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OpenAI introduces web search on ChatGPT to fight Google, Perplexity

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November 01, 2024

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  1. OpenAI introduces web search on ChatGPT to fight Google, Perplexity
  2. Apple’s revenue +6% YoY to $94.9B, but net income -36% to $14.7B
  3. AWS, e-commerce, ad growth boost Amazon revenue in Q3
  4. Intel stock jumps as Q4 projections fuel optimism
  5. Friday’s jobs report expected to show 106K new jobs

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1. OpenAI introduces web search on ChatGPT to fight Google, Perplexity

ChatGPT.

  • ChatGPT Search is the finalized version of the SearchGPT prototype released in Jul.

  • ChatGPT Plus, Team, and SearchGPT waitlist users get early access; Enterprise and Edu to follow in weeks.

  • “In the coming months”: free users will get the experience.

  • U.S. election queries will be directed to news sources, including AP and Reuters.

  • Google already has AI Overviews as a contender against ChatGPT’s search experience.

Relatedly, Sam Altman indicated GPT-5 wouldn’t launch this year due to compute limitations

2. Apple’s revenue +6% YoY to $94.9B, but net income -36% to $14.7B over EU’s tax penalty

  • $10.2B one-time EU tax charge recorded by Apple, impacting net income.

  • +6% in iPhone revenue to $46.2B from $43.8B a year earlier.

  • iPhone represented 49% of Apple’s overall sales.

  • +12% in services revenue to $25B from 22.3B a year ago.

Apple’s China growth remains negative, but shows signs of improvement

Apple’s stock was -2% to $221.75 ($3.43T market cap) in trading after the bell on weak guidance

  • Guidance of “low-to-middle single digits,” Apple predicted, vs. analysts’ estimates of 7%.

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4. AWS, e-commerce, ad growth boost Amazon revenue in Q3

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