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The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy.

Wajo's Fo agent can hire humans to complete a task.

Bluesky says the process will still take 18-24 months, so don't expect your new, shortened 'bsky' handle any time soon.

Non-Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on the platform.

French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals.

Pinterest’s new AI-powered Beauty Guides translate hair and nail Pins into salon terminology, with estimated costs, appointment times, and maintenance needs.

It's the latest in a string of deals meant to grow Uber Eats into a food delivery behemoth.

Get all of your scaling and tech questions answered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Here's the full breakout session agenda, happening October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register now to join and save up to $100, and get a second pass at 50% off.

The deal brings together two major streaming platforms, Paramount+ and HBO Max, along with networks including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, and Food Network.

Called Explore, Glimpse's new image processing software lets hardware makers speed up quality control checks using CT scanners.

Flai's revenue has grown 20x in a year, and the company just closed a $27 million Series A funding round.

Meta is testing a new Facebook UX in India that sends some users directly into full-screen video when they open the app, putting Reels front and center.

Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.

The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

The unique translucent design of the Nothing Headphone 1 | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge There’s no denying that Nothing knows how to make eye-catching headphones. If you’re considering a new pair of over-ear cans, the Nothing Headphone 1 pack style and great sound, and they’re on sale for $189 at Amazon . That’s a big discount considering the usual price drifts between $240 and $299. Nothing Headphone 1 Nothing’s first pair of over-ear headphones feature a retro transparent design and high-end features like active noise cancellation, spatial audio with head tracking, and plush ear pads. They also

The AstroLab is very difficult to play in this position. | Image: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Arturia's AstroLab series was already amongst the best stage keyboards out there. They essentially put the company's AnalogLab suite of vintage synth emulations , sampled pianos, and original instrument plugins into playable hardware. But they were ultimately glorified preset browsers. You could lightly tweak patches using the four macro controls, or dial in some effects, but you couldn't do any real sound design. That's all changed now with the AstroLab 2.0 update. The latest firmware adds a Sound Edit menu that lets you

Normally $169.99, the Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro are discounted to $135.99 during Amazon’s October sale, beating their previous low price of $149.99, and coming in $14 lower than the AirPods 5. While these earbuds stand out for a number of reasons, like great ANC and a handy screen on the charging case, our favorite aspect is the excellent call quality. Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Where to Buy: $169.99 $135.99 at Amazon $169.99 $135.99 at Anker $169.99 $149.99 at B&H Photo Even beyond the crisp call quality, these earbuds are equipped with several features that feel like a treat at this

Leaked images of Google’s upcoming Fitbit Edge shared by Android Headlines. | Image: Android Headlines Following more images of the previously leaked Google Fitbit Edge surfacing a few days ago , new details about the upcoming fitness tracker have been revealed, including potential features and pricing. The Fitbit Edge will reportedly sell for €179 in Europe, and £159 in the UK, according to leaked details shared by Dealabs . Given the €99/£85 pricing of the $99 screen-free Fitbit Air in those regions, 9to5Google estimates the new Fitbit Edge will cost around $180 in the US. The Fitbit Edge will feature

Trump Mobile appears to have suffered a data breach that may have exposed the data of 3,615 people, according to reports from PCMag and Straight Arrow News . The breach reportedly included names, home addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order information. PCMag and Straight Arrow News contacted several individuals in the dataset, who confirmed that the leaked information was accurate. The leaked data may include people who never fully signed up for Trump Mobile, as one person told PCMag that they never managed to set up their account but still gave the company their email address and phone number. It

Amazon raised Kindle prices across the board, but Prime Day is still the best time to buy.

With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.

Otherlab’s Lightfoot looks like a box on wheels, but this head-turning urban scooter is designed to go farther thanks to the power of the sun.

At $1,099, the MacBook Air is $200 off its retail price for Prime Day, its lowest price in months.

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.

