Perplexity Drops New Feature!

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Your New AI for Shopping

Perplexity brings a new smart shopping helper that makes online buying easier and more personal.

Perplexity has launched an updated AI shopping assistant for users in the United States. Built with PayPal’s help, it gives people a smoother and more personal shopping flow right inside their chats.

• The assistant gives custom answers based on a user’s lifestyle, needs, and taste.
• Products appear in clean info cards with pros, cons, key details, and data from trusted reviews.
• With Instant Buy, users can pay right away using their saved PayPal details.

Perplexity is pushing toward a full shopping cycle where search, choice, and payment all happen in one place. Big tech rivals like Google and OpenAI are also moving into smart shopping.
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The True Story of GPT-2

Grok 5 Near AGI?

Grok 5 from xAI may move closer to real AGI, Elon Musk says.

Elon Musk says the next Grok 5 model could have a small chance of reaching AGI, thanks to its access to fresh, real data from the X platform. He also shared updates on Tesla and the Optimus robot.

• Musk says Grok 5 has about a 10 percent chance of reaching AGI.
• The model may launch in early 2026 with 6 trillion parameters.
• It will use live data, offer denser intelligence, and understand real-time video.

Access to rich, live data and fast learning could shape how future AI systems grow, how safe self-driving becomes, and how fast robot workers spread around the world.
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