ChatGPT adds voice to its desktop app, Claude launches a powerful new version, and Midjourney makes a surprising acquisition.
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ChatGPTYou can now talk to ChatGPT on your desktop computer.
ChatGPT
Voice mode is now on the desktop app, letting you talk to it to get things done on your computer.
On Macs, the new voice feature can also see what's on your screen to help you out.
OpenAI also released a special keypad with customizable shortcut keys for controlling ChatGPT.
Claude
A new, more powerful version called Claude Opus 5 is now available.
The company says this new version is much better at handling complex coding requests.
An engineer at a trading firm used Opus 5 to build a market data feed for a new exchange in a single session.
Midjourney
Midjourney, the company that makes the popular AI image generator, has bought the astrology app Co-Star.
Midjourney , an AI lab best known for its LLM-powered image and video generators, has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star , according to Bloomberg .
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