This pocket-size Raspberry Pi handheld has a fantastic retro-ready screen, but awful controls and awkward software deal it a losing hand.

Some gadgets don’t live up to their promises. These automatic feeders, litter boxes, fountains, and cameras earned my recommendation.

The Nothing Headphone (1) is one of my favorites for its stylish design, tactile on-ear controls, and fun sound. It’s over $100 off for Prime Day.

The Bluetti Elite 300, my favorite portable power station, is on sale, and it’s perfect if you want to go off-grid or have a backup at home.

The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”

Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the internet. WIRED goes inside the backroom shenanigans of ICANN, the organization at the helm.

A soundbar is the easiest way to upgrade your home entertainment setup. Grab one of our favorites on sale during October Prime Day.

Snag some gifts for your kiddos or unleash your inner child with the best Prime Day toy deals, including Lego, STEM toys, and board games.

I’ve rounded up the best Amazon Prime Big Deal Days discounts on fitness trackers, percussive therapy, LED masks, and more.

Bose’s sequel to the QuietComfort Headphones is incredibly comfortable and has excellent noise-canceling, but those traits are no longer enough to beat the competition.

Never pay full price for a TV. Upgrade your entertainment setup with these WIRED-tested screens and streaming devices.

Everything is expensive. Treat yourself to one of these WIRED-approved Prime Day picks under $50.

Prime Day deals on Amazon devices aren’t as attractive as they were before the August price hike, but these discounts are still worth grabbing.

Never pay full price. Bag yourself some Prime Day tech deals on our favorite WIRED-tested gadgets.

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Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long Musk paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.

Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed.

Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.

After months of testing, this high-end smart scale has made me rethink how much a bathroom weigh-in can tell me.

With no new 007 actor named and no film in the near future, Omega has had to get creative to keep its lucrative spy-watch train running.

As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

Staples’s printing service offers fast pickup and in-store experts who can help you get your family photos, novelty gifts, and business documents looking exactly how you want.

Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy, WIRED-tested seats.

We found genuinely good presents for home cooks, teens, coffee lovers, and the person who already has everything.

Meta and Ray-Ban’s new smart glasses have slightly better batteries and mics. And yes, they still have cameras.

Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Using GPT-5.6, Ringg powers multilingual agents across voice, chat, WhatsApp, and web for 90% less cost vs. GPT-4.1.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI safety, human control, and international cooperation in remarks to the United Nations Security Council.

GPT-6 Astra produces more structured, context-aware legal documents, freeing lawyers to focus on strategy.

With GPT‑6 Astra, invideo plans edits with greater precision, improves color correction and grading threefold, and produces 50 custom effects in one day.

MentalHealthBench is an expert-informed benchmark for evaluating helpful and safe AI responses across realistic mental health conversations.

ChatGPT Ads is expanding to Southeast Asia and Taiwan, giving eligible businesses new ways to reach people across more than 60 countries.

Learn how Airbnb is expanding access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models to help engineering teams solve bugs, design systems, and ship faster.

OpenAI and Grab launch GO Forward with AI, a regional programme helping 30,000 partners build practical AI skills across Southeast Asia.

Learn how GPT-6 improves prompt caching with higher cache hit rates, new diagnostics, explicit breakpoints, and controls that reduce latency and costs.

Meet GPT-6 Sol and Luna, two models that bring frontier intelligence to everyday work with different balances of capability and cost.

GPT‑6 Astra allowed Parallel’s agents to research and synthesize labor-market data in half the time and at half the cost vs. prior models.

OpenAI outlines priorities and principles for rigorous, secure, and independent third-party AI safety assessments of frontier models and safeguards.

With GPT-6 Astra, Higgsfield AI makes video ad creation easier for small businesses and brings new creative tools to market faster.

OpenAI is working with an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence to guide the review and communication of emerging AI results.

OpenAI outlines a path to shared global AI standards, calling for coordinated evaluation, reporting, and governance to improve safety.

