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ChatGPT Revolutionizes Online Shopping with Personalized Searches

by News Editor

May 4, 2025

OpenAI has taken a significant step forward in the world of online shopping. With recent updates to ChatGPT’s web search functionalities, users can now enjoy an enhanced shopping experience, featuring tailored product recommendations complete with images, reviews, and direct purchase links.

Since its debut, this innovative search tool has been rapidly gaining popularity, now accounting for over 1 billion web searches each week. This update is available for all ChatGPT users globally, reaching from the Pro tier to the Free tier, and even those browsing without an account.

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The feature allows users to receive suggestions from various categories, such as fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics, by simply posing specific questions. Unlike traditional search engines, this update excludes advertisements and commissions, offering unbiased results driven by metadata from third-party sources like pricing, product descriptions, and reviews.

OpenAI is positioning itself as a formidable competitor against industry titans like Alphabet GOOGL.O by prioritizing user-centric experiences over ad-heavy results.

This change underscores ChatGPT’s standing as a revolutionary tool in the growing landscape of digital shopping, proving once again Cyprus‘s increasing influence in technology.

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Cyprus Government Moves to Cut Electricity Prices

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

May 13, 2025

According to the government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) and the energy regulator are set to meet this week to discuss a formula to lower the price of electricity.

This development comes from President Nikos Christodoulides’ remarks over the weekend, where he urged the EAC not to increase electricity rates. Christodoulides confirmed that he had a meeting with the EAC, asking them not to impose any increases at this juncture.

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The government spokesman emphasized that the current administration is committed to bringing down the price of electricity in any way possible. Letymbiotis noted that the state-run power utility and the regulator would make their own assessments based on the wider direction of the government regarding reductions in the coming time period.

It is worth noting that Cypriots pay the second-highest rates for electricity in Europe when adjusted for spending power, according to Eurostat data released last week. Only consumers in the Czech Republic paid more for their household energy bills than those in Cyprus.