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Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.

The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them something in another chat.

The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.

Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.

It’s the moment everyone is waiting for — the ChatGPT moment for robotics, Amulya Vishwanath explained to TechCrunch’s Equity.

JustWatch, the popular streaming search guide used by 50 million people, is launching its own streaming service, offering free, ad-supported movies and shows alongside a $3.99-per-month ad-free tier and movie rentals.

Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.

Court documents show TikTok employees were frustrated with how executives responded to their concerns about risks to children.

Figma said it plans to support as many standards as possible without exposing all of its data.

Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt.

The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns.

Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking a wide range of objects up, and it is so smooth and human-like, it is wowing the industry.

The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast.

Spotify's new paid memberships let podcasters offer fans exclusive perks, including ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content, while keeping 90% of the revenue.

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, rivals like RingConn and Ultrahuman are emerging to dethrone it, putting pressure on the company to keep innovating. By launching more advanced workout metrics, Oura is looking to differentiate itself from competitors as the smart ring market gets more crowded.

Snap has a new brand ambassador for its Specs AR glasses: Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. The company has brought on Downey as Specs' "Chief Customer Experience Officer" and has published several videos featuring Downey showcasing the capabilities of the new glasses, including as a tool to get help with a putt , practice art , and watch a private video of an MMA match in bed. In one video , he also dumps the contents of a box labeled "AI glasses" into a trash bin - a shot at Meta's popular smart glasses. As part of the partnership,

SpaceX announced revenues of $14.6 billion in its Q3 earnings on Tuesday , which it says was a growth of 161 percent year-over-year "fueled by our Super Intelligence (SI) segment and accelerated growth in Connectivity." While its Space division posted a $7 million loss in income from operations, its Connectivity group posted income from operations $2.4 billion and its SI group posted $431 million. The company's so-called "SI" business saw revenues of $7.6 billion, which were up 830 percent year-over-year, "primarily driven" by "the activation of new cloud services agreements, the acquisition of Cursor, and increased Grok adoption across ente

Oura is introducing two new cardiovascular-focused health tracking features to its smart rings designed to help users better understand the effect regular workouts and exercise are having on their long-term health, and whether they need to ramp it up or dial things down. Cardio Effort and automatic VO2 Max (previously known as Cardio Capacity ) are available for the Oura Ring Gen 3 and later models , but only to users with an active Oura membership . Instead of measuring how fast or far a user went during a run or bike ride, or metrics like calories burned, Cardio Effort

Trying to pull up information for certain peptides on TikTok is now returning a "no results found" page when searching for terms like semaglutide, BPC-157, retratutide, and others. That hasn't entirely erased visibility on TikTok for peptides, which are combinations of amino acids that include substances like insulin and GLP-1. The problem is peptides also include unregulated, unapproved substances that proponents like RFK Jr. say can assist with everything from weight loss to wound healing, despite a lack of clinical data supporting such claims. As a result, on social media platforms like TikTok, an army of influencer proponents are happy

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To understand how Elon’s new car hops, glides, and sticks upside down, we need to talk about friction and force.

Game director Naoki Hamaguchi talks about scale and expectations for one of gaming’s most ambitious remakes.

Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women’s voices.”

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The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.

By sticking to in-store menu prices and a flat 5 percent fee, Olo wants to take the sting out of ordering dinner.

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

A growing collection of pocket-size gadgets lets you easily make recordings and extract info from them. Here are our favorites.

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A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”

Mixbook is the best card service I’ve tried, and the brand has multiple sales on holiday cards happening now.

WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, to uncover the extent of a harassment campaign ahead of the midterms.

JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.

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Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

The codirector of “You Can See Everything” talks exclusively to WIRED about truth, lies, and Theranos.

Microsoft is letting players digitize their game discs for free, but don't sell your physical collection just yet.

In 2020, Maricopa County became the epicenter for Trump’s claims the election was stolen. Six years, later the president and his allies are dusting off their “rigged” playbook ahead of the midterms.

Elizabeth Holmes’ husband is a major figure in Nathan Fielder’s new documentary. But who is Billy Evans—and is he really working on a second blood-testing company?

WIRED was the first magazine to cover Theranos and its enticing billionaire founder. There were warning signs even then.

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Insta360’s Luna Pro and Luna Ultra are the ideal cameras for solo filmmakers, content creators, and independent journalists.

The entertainment giant hopes to get trust and safety tech, among other IP, from a startup whose chatbots dozens of states allege encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents.

