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What we’ll cover today:

⚙️ GPT-5 promised “no model picker”… users got three.

💬 Group chats are getting an AI upgrade.

🌐 Perplexity makes a $34.5B bid for Chrome.

📏 Claude’s context window just went mega-size.

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GROK WATCH

• Elon Musk says X will fix its Grok chatbot after it sided with Sam Altman in their latest dispute. [Read Full Story]

• The clash started when Musk claimed Apple’s App Store only lets OpenAI reach the top spot. Altman disputed this and pointed to reports that Musk altered X’s algorithm to boost his own posts.

• Grok, when asked, echoed those reports from 2023, saying Musk had a history of favoring his own content. Musk called the claims false and criticized Grok for relying on legacy media sources.

• The exchange intensified as Altman’s post gained millions of views. Musk called him a liar, and Altman replied with “skill issue” while challenging Musk to swear he had never manipulated the algorithm.

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Rollout Hits Resistance ⚙️

• GPT-5 was intended to replace the model picker with an automated router, but user dissatisfaction has brought the picker back.

• New Auto, Fast, and Thinking modes allow users to bypass the router and choose models directly. [Read Full Story]

• Legacy models such as GPT-4o have returned after backlash, showing user loyalty to specific model outputs.

• The initial router launch had performance issues, raising questions about GPT-5’s readiness.

• Personalization of model personality is emerging as a key user demand.

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Continua Raises $8M to Add AI to Group Chats 💬

• Former Google engineer David Petrou is building AI agents that join group chats to assist with coordination and planning.

• The AI can add reminders, polls, calendar invites, and documents directly in SMS, iMessage, and Discord. [Read Full Story]

• Technical challenge lies in adapting LLMs to multi-user conversation without excessive interruption.

• Early use cases focus on event planning and trip booking, with potential monetization in those areas.

Perplexity’s $34.5B Bid for Chrome 🌐

• Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5B cash offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser. [Read Full Story]

• The offer follows a DOJ push for Google to divest Chrome after a monopoly ruling in search.

• Perplexity promises to keep Chromium open source and retain Google as the default search engine.

• The bid far exceeds Perplexity’s $18B valuation and $1.5B in funding, signaling a high-risk growth move.

Anthropic Expands Claude’s Context Window to 1M Tokens

• Claude Sonnet 4’s context limit has been increased from 200K to 1M tokens. [Read Full Story]

• The upgrade allows handling of roughly 750,000 words or 75,000 lines of code in a single prompt.

• Larger context benefits complex software projects and long autonomous coding sessions.

• Anthropic claims improvements to “effective context” understanding, not just raw token size.

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