🔵OpenAI Shops, Meta Goes Open Source & Healthcare AI Gets Real: Your April AI Action Plan

Did You Know? AI Can Shop Smarter Than You!

Imagine an AI that browses, compares, and snags the best deals for you, faster than you can say "add to cart." With ChatGPT’s new shopping feature, it’s not sci-fi, it’s reality! We are diving into this and more AI breakthroughs, plus our hotly anticipated webinar on AI in healthcare.

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APRIL AI ROUNDUP: SMART UPDATES TO REAL WORLD IMPACT

1. OpenAI Updates: April 2025 Highlights at a Glance
April brought a wave of meaningful updates from OpenAI, blending innovation with real-world relevance. The new ChatGPT shopping feature now offers curated, ad-free product recommendations, accessible even without an account, bringing AI-powered assistance to everyday decisions.

Accessibility took a leap forward with 15 minutes of free AI conversations via phone and WhatsApp, designed to reach users without requiring sign-in. After a temporary global outage, CEO Sam Altman reassured users, promising infrastructure improvements. In an unexpected twist, ChatGPT gave a pregnant woman a health alert, which turned out to be a life-threatening condition, reinforcing the AI’s potential in urgent moments.

On the developer front, Codex CLI made its debut, an open-source local coding agent that turns natural language into working code. Developers can now securely use Codex CLI on their own machines to build apps, fix bugs, and explore codebases more efficiently using models like o3, o4-mini, and GPT–4.1. From everyday shopping to coding and community tools, April showed how AI is stepping further into daily life with both precision and purpose.

Get started: https://github.com/openai/codex.

2.LlamaCon 2025: Meta Launches Llama API, AI App, and Security Push

At the inaugural LlamaCon, Meta introduced several major updates to boost open-source AI development. The limited preview of the Llama API blends the flexibility of open-source with the user-friendliness of closed-model APIs, making it easier and faster to build with AI. The Llama Defenders Program and new security tools aim to address rising concerns over AI safety and misuse.

Meta also launched its own AI app, powered by Llama 4, which works seamlessly across phones, browsers, and even Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses—signaling a move beyond just chatbots. To support impactful applications, Meta announced $1.5 million in global Impact Grants for Llama-powered projects across sectors like healthcare and education. These efforts reflect Meta's strategy to democratize AI access while strengthening developer control and security.

3.Duolingo Adopts “AI-First” Strategy, Begins Phasing Out Contractor Roles

Duolingo is taking a bold step toward becoming an “AI-first” company, as announced by CEO Luis von Ahn in an internal memo. The language learning platform will gradually reduce its reliance on contractors for tasks that can be handled by AI. This shift aims to streamline content creation, reduce bottlenecks, and allow employees to focus on more creative and impactful work.

AI will now play a central role in hiring, performance evaluations, and team expansions. Von Ahn emphasized that while change can be daunting, this transformation is essential to scale learning content faster and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

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Exploring AI Frontiers with Coastal Seven

Is AI in Healthcare Overhyped or Underestimated? Let’s Separate Fact from Fiction.

The buzz around AI in healthcare is everywhere, but how much of it translates to real-world impact? 🤔 

Join Coastal Seven Consulting's webinar on ‘AI in Healthcare: Hype vs. Reality’, where industry experts Dr. Ravi Andrews (Senior Consultant Nephrologist) and Ramana Kovelamudi (CEO of Prasad Hospitals) will cut through the noise and reveal:

🔹 Where AI is truly transforming patient care and where it’s falling short.
🔹 The untold challenges of implementing AI in the business of healthcare.
🔹 Real-world case studies of AI-driven solutions delivering measurable results.

About the Speakers:

🌟 Dr Ravi Andrews Senior Consultant Nephrologist, brings decades of clinical excellence to the conversation, combining deep medical expertise with a grounded, pragmatic view on the role of technology in modern nephrology.

🌟 Ramana Kovelamudi brings frontline insights as the CEO of Prasad Hospitals, where he has led the charge in scaling a multi-specialty hospital chain through digital innovation and technology-driven healthcare transformation.

About the Host:

🌟 Tejaswini Pagadala is Coastal Seven's Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, with 15+ years of experience in Communications and Leadership.

🗓️ May 8, 2025 | ⏳ 6:00 PM IST

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TOP 5 AI INSIGHTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Google's NotebookLM Expands AI Podcast Feature to 50+ Languages: Google’s NotebookLM now offers audio summaries in 50+ languages, including Hindi and Marathi, enhancing accessibility with Gemini AI.

• India Unveils Indigenous AI Server 'Adipoli' : Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled 'Adipoli,' India’s first AI server by VVDN Technologies, boosting the 'Make in India' initiative.

• AI in Healthcare: Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis: A new AI model detects Multiple Sclerosis up to three years earlier than traditional methods, enabling earlier interventions and better outcomes.

• AI Outsmarts Humans in Secret Reddit Experiment: Researchers conducted a secret AI experiment on Reddit debates, finding AI-generated comments to be more persuasive than human ones, sparking debates on AI's impact.

• Microsoft's Bold Vision for AI Agents in the Workplace: Microsoft predicts AI agents will reshape office dynamics, with software systems mimicking human behavior to optimize productivity and collaboration in workplaces.

WHICH IS REAL?