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Adult performers are questioning why Meta allows its AI agent to sext while restricting their social media accounts.

Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

The Valerion VisionMaster Max 4K Projector delivers superb blacks, great brightness, and more adjustment capabilities than many users need.

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Some of the many variants sold today promise to penetrate our gray matter, but biology isn’t in the habit of respecting marketing declarations.

These accessories add personality to your Apple headphones case, make them easy to find, and offer some protection, too.

Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.

Shorter days don’t have to spell trouble for your houseplants. These are the lights we’ve used and loved in our own homes.

We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.

Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.

Introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering eligible academic labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and tools to advance life sciences research.

Celebrate Teachers’ Day with AI for Educators in Brazilian Portuguese and see how Study Mode can help teachers support active, step-by-step learning.

In collaboration with OpenAI, Sullivan & Cromwell developed Agreement Analyzer, an AI tool for identifying issues in a draft agreement.

See how Amp pushes the frontier of what agents can do with GPT-6 Astra, Ultrafast, GPT-Live-1, and Sign in with ChatGPT.

With OpenAI Daybreak, SentinelOne cuts weeks of malware analysis to hours, creating capacity to investigate more threats.

With GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, Codex, and Daybreak for cybersecurity, this AI lab builds agents that focus for days and improve with use.

Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI. Its security team investigates threats faster and proposes patches in minutes.

New analysis shows how agentic AI adoption is growing across EU enterprises and small businesses—and where deeper use could unlock more value.

Higgsfield brings creators longer videos with GPT-6 Astra, precise visuals with GPT-Image-2.5, and a path to voice filmmaking with GPT-Live.

Using GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Asana made its browser agent 76x cheaper and 5x faster in tests to offer customers more capable models.

Discover how Sophos uses OpenAI’s Daybreak to cut cyber-threat investigation time by 96% and automate 52% of MDR cases while preserving human oversight.

Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.

With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.

LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed budgets strategically.

OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging.

College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, alongside new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.

Radisson partnered with Accenture to build a ChatGPT plugin using OpenAI technology, helping travelers find, compare, and book hotels while planning their trips.

GPT‑6 is rolling out globally in ChatGPT with Intelligent UI, delivering faster responses with visuals and interactive experiences you can explore and use directly.

Jump Trading uses OpenAI to expand quantitative research. See how longer-running AI workflows combine multiple data sources with human review.

OpenAI publishes new results on open problems in mathematics from an internal frontier model and shares Lean proof formalizations and research details on GitHub.

Learn how OpenAI and Ironclad are training and evaluating AI agents on complex contracting workflows to advance computer use for professional work.

Atlassian and OpenAI are expanding their partnership to connect frontier models with enterprise knowledge and help teams plan, build, and deliver work.

How OpenAI is approaching text watermarking under EU rules. Learn where watermarks apply, how detection works, and why access starts with researchers.

OpenAI introduces a new visual ad format in ChatGPT and expands measurement tools, attribution partnerships, and brand suitability for advertisers.

Learn how startups can choose GPT-6 models, tune reasoning effort, improve prompts and skills, coordinate tools, and prepare workflows for production.

Chatham Financial uses Codex and GPT-5.6 to build technology and redesign workflows, cutting trade validation from 30 minutes to under 4.

Advanced AI may matter most for the routine work behind breakthrough ideas. Explore why execution could shape the next economy and the pace of progress.

Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help teams work faster and make grocery shopping easier for millions of customers.

As it opens a new location, the social club prepares grant applications in 2 hours instead of 3 days and liquor-license materials in 3 hours instead of 4 days.

Learn how OpenAI disrupted a campaign to extract protected model reasoning and is strengthening defenses against adversarial distillation.

OpenAI is partnering with America’s SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, alongside a new report on how small teams are using AI.

Explore more than 20 announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026, including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and new tools for builders.

Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.

Dots by OpenAI are proactive assistants that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.

OpenAI apologises for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cyber defences.

Our early guidelines for safety cases in frontier AI training cover technical safeguards, operational practices, and investigating misalignment incidents

OpenAI is expanding the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program with $5 million in funding and up to $5 million in software credits and engineering support.

GPT-6 Astra completed a 50-tab tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 Sol, and its stronger understanding of user intent gives Basis more confidence in real-world use.

