Weekly Tech Recap: DuckDuckGo makes using ChatGPT more anonymous, Meta brings AI to WhatsApp Business and more
DuckDuckGo will now allow its users to anonymously access popular AI chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT (based on GPT-3.5), Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku, Mixtra 8x7B and Meta Llama 3 for free. The new feature aims to help people harness the power of generative AI, while also addressing privacy concerns that users may have when using these chatbots.The new feature, called AI Chat, is free to use with a daily limit and can be turned off if needed.
DuckDuckGo says it also plans to introduce a paid tier with a higher daily usage limit and more AI models.Social media giant Meta announced this week that it is rolling out Meta AI for WhatsApp business accounts in India. The new features aim to enable businesses to use their resources more efficiently.
“AI tools help businesses on WhatsApp better assist their customers and help them discover new products they may be interested in. We’re training AI to respond to the most popular questions businesses receive on WhatsApp, so they can quickly help customers find the answers they’re seeking" Meta wrote about the new feature in its blogpost.Moreover, Meta is also bringing Meta Verified functionality to WhatsApp business apps in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Colombia.Google Maps announced a major change to how it handles users' location data, storing the important information right on the users' device instead of taking it to its servers.
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