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⚡ChatGPT Gets Super Powers!
ALSO: Perplexity Takes on OpenAI in India & Claude in Legal Trouble ⚖️
Golam Rabbani
July 18, 2025
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Today’s Insights:
ChatGPT Gets Super Powers
Perplexity’s India Power Play
Claude in Legal Trouble
5 Hand-Picked AI Tools
Prompt: Personalized Sales Outreach
5 Hand-Picked Resources & Guides
Read Time: Under 5 minutes
NEWS
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Agent for Task Automation
What's the story?
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can now use a virtual computer to handle tasks for you, like planning dinners, buying ingredients, booking restaurants, or even requesting your office parking spot. It's like having a smart assistant that never forgets and always has time.
Key Takeaways:
ChatGPT Agent uses a “virtual computer” to get real tasks done.
Can browse websites, read calendars, shop online, and make reports.
Has strong safeguards before it does anything big, like booking or emailing.
Slow but smart — works in the background so you don’t wait on it.
Part of a big trend as tech giants rush to build real AI assistants.
Why It’s Important:
AI is no longer just for chatting — it's stepping into real-life roles. ChatGPT Agent shows how close we are to having AI that acts like a digital helper in your day-to-day life.
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NEWS
Perplexity Takes on OpenAI in India
What's the story?
Perplexity is betting big on India, giving 360M Airtel users free Pro access for a year. Downloads and users are surging fast, but revenue still lags far behind ChatGPT. The startup hopes India's giant market will help it leap ahead in the global AI race.
Key Takeaways:
Perplexity teamed with Airtel to give 360M users free Pro access.
India is now its biggest user base, with 640% growth in MAUs.
It’s growing faster than ChatGPT in India, but still trails in total users.
No major revenue in India yet, while ChatGPT hit $9M in Q2.
Strategy focuses on mass user growth, not profits—yet.
Why It’s Important:
India could be Perplexity’s golden ticket to challenge OpenAI’s dominance. With massive reach and telco deals, it’s chasing growth over revenue — a high-stakes move in the AI race.
PRODUCTIVITY
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NEWS
Anthropic Faces Class-Action Lawsuit
What's the story?
U.S. authors are suing Anthropic for allegedly downloading millions of pirated books to train its Claude AI models. A federal judge just approved a class-action lawsuit, intensifying legal pressure on the Amazon-backed AI company.
Key Takeaways:
Anthropic is facing a class-action lawsuit from U.S. authors over alleged copyright violations.
The company allegedly downloaded up to 7 million pirated books to train Claude.
The lawsuit compares the act to “Napster-style downloading.”
A judge ruled that training on legally purchased books may be fair use, but pirated books are a separate issue.
This adds to Anthropic’s growing legal issues, including a lawsuit from Reddit.
Why It’s Important:
This case could set a major precedent for how AI companies acquire and use training data. If Anthropic loses, it may reshape the future of AI model training and force firms to pay up, or be much more selective with data sources.
֎ PROMPT OF THE DAY
Personalized Sales Outreach
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Until next time,
Golam Rabbani - AI Educator, Founder & Investor
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