We’re collecting real stories of builders, tinkerers, researchers, and creators who are using Codex to do incredible things. If you want to be a part of the next chapter of the Codex Originals program, tell us more about your story and project below.

With Codex, GPT-Live-1, and GPT-6 Astra, Proaction builds, operates, and sells modern fleet management faster.

Lowe’s uses OpenAI models to power Mylow and Mylow Companion, helping customers and associates answer 25M+ questions and move home improvement projects forward.

Wayfair uses OpenAI models to improve ecommerce support and product catalog accuracy, automating ticket triage and enhancing millions of product attributes at scale.

Marking two years of OpenAI Academy and bringing AI skills to even more communities.

OpenAI is extending access to its Daybreak program to the Government of Ukraine to support the cyber defense of civilian infrastructure.

Across the world, organizations are partnering with Google Cloud to tackle their toughest challenges, drive digital transformation, and unlock new levels of growth. In Europe, organizations face unique and complex regulatory challenges. To ensure we're delivering the best possible value and experience for our customers here, we have established a new European Advisory Board. This distinguished group of leaders from across various industries will act as a vital feedback channel, help customers navigate complex regulatory landscapes, and foster a strong, sustainable digital economy. Their counsel is key to ensuring Google Cloud products not only meet but exceed European requirements, driving

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we look into new research agents from Deutsche Bank and The Max Planck Institute ; helping devs strut their stuff with new databases for Rent the Runway ; mortgage lender Mr. Cooper ’s “team” of AI agents answering tough customer questions;

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Uber ’s revamped network with modern edge; smarter, AI-infused site search at Target ; a wicked fast blockchain built by Keeta Network ; HCA Healthcare empowers its nurses with a new AI-powered information portal; Deutche Telecom enhances its data

A year ago today, Google Cloud filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices — specifically those that impose financial penalties on businesses that use Windows Server software on Azure’s biggest competitors. Despite regulatory scrutiny, it’s clear that Microsoft intends to keep its restrictive licensing policies in place for most cloud customers. In fact, it’s getting worse. As part of a recent earnings call, Microsoft disclosed that its efforts to force software customers to use Azure are “not anywhere close to the finish line,” and represented one of three pillars “driving [its] growth.” As

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Box’s AI agents extracting insights with cross-platform agent integration; Schroders uses multiple connected agents to build a complex investment research system; Hypros ’ IoT device can monitor patient distress in hospitals without individual monitoring; a Formula E exhibition of

There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in driving AI innovation and adoption across the UK. Today is about shining a spotlight on our customers and partners, focusing on the real-world stories of how they are accelerating innovation, realising value, and reshaping entire industries with the powerful combination of AI agents and robust cloud infrastructure. The opportunity ahead is immense. AI is poised to inject more than £400 billion into the UK economy by 2030

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our inaugural edition, we explore Lowe’s new Visual Scout product recommendation engine powered by Vertex AI Vector Search; a responsive “Driver Agent” platform created by Formula E to bring more equity to the track; Ester AI, a conversational tool from wealth.com that can help financial

Week of Dec 16 - Dec 20 Windows Server 2025 is now available on Google Compute Engine. We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Server 2025 on Google Compute Engine. You can now run Windows Server 2025 Data Center, and Windows Server 2025 Data Center Core editions as well as Windows SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2025 with pay-as-you-go licenses. Customers that don’t already have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement can use the Google Compute Engine’s provided image to take advantage of Google Cloud’s relationships with Microsoft for pay-as-you-go licenses that scale with your workload and offers

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you missed the first time around. January We started the new year strong, removing data transfer fees for anyone moving data off of our platform. Translation: Anyone doing cool things on Google Cloud (like using generative AI to analyze their microservices deployment) is doing it because

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next , we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini , rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3 . And we're proud to showcase inspiring examples from the public sector, highlighting how organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive transformative change. From state agencies streamlining citizen services to healthcare providers improving patient outcomes and defense organizations enhancing mission

Editors note, November 28th, 2025: “We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC) to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices. Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process. We stand behind the arguments outlined in the blog below, and we continue to work with policymakers, customers, and regulators across the EU, the UK, and elsewhere to advocate for choice and openness in the cloud market." - Giorgia Abeltino, Head of Government

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . Week of Dec 10 - Dec 15 Announcing Launch of Cross Cloud Materialized Views : To help customers on their cross-cloud analytics journey, today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of BigQuery Omni cross-cloud materialized views (aka cross-cloud MVs).

