Google Invests Almost $400M in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic

Re:Google Invests Almost $400M in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic by cuteboy19 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @06:55AM (#34664150)

So much effort that could have gone into making it actually usable. i don't think the product has improved much since it was released. Even very basic things like "navigate to Walmart by bus" actually don't work.

More things that don't work:

1. Delete the last screenshot.

2. Set timezone to est

3. Turn on hotspot

4. Turn on nearby sharw

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Re:Google Invests Almost $400M in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic by londons_explore on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:13AM (#34664269)

Most of this is due to androids permissions model. The Google app doesn't have permissions required to do any of those 4 things.

However, it should at least just ask for permission the first time you try to do that.

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Re:Google Invests Almost $400M in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic by acdha on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:55AM (#34665359)

It can’t be as simple as someone Googling “how to request permissions on Android” – this kind of thing is a product decision. I would assume it’s more due to their promotions culture: are any of those getting demoed on a big screen at I/O?

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Re:Google Invests Almost $400M in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic by notRobot on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:54PM (#34667013)

I don't think it's due to the permissions model. Google Play Services has almost all permissions on your device by default.

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