models in the API
Source · Advancing voice intelligence with new models in the API
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Perplexity

Perplexity

The 'Personal Computer' feature is now available for all Mac users through the desktop app, letting the AI help you with tasks on your computer.

Perplexity’s Personal Computer , its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday. | As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity’s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer. “Personal Computer,” meanwhile, is designed to bring those capabiliti… Perplexity’s Personal Computer , its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday. As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity’s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer. “Personal Computer,” meanwhile, is designed to bring those capabilitie… The goal is to capitalize on the growing demand for local AI agents, popularized by OpenClaw, which can perform tasks on users’ behalf. But while………

Source · Perplexity's Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac | TechCrunch
Source · Perplexity's Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac | TechCrunch

Gemini

Gemini

You can now turn off the Gemini AI model that runs in your Chrome browser if you don't want it on your computer.

If you use Google's Chrome browser for desktop, there's probably a Gemini Nano AI model running on your computer right now and taking up about 4 GB of space. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you didn't know ab… | Google built the model into Chrome to enabled on-device AI scam-detection features. It was also aimed at providing a way for developers to integrate AI-related application prog… If you use Google's Chrome browser for desktop, there's probably a Gemini Nano AI model running on your computer right now and taking up about 4 GB of space. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you didn't know ab… Google built the model into Chrome to enabled on-device AI scam-detection features. It was also aimed at providing a way for developers to integrate AI-related application programming interfaces while keeping data on users' devices wh… Parisa Tabriz, Chrome's general manager, emphasized in a post on X on Wednesday that……

Source · You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out
Source · You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out

Claude

Claude

Market researcher tracks sector and issuer developments, synthesizes news, filings, and broker research, and flags items for credit and risk review.

Market researcher tracks sector and issuer developments, synthesizes news, filings, and broker research, and flags items for credit and risk review. | We’re releasing ten ready-to-run agent templates for the most time-consuming work in financial services: building pitchbooks, screening KYC files, and closing the books at month-end. Each one ships as a plugin in Claude Cowork and Claude C… | Claude also now works acr… Market researcher tracks sector and issuer developments, synthesizes news, filings, and broker research, and flags items for credit and risk review. We’re releasing ten ready-to-run agent templates for the most time-consuming work in financial services: building pitchbooks, screening KYC files, and closing the books at month-end. Each one ships as a plugin in Claude Cowork and Claude C… Claude also now works across Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook (coming soon) through the Claude add-ins for Microsoft 365. Once the add-ins are installed, context carries…

Source · Agents for financial services
Source · Agents for financial services

Claude Code

Claude Code

The podcasts will appear in the user’s Spotify library for easy access, but aren’t available to other Spotify users.

For the last few years, apps like Google’s NotebookLM , Hero , and lately Adobe Acrobat have given users the ability to create podcasts based on existing material like documents, daily schedules, and articles. Now, Spotify is letting… | The company said that if you already use a tool like OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, or OpenClaw, you can use Spotify’s new CLI tool , which is in be… For the last few years, apps like Google’s NotebookLM , Hero , and lately Adobe Acrobat have given users the ability to create podcasts based on existing material like documents, daily schedules, and articles. Now, Spotify is letting… The company said that if you already use a tool like OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, or OpenClaw, you can use Spotify’s new CLI tool , which is in beta, to create the podcast and import it to Spotify to consume l… The podcasts will appear in the user’s Spotify library for easy access, but…

Source · Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio | TechCrunch
Source · Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio | TechCrunch