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How ChatGPT Can Help You Do More With PDFs
Wired
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1y ago
Medial
OpenAI's generative AI bot, ChatGPT, now supports third-party plug-ins, providing additional functionality to users. These plug-ins, available with a ChatGPT Plus subscription, can search, summarize, and analyze PDF files. Ai PDF plug-in allows users to upload PDFs for analysis and querying. AskYourPDF plug-in enables users to upload and query PDFs, offering features like section-specific details and summaries. Doc Maker plug-in helps users create PDFs with ChatGPT's assistance, making tasks like resume creation or financial report compilation easier. ScholarAI plug-in allows users to search and query scientific papers, accessing millions of peer-reviewed PDFs for research purposes.
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ChatGPT Plus subscribers can upload, analyse files in latest beta
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
In a new beta for ChatGPT Plus members, OpenAI has introduced features that allow users to upload and analyze files. Users can also use modes like "Browse with Bing" without manually switching, letting the chatbot decide when to use them. ChatGPT Plus, available for $20 a month, offers general access to ChatGPT, faster response times, and priority access to new features. The chatbot can now handle more than just text files; it can also interact with PDFs, data files, and various document types, making it a versatile tool for users. Microsoft-backed OpenAI has officially launched the "Browse with Bing" feature for ChatGPT.
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Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance -- here's why
TechCrunch
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1y ago
Medial
Phrasing requests with politeness or urgency can affect the performance of generative AI models like ChatGPT. Research has shown that prompts conveying emotion, such as politeness or importance, can yield better results. Emotive prompts appear to activate different parts of the AI model, potentially influencing its output. However, this technique can also be exploited for malicious purposes. While emotive prompts can enhance the behavior of AI models, they do not endow them with true reasoning capabilities. Further research is needed to understand why certain prompts are more effective and how to develop AI models with better contextual understanding.
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Google’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open them
The Verge
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1m ago
Medial
Google has introduced new Gemini AI features for Workspace users, enhancing PDF and Google Forms functionalities. The AI can summarize PDFs and extract key details into a more manageable format, offering actions based on content. Gemini can also summarize Google Form responses, highlighting essential themes. A new "help me create" feature aids form creation based on user descriptions. These enhancements aim to streamline information processing and save users' time by simplifying data interaction.
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Engineer or MBA? Narayana Murthy shares what really matters in this AI world
Economic Times
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1m ago
Medial
Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy emphasizes not fearing AI but embracing it to enhance productivity. He recalls how technology’s introduction in the past increased jobs and predicts AI will do the same. Murthy, a daily user of ChatGPT-4, shows how AI can vastly improve work efficiency, reducing his preparation time for lectures. He advocates for a mindset shift, viewing AI as a collaborator that pushes for smarter problem-solving and strategic human roles.
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Return Prime aims to make return management seamless for brands
Entrackr
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1y ago
Medial
Bengaluru-based Return Prime provides a customer return platform which includes a business dashboard for managing returns. The company aims to make it easier for brands, specially smaller ones, to use its services through a plug-and-play model. Beyond basic returns, brands can use the Return Prime platform for automating return logistics, refunds, replacements, and more. We spoke to founder and CEO Shashwat Swaroop to learn more about Return Prime, what distinguishes it from the competition and the roadmap ahead. Here are the edited excerpts: How did you come up with this idea? I have always been extremely passionate about creating something and solving problems, building my brand which helped other people solve their challenges was always something that I intended to do. Once an eCommerce brand came to me with their return management nightmare. They were doing everything manually and it was too cumbersome. It was not only time-consuming but was impacting their customer experience too. Customers were used to a certain speed, standards, and experience, and to ensure their shoppers wouldn’t leave them, they needed a solution to cater to this. But building a whole software program was just out of reach – both financially and in terms of time! I then began researching, and my study confirmed what I suspected – there was a massive gap in the market for managing returns. Existing solutions were few and far between, and mostly focused on the US. We saw a chance to empower brands worldwide to make return management extremely seamless, one that ensures their GMV losses are minimized while customer experience is maximized, that’s what led to the birth of Return Prime. Please help understand how you generate revenues. The pricing models are quite fair and simple. This was one of the most important things for us to simplify. When we started building Return Prime, we were simplifying the complicated experience of returns for