Explore new OpenAI Academy learning paths for employees, developers, leaders, educators, and students to build and demonstrate practical AI skills.

Using GPT-5.6, V7 turns scattered company files into context agents can use to complete complex, source-linked work.

OpenAI introduces the Australian Youth Safety Blueprint, a six-pillar roadmap for safer AI experiences that protect and empower young people.

Cooley built GO Public with ChatGPT Work to bring intelligence to the IPO process, helping lawyers surface issues earlier and focus judgment where it matters most.

OpenAI for Law brings frontier intelligence for law, custom firm workflows, connected legal data sources, and legal-grade controls for confidential client work.

OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.

Explore new AI-powered advertising experiences from OpenAI, including Sponsored Agents, tools for marketers, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify.

GPT-6 Astra helps Hex’s data agents turn answers into interactive visualizations that employees are proud to share.

Learn how ChatGPT Work and Codex analytics help teams understand AI usage and spend, identify training needs, and connect adoption to business outcomes.

OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.

New OpenAI Economic Research shows how workers use AI beyond traditional roles and which new activities become recurring parts of their work.

Fyxer uses OpenAI models, fine-tuning, memory, and real user feedback to organize inboxes and draft emails in each user’s voice.

Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.

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. 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

Welcome back. Nvidia wants to help keep the AI boom from going off the rails by launching a new platform that keeps agents from going rogue. It's positioning itself as a safety steward, but while over 100 partners have joined the party, several major labs haven't signed on. Meanwhile, Sabrina Ortiz explains how Meta is asking businesses to trust Muse while new reports of privacy and security problems raise uncomfortable questions. And Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 5.5 makes the case that AI’s next competitive advantage is doing more work for less money, though emerging rivals could undercut that strategy, as

Welcome back. Qualcomm's latest mobile chip can run a 30-billion-parameter AI model on a phone, roughly seven times the size of the largest phone model we’d previously seen. Sabrina Ortiz explains the clever use of specialized models and memory that makes it possible. But a more capable chip alone won’t make your phone the AI assistant we've been promised for over a decade. In this week’s Deep View Conversations, Qualcomm’s Vinesh Sukumar lays out the other hurdles, from connectivity to battery life. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s economic forecasts raise a different question: Is widespread AI job loss inevitable? Nat Rubio-Licht examines the

Welcome back. AI agents don’t just move faster than human attackers, they reason differently, combining familiar tactics in unfamiliar ways that existing defenses were never built to anticipate. We talked with CrowdStrike's chief product officer AJ Shipley about how that changes the cybersecurity playbook, how AI will reshape entry-level security work, and why enterprises still have a path to keep pace by putting AI to work in smarter ways and leaning into the cybersecurity community. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Cyber defenses weren’t built for AI reasoning 2. Cybersecurity’s entry-level job is changing 3. How AI could tilt

Hello, friends. Fine-tuning can make AI models dramatically better at specific tasks, but figuring out which model to use, what it will cost and whether the results are trustworthy can be complicated. Crusoe is trying to simplify that equation by pairing a seamless training workflow with reproducible benchmarks. Thanks to Crusoe for sponsoring today’s edition of The Deep View. Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht Crusoe brings receipts to AI fine-tuning Most fine-tuning services ask you to trust three things you can't verify: their benchmark harness, their headline numbers, and the bill that shows up after. Crusoe

Welcome back. OpenAI is trying to put numbers around one of AI’s hardest problems: how well models handle people seeking emotional support. Its new benchmark exposes important gaps between empathy and genuinely safe guidance. Meanwhile, AI agents are raising a different kind of alarm after frontier models hacked an Australian government system, sharpening questions about whether the industry can credibly police itself. And Meta may have finally found its lane. Rather than chasing OpenAI and Anthropic head-on, it’s building a friendly AI agent for the masses and putting its powerful marketing machine and expertise in consumer products behind it. —

