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This week in AI saw some massive developments. Most notably, ChatGPT launched its iOS App in over 30 countries, now available for iPhones running iOS 16.1 or later. Users can access the app for free, but a premium subscription plan at Rs 1,999 per month grants quick response times and 24x7 availability. Meanwhile, Google introduced its AI search and Adobe boosted its Photoshop with Generative AI Fill. Lastly, CEO Sundar Pichai met the European Commission to discuss a voluntary AI pact as a guideline for its upcoming AI laws.

OpenAI has developed ChatGPT: an advanced AI chatbot, prompting countries all over the world to regulate its usage. Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner is conducting an investigation into OpenAI's data collection & usage practices & compliance with transparency & accountability in handling Canadian user data.

OpenAI, the technology and research lab founded by Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman, calls for regulation of Artificial Intelligence and proposed the establishment of an international agency like the International Atomic Energy Agency. Altman leads the start-up-focused venture capital firm Y-Combinator while Brockman is OpenAI's Chairman. OpenAI's three-step agenda focuses on coordinating artificial intelligence makers and systems, regulating systems to ensure ethical AI and instilling human values in the AI systems. Additionally, the California-based company has been backed by tech giants such as Alphabet Inc., Microsoft, Salesforce, and Amazon Web Services.

This article looks at the rumored AI features coming to Google's messaging app, Messages. It is expected that Google will unveil the new Magic Compose feature at the upcoming Google IO 2023 keynote. Magic Compose will offer users the ability to generate conversation-driven responses, and even composed poetry, all driven by the intelligent AI features. With competition already surfacing from OpenAI and Microsoft, Google wants to make sure they can showcase their advances in AI tech. Keep an eye out for Google's announcements at the IO 2023 keynote and get the latest updates on AI tech.

"Cohere Inc., an Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup based in Toronto, is raising up to $250 million from multiple investors, including Inovia Capital, Index Ventures and Thomvest Ventures, potentially increasing its valuation to above $2 billion. Cohere provides an LLM platform to create, summarize and interpret text, which could be used in chatbots and search engines. The potential risks of AI technology has been acknowledged, and the investment could mean that Cohere has potential to compete with OpenAI, Alphabet Inc, and Anthropic."