Battle of the Titans: OpenAI vs. Google – Who’s Dropping More Cool Updates?

Hey everyone, welcome to this week’s edition of our newsletter!

Last week was packed with updates, and it’s clear that OpenAI and Google continue to dominate the AI conversation.

Here’s what we’ll cover today:

• HackAPrompt 2.0 Will Launch Soon!

• OpenAI’s New Features and Capabilities

  • 1) Canvas: A Collaborative Editor inside ChatGPT

  • 2) ChatGPT Search: Now for Everyone

  • 3) Advanced Voice Mode: Real-Time Interaction

  • 4) ChatGPT Projects for Organizing Your Work

• Google

  • 1) Google’s Quest for Universal AI with Gemini 2.0

  • 2) Veo 2 for Stunning Video Generation

  • 3) NotebookLM Got an Update

  • 4) Google Agentspace, a New Enterprise Solution

• Apple Intelligence is Finally Here

• Other Updates

Whew, there’s a lot to dive into this week! Let’s get started.

HackAPrompt 2.0 Will Launch Soon!

Before we jump into the main topics, we’re thrilled to invite you to participate in HackAPrompt 2.0, the largest AI Red Teaming competition ever:

• Up to $500,000 in prizes

• Open to everyone (no coding track available!)

• Collaborate with top minds in AI safety

It will be the biggest AI Red Teaming competition ever.

The launch dates are top secret, but we’re going live very soon. Be among the first to know—join the waitlist today!

OpenAI’s New Features and Capabilities

Amid reaching 300 million weekly users, OpenAI caught everyone’s attention with an exciting wave of updates, including features now accessible to free users.

1) Canvas: A Collaborative Editor inside ChatGPT

Canvas is OpenAI’s latest addition—a collaborative editor built directly into ChatGPT. It’s a poweful tool for text and code editing.

Key Features:

• Inline Highlighting: Highlight specific text or code and tell ChatGPT what to tweak.

• Direct Editing: Make changes directly within the editor

• Shortcuts: Need a quick edit? Use commands like “suggest edits,” “adjust length,” or “change reading level” for text, and “review code” or “fix bugs” for code.

Canvas is open to all users, including free accounts. It works with GPT-4o so if you exceed the GPT-4o limit, you’ll need to wait for a reset.

2) ChatGPT Search: Now for Everyone

Previously reserved for premium users, ChatGPT’s search functionality is now available to all logged-in users globally—even on free accounts.

Key Features:

• Answers with Sources: Get fact-checked responses with clickable citations.

• Visual Data Integration: See real-time visuals for queries about weather, stocks, or sports.

• Browser Integration: Use the Chrome extension to make ChatGPT your default search engine

• Voice Search: Ask your queries out loud instead of typing.

3) Advanced Voice Mode: Real-Time Interaction

OpenAI has upped its game with Advanced Voice Mode, now supporting:

• Video chat

• Screen sharing

• Image uploads

These capabilities are rolling out on mobile apps (iOS and Android) in most regions, though users in the EU and some other countries will need to wait.

Standard Voice, which transcribes speech into text for responses, remains available to all signed-in users.

4) ChatGPT Projects for Organizing Your Work

ChatGPT’s new Projects feature helps you organize your AI-assisted work in a dedicated workspace. It lets you:

• Group conversations together into folders.

• Add files and custom instructions

Projects are available for premium users with free users getting access later “as soon as possible.”

Google

1) Google’s Quest for Universal AI with Gemini 2.0

Google introduced Gemini 2.0, its response to the rising trend of creating "agentic" AI. The company envisions Gemini 2.0 as a more useful, tool-integrating, multimodal assistant that takes meaningful actions on users’ behalf.

Google also revealed several projects under development, all based on Gemini 2.0:

• Project Astra: Expect an AI assistant on mobile devices that naturally converses, remembers past interactions, and integrates seamlessly with Google tools like Search, Lens, and Maps.

• Project Mariner: Look forward to an AI agent capable of understanding everything on a webpage—text, buttons, and more—handling complex online tasks.

• Agents for Developers (Jules): Developers can anticipate an AI helper that plans and writes code solutions directly within their environment.

• Agents in Games: Gamers can expect AI companions that watch the on-screen action, understand what’s happening in the game, and provide real-time strategic advice (Wow!)

2) Veo 2 for Stunning Video Generation

Google didn’t stop with Gemini 2.0. Just one week after launching Veo, its first AI video creation model, the company unveiled Veo 2. The new model leads the AI media world, clearly outperforming OpenAI’s Sora and other competitors.

3) NotebookLM Got an Update

NotebookLM got a new interface and a premium version, NotebookLM Plus, with enhanced capabilities:

• Higher usage limits (5x more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and sources per notebook)

• Customizable response style and length

• Shared team notebooks with usage analytics

• Additional security and privacy features suitable for businesses, schools, and universities

4) Google Agentspace, a New Enterprise Solution

Google announced Agentspace, a new enterprise offering that unites powerful AI agents, search, and enterprise data in one place.

Main Features:

• NotebookLM Plus for enterprise data engagement

• Enterprise-wide AI-powered search

• Expert AI agents to automate business functions

To start exploring Agentspace’s capabilities, you need to sign up for the early access program.

Apple Intelligence is Finally Here

Apple Intelligence got an update with the release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. And it’s now has been officially stated the integration of ChatGPT in Apple Intelligence.

• To show you how you can use Apple Intelligence, we prepared a detailed guide focusing on 10 essential features you need to know.

• If you’re confused about ChatGPT integration and question how private it is, here’s a blog post where we explore how private is Apple Intelligence.

Other Updates

• Midjourney has introduced Patchwork, a collaborative, AI-powered canvas designed for creating fictional worlds.

• Replit’s Agent has exited early access and is now available to all users. It enables the development of complete software applications from simple ideas using natural language and enhanced visual tools like React and the Replit Assistant.

• Cognition’s AI software engineer, Devin, is now generally available starting at $500 per month for engineering teams, offering unlimited seats, access to Devin’s Slack integration, IDE extension, and API, an onboarding session, and ongoing support from the Cognition engineering team.

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