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Even Elon Musk said the monthly fee is "too high."

From Touch ID shortcuts to smarter volume buttons and camera tricks, these tweaks make Apple's foldable iPhone easier to use every day.

FAA administrator Bryan Bedford also said there's "zero evidence of anything AI-related."

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

Some governments moved to confirm chip supply commitments, while others are monitoring the impact on local projects or addressing ongoing investigations.

The latest model is lighter and thinner than its predecessor and features an edge-to-edge display. But if you already own the first-generation Colorsoft, there’s little reason to upgrade.

Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations.

A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers," which manage the airspace across the United States.

Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years.

LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.

New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips.

ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out on users' behalf, starting with a limited rollout to U.S. Pro subscribers.

Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

The ridesharing giant said drivers' license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident.

ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises.

Meta is reportedly planning to appeal the fine.

Maritime cellular networks can rack up roaming fees on your cruise without a single call or text. Here's how to stay connected and avoid the bill.

A dedicated network for smart home devices may sound excessive, but there may be reasons to separate those gadgets from everything else on your network.

Progress is faster every day, and we're sure some of the biggest developments in current technology are about to become a thing of every day.

Some USB connectors, including USB-A, feature two small holes that have an important purpose. Other USB connectors lack these holes for a reason, too.

AI is changing just about every industry even music. This is how musicians are using vibe coding to alter their sound, their gear and how music is made.

Although PC gamers have to think about it more while putting together their machine, consoles also use GPUs. Here's the difference between them.

Safety and privacy concerns have led to bans on AI glasses in a number of public places, including courtrooms, schools and theaters.

If you've got an old Android phone lying around, it may be possible to give the device new life as a computer speaker.

The foldable smartphone scene is exploding as Apple has just announced it is finally entering the arena. Here's how the iPhone Duo compares to the Oppo Find N6.

A home sound system is a great upgrade, but it does use electricity which means you're paying for the power. Here's how to measure how much power it's using.

Laptop fans fulfill the important function of making sure your device doesn't overheat. But if they keep spinning and making noise, there might be a problem.

Graphics cards do not have an expiration date on the box., but we can help you figure out which clicking tocks are most important to your system's performance.

Let's take a closer look at some of the strongest and most practical filaments for the type of 3D printers accessible to the average maker.

There was a time when Google relied on Snapdragon chips to make its Pixel smartphones, but that's not the case anymore. Here's why it stopped.

This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Jensen Huang's resignation and the fallout from Nvidia's leadership crisis, follow Terrence O'Brien . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started On October 29th, The New York Times reported that Nvidia co-founder and showman CEO Jensen Huang appeared to be the target of a Chinese spy plot. Any major tech CEO potentially being compromised by the Chinese government is concerning - especially Jensen Huang. "If

After aborting a planned catch of Starship Flight 15's booster, SpaceX successfully captured Starship with its "Mechazilla" launch and catch tower for the first time. The company has performed ' chopstick ' catches of its boosters before, but this is the first time the maneuver has successfully been executed on the Starship vehicle itself. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during the company's third-quarter earnings call that "success is not guaranteed on these first flights, but I'd say it's more likely than not that this succeeds next flight." While not a complete success, in that the company was unable to recover

"It's really happening. I promise. For real." Those are the first words from Roy Graham, Head of Story at Magic: The Gathering , in a video posted yesterday announcing Planeswalker , the animated series heading to Netflix in 2027. An animated Magic: The Gathering series was first teased back in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. But that fell apart. In 2024, Netflix announced it still planned to make a series based on the game, but it decided to rework it from the ground up. Now fans are finally getting their first glimpse of the show, which

A view of an information board at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport, filled with waiting passengers on November 13, 2026. | Anadolu via Getty Images At a press conference today, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that Friday's nationwide ground stop ordered by the FAA was related to work replacing outdated copper wire with a fiber optic line at a "remote FAA facility." The secretary said that this was "routine maintenance," rather than the result of a major modernization effort. He told reporters that it was "such an old wire that it was being discontinued, meaning that line was going to

Black Friday has become a shopping season of its own, with retailers once again offering discounts well ahead of the actual shopping holiday. We’ve already rounded up some of the best early Black Friday deals we’ve come across, but if you’re looking to save on outdoor gear or pick up something for an upcoming trip, REI’s annual Holiday Sale , which runs through November 23rd, is worth checking out. As usual, the outdoor retailer is offering discounts on everything from smartwatches to camping equipment. In some cases, we’re seeing some of the lowest prices we’ve seen on our favorite wearables,

As droughts worsen due to climate change, new research shows that hundreds of cactus species could lose the majority of their habitats by 2100.

