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5 updates · 5 appsMay 6, 2026

ChatGPT now lets you shop on Etsy right from your chat

ChatGPT's main version got smarter and gives clearer answers.

ChatGPT

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You can now use the Etsy app directly inside ChatGPT to find products by describing what you're looking for.

Etsy announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, opening up a new way for shoppers to explore its catalog of over 100 million listings. Now live in beta, the feature allows users to tag @Etsy directly within a prompt.

From there, the Etsy app in ChatGPT surfaces relevant product listings that users can browse, compare, and click through to Etsy for additional details or pu…

Original reportingEtsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push | TechCrunchRead original

ChatGPT

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Expanded summary · ChatGPT

The main version of ChatGPT that everyone uses is now smarter and more accurate, giving you clearer and more personalized answers.

Heytea — probably the most interesting “new-ish” mainstream tea stop right now. It’s a huge Chinese chain, but the SF location brought in the dense cheese foam / fruit tea style that a lot of Bay Area places still don’t quite nail.

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Etsy announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, opening up a new way for shoppers to explore its catalog of over 100 million listings.

Original reportingGPT-5.5 Instant: smarter, clearer, and more personalizedRead original

Claude

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You can now use Claude directly within Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with Outlook coming soon, making it easier to work across these apps.

Market researcher tracks sector and issuer developments, synthesizes news, filings, and broker research, and flags items for credit and risk review. We’re releasing ten ready-to-run agent templates for the most time-consuming work in financial services: building pitchbooks, screening KYC files, and closing the books at month-end.

Each one ships as a plugin in Claude Cowork and Claude C…

Claude now offers ready-to-use tools called 'agent templates' to help with common tasks in finance, like preparing reports.

Original reportingAgents for financial services and insuranceRead original

Perplexity

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Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

Smart media selection: Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control: Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter: Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs.

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Gemini

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Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries .

Increasingly, that concern is reflected across the industry.

In late February, staff at DeepMind…

Original reportingGoogle DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI DealsRead original