AI's Ambitions and Integrations: A Day of Chatbots and Email Summaries
Today’s AI news is dominated by Google and OpenAI, who both seem to be pushing their AI assistants further into our daily lives. From grand ambitions to email inboxes, AI is becoming increasingly integrated, whether we fully opt-in or not.
First up, The Verge reports on an internal strategy document at OpenAI, revealing their goal to make ChatGPT a “super assistant” that serves as “your interface to the internet.” This is a bold vision, suggesting that OpenAI sees ChatGPT becoming much more than a chatbot—it’s aiming to be a central hub for how we interact with the digital world. This raises questions about the future of web browsing and how we consume information, if AI becomes our primary filter.
Meanwhile, Google is expanding access to its Veo 3 model within the Gemini app. Veo 3 is a video generation model, and it looks like Google is keen to get it into the hands of more users. At the same time, TechCrunch reports that Gemini will now automatically summarize long emails in Gmail, unless users opt out. This move, while potentially helpful for managing overflowing inboxes, also brings up familiar concerns about privacy and the extent to which AI should be integrated into our personal communications.
Finally, Search Engine Land clarifies where ads can appear in Google’s AI Overviews. Ads can appear either above/below or within AI Overviews, but not in both locations simultaneously
Taken together, today’s AI news underscores a clear trend: AI is becoming more pervasive and more deeply embedded in the tools we use every day. Whether it’s summarizing our emails, generating videos, or becoming our primary interface to the internet, AI is rapidly evolving from a futuristic concept to an everyday reality.