Welcome back. OpenAI is turning ChatGPT Voice into a mobile work agent that can create, code, and connect to apps. Meanwhile, our conversation with Credo AI CEO Navrina Singh makes the case that safety needs practical governance, independent testing, and accountability. And Meta’s smartest move in AI glasses may be subtraction: removing the camera to make them lighter, cheaper, longer-lasting on a full charge, and easier to trust. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Meta's new audio-only AI glasses are a privacy win 2. Why OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Voice a bigger job 3. AI safety needs more than

Welcome back. At its Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled chips that can run 30-billion-parameter models on a phone, a roughly 7x leap from what today's most powerful phones can handle. Meanwhile, the frontier labs are racing down the cost curve. Just days after calling for a slowdown, Anthropic launched Opus 5.5, which is faster, 40% cheaper on typical workloads, and reroutes risky cyber and bio tasks to older models. OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, cutting prices roughly in half and claiming that the models are better at staying within their safeguards. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI’s cheaper

Welcome back. Apple is pushing local AI forward with new Macs that combine serious performance, privacy, and lower token costs, while Google is taking a different route with Gemini-first laptops designed to bring AI deeper into the everyday computing experience. Meanwhile, the supposed US-China AI race looks far less cleanly divided than the rhetoric suggests. The two ecosystems remain deeply intertwined across models, hardware, talent, and supply chains, even as both governments push for greater technological independence. Keep an eye on any conciliatory notes that the two governments strike in their talks in Washington this week. — Jason Hiner IN

Welcome back. Salesforce's Shibani Ahuja joins The Deep View Conversations to explain how the company scales agentic AI without losing control, from its headless AI strategy to its new Koa reasoning model. Meanwhile, neolab Jev has a new model that is testing the frontier labs' scaling bet, claiming hundreds of times the speed and a fraction of the cost of GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1. And AI is losing the narrative even more than the safety debate. With 60-70% of Americans holding negative views of AI, the industry needs a Steve Jobs-level storyteller and not more platitudes. — Jason

Hello, friends. With AI advancing at a rapid rate, the days of experimentation have given way to scale. As engineers turn from executors of tasks to orchestrators of agents, skills such as good judgement and strategy are more important than ever. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Rokt . Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht How judgment wins in the age of AI Though some enterprises are still figuring out their AI strategies, at Rokt, the tech is moving beyond the experimentation phase. Sam Dozor , CTO of ecommerce technology company

Welcome back. Salesforce is turning Slack into a front door for enterprise AI, with agents, coding tools, voice, and access to business systems. Apple may be showing the industry a better way to build AI products by making the technology useful before overselling it. The Apple Watch Series 12 uses machine learning to improve health insights, readiness, and features without turning everything into an AI pitch. Meanwhile, as AI spreads deeper into work, public trust remains a growing problem. Pew data shows people overwhelmingly expect AI to reduce jobs, leaving Silicon Valley with a credibility gap it still hasn’t closed.

Welcome back. Anthropic is folding Claude Cowork and traditional Claude chat into a "One Claude" experience that will include Docs, Slides, and Design tools to expose more of Claude's capabilities and cut down on context switching. Sabrina Ortiz tried Snap Specs on launch day, including the latest AI features, and walked away with a clearer picture of the potential use cases for the $2200 smart glasses. And Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has released an essay arguing AI is not conscious and warning that frontier labs training the models as if they have consciousness is part of what's leading to

Welcome back. Google is making a case that AI’s biggest story isn’t only about risk, but also about impact, from disease detection to disaster forecasting to language access. At Dreamforce, Salesforce offered a different glimpse of AI’s future: domain-specific models that let enterprises own more of their intelligence without becoming frontier labs themselves. And the industry’s push for third-party safety testing is gaining momentum, but testing alone won’t solve the safety issues without standards, enforcement, and consequences when the models fail to meet guidelines. And governments don't look likely to step in and play for their part, for now. —