ChatGPT Goes Shopping Smart

PLUS: Cisco's security boost and Yelp's smart match!

Leader, welcome back. Today’s updates:

  • Elf Labs offers 20% bonus shares; the deal ends tonight. Invest now

  • OpenAI adds shopping, search, and WhatsApp access to ChatGPT.

  • Cisco upgrades AI security for faster threat detection and response.

  • Yelp rolls out AI to match diners with services and help restaurants run smarter.

  • Practical tools + must-read resources. Dive in ⬇️

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NEWS UPDATES

ChatGPT Adds Shopping and WhatsApp Search

OpenAI has added product shopping, improved search, and WhatsApp access to ChatGPT. Users can now find, compare, and buy products with prices, reviews, and direct links - no ads. Search now includes trending topics, autocomplete, and clearer source citations. People can also message ChatGPT on WhatsApp for live answers and updates. These changes are rolling out globally to all user tiers. This moves ChatGPT closer to becoming a daily tool for search, commerce, and support, which could shift user traffic away from traditional platforms. Businesses may need to rethink how they reach and serve customers inside AI interfaces.

Cisco Arms Security for the AI Age

Cisco launched major AI-powered updates at RSA 2025, including new features in Cisco XDR and Splunk Security to speed up attack detection and response. A new tool, Instant Attack Verification, uses AI to run investigations across systems. Cisco also partnered with ServiceNow to help companies manage AI risk and launched Foundation AI, an open-source model for cybersecurity. New controls now secure AI supply chains and industrial systems. These upgrades aim to reduce response time, increase security coverage, and help large firms stay ahead of growing AI-driven threats without adding headcount.

Yelp Adds Smarter AI Tools

Yelp launched 15 new features, including upgrades to Yelp Assistant and Guest Manager. Users can now upload photos for service help and book specific seating like patios or booths. Restaurants get tools like live wait progress bars, guest feedback dashboards, and a Zapier-powered Leads API to manage bookings. Businesses can also see which promotions drive traffic using a new attribution dashboard. These AI updates help match diners and services faster while giving restaurants better tools to run operations and boost satisfaction. Expect AI to increasingly shape how offline services are discovered and delivered.

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Useful Resources

  • Think AI kills creativity? You’re using it wrong (link)

  • Tips to tell whether something was written with AI (link)

  • Google patent signals that you might not need LLMs (link)

  • Transformers: what’s really happening under the hood (link)

  • Why Pony.ai is winning the artificial intelligence race today (link)

  • “Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery (link)

  • AI coding tools could bring us the 'one-employee Unicorn’ (link)

  • Perplexity’s CEO on fighting Google and the coming AI browser war (link)

  • Everyone’s talking about AI agents, barely anyone knows what they are (link)

  • What is Model Context Protocol? The emerging standard bridging AI and data, explained (link)

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