both brands and their customers so keeping everything around Return Prime simple was important. The pricing model is just based on the scale of business which is how many returns they do in a given month. One can start with the Free Forever plan if they are a small brand and pay nothing forever. They only have to choose a paid plan when they start to grow. As you grow, you can choose one of our Grow plans which starts at $9.99 a month. What are the key challenges in the industry that have not been addressed yet? And how do you plan to address this? We are working to solve the way businesses see returns. The correct solution is not to focus on reducing the returns but on figuring out how you can turn your returns into a revenue-making opportunity. Returns are simply inevitable so the merit is not in reducing it by another few per cent but in converting the majority of it into additional revenue. We are constantly working on it and on average, our brands see an ROI of 183%+ with Return Prime, which is on the cost they pay for Return Prime every month. This is going up constantly with our focused effort to turn returns into revenue. How has your startup performed since its inception? Please share statistics. We have been growing from day 1, completely bootstrapped. We grew 150% YoY in the last 3 years and this is not just India, across the globe. We serve merchants in 100+ countries today and our market share across these countries continues to increase every year. In the last 3 years, we have processed over 12 million returns for brands and customers globally. What are your short-term and long-term goals in terms of product and business expansion and diversification? From a product expansion point of view, we are focused on increasing the ROI for our brands as we believe in keeping strong fundamentals. While we do this, we will continue to increase our market share across other regions as well along with India. As consumer behaviour evolves, we are also trying to help brands offer Omnichannel returns experiences to their customers making it super easy and delightful for them. This not only helps the customer but also increases the repeat purchase and LTV for brands as this customer will trust them even more. On the other hand, we are also trying to help bigger brands solve more complex operational problems and policies which now with Return Prime is just a matter of click. We will continue to simplify complexities as we grow along with brands. In terms of geographical expansion, we will go deeper into some of the regions and increase our market share while we continue to turn returns into revenue for the rest of the world.
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ChatGPT gets ‘deep research’ mode as OpenAI doubles down on AI agents | Mint
Livemint
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5m ago
Medial
OpenAI has introduced 'deep research' mode to ChatGPT, enabling complex multi-step web research tasks. Powered by the latest o3 reasoning model, it can deliver comprehensive reports by analyzing text, images, and PDFs online. Although outputs are currently text-based, future updates will include visual data. Despite its capabilities, issues like hallucination and distinguishing authoritative from speculative information remain, questioning the reliability of its reports without user verification. Results take 5-30 minutes, followed by user notifications.
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CTC Global Receives Strategic Investment from Endeavour Capital and Greenbelt Capital Partners - FinSMEs
Finsmes
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1y ago
Medial
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ChatGPT can now be used on WhatsApp: Here’s how to get started | Mint
Livemint
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7m ago
Medial
OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT, their powerful language model, can now be accessed as a dedicated bot on WhatsApp. This new feature allows users to text chat with ChatGPT, receive answers to queries, and complete various tasks such as grammar correction and research. To use ChatGPT on WhatsApp, users need to save its number (+18002428478) as a contact and initiate a chat. Unfortunately, image sharing and attachment uploads are not available on this platform, unlike the website and app. However, US users do have the option to call the ChatGPT bot in areas with cellular connectivity but limited internet access.
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ChatGPT Can Now Talk to You—and Look Into Your Life
Wired
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1y ago
Medial
OpenAI has announced an upgrade to its ChatGPT mobile apps that allows users to speak their queries to the chatbot, which will respond with its own synthesized voice. The new version also adds visual capabilities, allowing users to upload or snap a photo for ChatGPT to describe and provide more context. OpenAI is treating its AI models as products with regular updates, positioning ChatGPT as a consumer app competing with Siri and Alexa. The enhancements could help OpenAI gather more data to train its AI engines and move towards creating more human-like intelligence.
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Portable gadgets to make long flights bearable: A guide for frequent travellers
Livemint
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10m ago
Medial
Long-haul flights can be tiresome, but portable gadgets can turn them into enjoyable experiences. Portable projectors allow you to watch movies anywhere, noise-cancelling headphones block out distractions, e-readers offer a lightweight way to carry your entire library, gaming consoles provide hours of entertainment, and portable streaming devices let you access your favorite shows. Additionally, power banks ensure your devices stay charged throughout the journey. These gadgets make long flights more enjoyable and help pass the time.
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