To our customers: At Google Cloud, we put your interests first. This means that when you choose to work with us, we become partners on a journey of shared innovation, shared support, and shared fate. We are committed to helping you evolve as technology advances, drawing on our depth of experience to ensure you can use the latest and best technology, while keeping you safe and protected. When it comes to the rapidly developing world of generative AI, this is imperative. Earlier this year, we embedded Duet AI — an always-on AI collaborator — across our products, from Google Workspace

Editor’s note : Jack Ngare is a Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO based in Nairobi, Kenya. A native of Kenya, he worked in telecommunications abroad for 12 years before returning home to work for a large African financial institution and a U.S. technology company. He joined Google Cloud last year with a mission to digitize and modernize Cloud’s global top customers, while simultaneously growing Africa's entrepreneurial technology culture. What is the opportunity you see before you? Working at Google Cloud, I’m able to bring people some of the world's best software and hardware engineering. I also

Editor’s note : Alicia Abella is the Managing Director for Telecommunications Industry Solutions at Google Cloud. The work involves bringing complex, advanced technology to businesses across diverse markets and cultures — from startups in Brazil to North America's largest telecommunications companies. The daughter of immigrants from Cuba, she has a PhD, 29 patents, and extensive experience running teams and working with customers. Did you always see yourself bringing new inventions into the world? No, not at all. I grew up in Queens, New York — the only child of Cuban immigrants. My parents worked hard and saved money so I

Welcome back. Nvidia explains how its strategy for rapidly expanding AI data centers involves digital twins, or virtual replicas of physical environments. Meanwhile, Apple may have found its edge in the smart home space by relying on user context. And a fleet of rogue agents from a Chinese lab highlights how AI containment has become an international problem. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. China’s rogue agents widen AI’s safety problem 2. Apple turns user context into a smart home edge 3. Nvidia's secret weapon for accelerating AI factories GOVERNANCE Why rogue agents demand a global response New research

Welcome back. Though Meta's new camera-free glasses provide a lighter, more socially-acceptable alternative to its previous iterations, they also forgo the visual context that makes its AI more useful. Meanwhile, a coalition of authors is fighting for control over how their content is used by AI labs. And hundreds of researchers are urging the AI industry to create stronger sandboxes as rogue AI incidents pile up. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI labs face a growing containment problem 2. Publishers seek leverage in the AI copyright fight 3. Meta's Audio glasses make a context trade-off GOVERNANCE AI’s

Welcome back. Though augmented and virtual reality have faced a decline, Meta's AI-powered VR glasses are breathing life into the tech. Meanwhile, Anthropic latest rogue agent scandal may force Washington to take firmer regulatory action. And while Muse Wonder achieves top scores on AI benchmarks, Meta might have to reckon with its users' longstanding trust issues to see the adoption it's hoping for. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Can better models fix Muse's trust issues? 2. Why rogue agents could reshape AI oversight 3. How Meta transformed VR for the AI era BIG TECH Meta’s Muse Wonder inherits

Welcome back. Nvidia's investment in the open models ecosystem allows enterprises to gain the advantages of specialized intelligence. Meanwhile, Chinese AI labs are investing in their own open AI ecosystem, but may be doing so with fewer safeguards. And Microsoft's Satya Nadella is again raising red flags about the industry’s posture toward AI safety. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Microsoft is pitching zero trust for AI 2. The hidden risk in China’s open model boom 3. Why AI agents need a flight recorder BIG TECH Microsoft reframes AI safety debate around trust While many questions around AI

Hello, friends. As enterprises deploy an increasing number of agents, governing them is more important than ever. But in order to control your agent, you have to give it an identity. Thanks to JumpCloud for sponsoring today’s edition of The Deep View. Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht Give your AI agent an identity before you give it a job Most of the security conversation around AI has focused on data: what employees share with AI tools, what company information those tools can access, and where that information goes. Those concerns aren't going away. But they also

Welcome back. Google's new Gemini Agent could give the company an enterprise advantage as it struggles to keep up in the frontier model race. Meanwhile, Amazon's Alexa Tablet offers a sleek and seamless hardware experience, but its AI might not outshine competitors yet. And as the debate over rogue agents wages on, Anthropic and OpenAI face a major present-day risk: malicious misuse of their models. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic and OpenAI confront AI's darker reality 2. Is Alexa enough to set Amazon tablets apart? 3. Why Google may have an edge in enterprise agents GOVERNANCE Anthropic

