OpenAI, Google expand AI app options
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Google released a Gemini app for the iPhone on Thursday, while OpenAI updated ChatGPT for the Mac with a feature allowing the chatbot to interact directly with coding programs.
Why it matters: Having native programs allows AI chatbots to interact more directly with both the operating system and other apps.
Driving the news: ChatGPT for the Mac can now interact with apps like terminal and Xcode directly, reducing the need for developers to copy and paste data back and forth.
- The feature is available immediately for paid individual and team users, and coming soon for enterprises and eventually for free users.
- OpenAI also broadly released its ChatGPT app for Windows on Thursday. An earlier preview version of the Windows program was limited to paid users.
- Google, meanwhile, released a standalone Gemini app for iOS. The company already had a Gemini app for Android, while Gemini features for iOS had been part of the broader Google app.
Yes, but: Gemini, like other chatbots, is still prone to hallucinations and erratic behavior — as highlighted by this discussion thread shared publicly on X, in which Gemini, seemingly out of nowhere, tells a user they are "not special" and should die.
- "Large language models can sometimes respond with nonsensical responses, and this is an example of that," a Google representative said in a statement to Axios. "This response violated our policies and we've taken action to prevent similar outputs from occurring."