Welcome back. OpenAI’s new meeting recorder could be more consequential than it looks. By bringing meeting notes and transcripts into ChatGPT, OpenAI is expanding its understanding of users, making the platform stickier, more useful, and harder to leave. Meanwhile, Apple is preparing to bring the new Siri AI to a lot more users via smart home devices like the ones from Amazon Alexa that are still used by over 40 million households in the US. And new research from Common Sense Media raises troubling questions about ChatGPT’s safeguards for teens, although OpenAI disputes the findings. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S

Welcome back. Open models are having a moment. Google and Reflection are pushing out new US-based open models to challenge the lead of Chinese labs, and it's giving enterprises more options on cost, efficiency, and control. Mistral is making a similar case with its 1-trillion-parameter flagship, arguing that owning the weights can reduce lock-in and give enterprises more control over critical systems. Meanwhile, Anthropic is facing a different kind of challenge as major customers pull back on Claude, raising bigger questions about enterprise spending, model dependence, and whether frontier labs can sustain their growth stories as competition intensifies. — Jason

Welcome back. Anthropic is betting on open ecosystems with its Model Hardware Standard (MHS) drawing interest far beyond science labs and could become a common interface between AI agents and hardware devices. Meanwhile, Sam Altman is drawing a sharper line between OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing that AI’s benefits justify accepting more risk than his rival is comfortable with. And Meta Muse is raising privacy red flags with the way it is developing profiles for all of the most important people in your life so that it has better context to handle your tasks. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Welcome back. Microsoft is quietly redefining its AI strategy, one specialized model at a time. Its new streaming transcription model topped a key accuracy leaderboard and can return text in as little as 100 milliseconds, a reminder that enterprises care more about focused performance than general-purpose capabilities. In our latest podcast, OneTrust's Blake Brannon makes the case for guardian agents that can police other AI agents, because human review simply can't keep up. Amazon, meanwhile, is putting $1 billion behind a campaign to win over communities to the benefits of data centers. However, the move may miss the point that

Welcome back. While some neolabs bet that the next frontier of AI will move beyond large language models, Runway is betting on that the foundational scaling laws driving LLMs will allow the industry to achieve world models and robotic generalization. That could mean that video models have use cases that extend far beyond Hollywood. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Runway wants to take video AI beyond the screen 2. Has Hollywood’s AI debate moved on? 3. How world models may define AI’s next 18 months STARTUPS Runway wants to take video AI beyond the screen AI video has

Hello, friends. AI assistants have made it easier to generate answers. They haven't necessarily made it easier to make decisions. Without access to reliable company data, those answers leave employees doing the hard work of checking facts and reconciling conflicting information. That's a hidden tax on AI's productivity promise. For enterprises chasing a return on their investment, the next step is giving AI the business context it needs to produce answers people can actually put to work. Thanks to Databricks for sponsoring today’s edition of The Deep View. Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner Context: The Missing

Welcome back. In classrooms, growing worries about students outsourcing their thinking are a reminder that adoption isn't the same as progress. Amazon's smartest move with its latest Kindles is leaving AI out of the product so that people can use them to disconnect and take a break. There's a lesson there for an industry racing to put AI technology everywhere. Meanwhile, a lawsuit against OpenAI raises a question that becomes harder to avoid as agents gain autonomy: who is responsible when they cause harm? — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI case raises question of agent liability 2. How

Welcome back. OpenAI rolled out more than 20 products at DevDay, but the most telling decision was what it held back. Its new Dots agents are limited to premium plans, and the next Astra model stayed on the shelf for now. Meanwhile, CrowdStrike's Adam Meyers joined me on The Deep View Conversations podcast to explain why AI may finally tip cybersecurity's balance of power in a surprising way. And Google is back in the frontier race with Gemini 4 Argon, which tops rivals on several key benchmarks. But as the labs leapfrog each other and models commoditize, price is starting

Welcome back. The White House has decided to put AI safety on the honor system. Six of the industry's most powerful AI leaders signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence and pledged to police themselves, with no new laws attached. Nat Rubio-Licht unpacks the promises made. Meanwhile, OpenAI's DevDay unleashed a flood of new tools for AI builders, from the cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model to a new high-end Ultrafast tier, and the real target isn't Meta, it's Anthropic. And the headliner, ChatGPT Dots, brings always-on agents with their own cloud computers. They promise to be more proactive and more