Not only is it the best mini computer you can buy, but it’s currently on sale, starting at just $779.

Dubbed Dianjunus rex, the huge fungus emerged shortly after the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Fully automated ransomware hasn’t arrived—yet. But seemingly unsophisticated attackers are using AI tools to wreak havoc.

These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.

A free app lets you boot SteamOS in a virtual machine on your Apple Silicon Mac, unlocking PC and legacy games that otherwise won’t run.

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Those old links you shared with friends ages ago are still live, and they might be attracting unwelcome visitors.

Stock up on outdoor gear and gifts for friends at REI’s annual holiday sale.

Normally, aviation is slow to embrace new technology—but AI has come for the skies.

Paddles are getting more sophisticated and expensive. We’ve tested 100+ over the years to find our favorites.

As Israeli restrictions limit repairs in Gaza, fuel is being diverted from wells to drainage pumps.

The signature moto jacket has officially worn out its welcome. Here’s how fashion’s pros would rebrand him.

Here’s how to get your bird and all the trimmings on a budget.

The galaxies’ dark matter was ejected during a collision, but ironically, its absence is some of the best evidence of the elusive substance yet.

If your Microsoft business services were offline last week, you’re probably entitled to a partial credit on your next monthly bill.

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The five-hour ordeal ended Friday evening. Planes will be allowed to fly again, but the effects of the stoppage will be felt throughout the weekend.

Black Friday is still weeks away, but AirPods discounts are dropping early.

The government cited a nationwide communications failure among air traffic control systems as the reason for the sudden grounding on Friday.

For Black Friday, a new quarterly option delivers three bags at a time, each from a different country.

I’ve already found early deals on our favorite WIRED-tested mattresses and sleep accessories.

The company says a bad update—not a cyberattack or AI—caused its servers around the world to crash.

Countless businesses, schools, hospitals, and governments have found out the hard way what it means to rely on a single company’s systems to get things done. And next time could be even worse.

The former tech CEO is obsessed with the power of storytelling. But he hasn't spun his way out of his sex scandals.

Our team clocked serious hours walking, working, and sometimes jogging to find the best under-desk treadmills for home offices and small spaces.

$1,500 buys you vibrant color, deep blacks, and a fast screen fit for just about anything. Just be sure the wide pedestal fits your setup.

Mansa says its AI microdramas can serve as proofs of concept for what Black audiences want. Critics say the studio is selling out.

The AI memory crunch is coming for your holiday shopping list.

Jean Guerrero, Stephen Miller’s biographer, sees him as “a case study in oligarchic capture”—and as a way for Donald Trump to double down.

William Gibson released his seminal novel Neuromancer in 1984. WIRED has an exclusive look at how it eventually made its way to Apple TV—thanks in no small part to Drake.

Tesla’s unpredictable CEO is ready to move on from the company’s most controversial vehicle, but owners aren’t about to let him off the hook for what they see as a poor decision.

OpenAI commits $2 million to research on AI and children’s safety. The work supports shared tools to measure risks and opportunities for young people.

A conversation with Sam Nickless, Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Gilbert + Tobin.

More than 20,000 veterans and transitioning service members have claimed a free year of ChatGPT Plus. See how they use it to prepare for civilian careers.

JioStar’s Vijay Seshadri explains AI discovery at 500M-user scale. Read his lessons on evals, guardrails, and taking AI into production.

OpenAI Academy is bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to caregivers in five U.S. cities, helping them build practical AI skills for everyday life.

Manage your business information, get insights about how your business shows up, and turn interest into action in ChatGPT.

New ThinkYoung research and lessons from OpenAI’s EMEA education partnerships on supporting teachers, AI literacy, and independent learning.

Discover how Singapore Airlines uses OpenAI models and API to enhance customer support, travel discovery, and employee productivity, doubling CSAT for its Kris chatbot.

New research from OpenAI and Upwork finds shifting demand for freelance work, new skill combinations, and larger budgets and more hours for AI-related projects.

Cogent combines OpenAI models with enterprise context to help automatically remediate vulnerabilities with agents.

ChatGPT Enterprise is now available through AWS Marketplace, helping organizations simplify procurement through existing AWS purchasing and billing relationships.

Learn how OpenAI’s Control Room tracks model workloads across our research infrastructure and can rapidly stop them when safety or security concerns arise.

CodeRabbit uses OpenAI models to govern and trust AI-generated code and Codex to ship 20 times more software with the same engineering team.

Kuken Industries uses the OpenAI API to search 70 years of cooling tower drawings. Engineers can find the drawing for a repair in 4.5 minutes, down from nearly an hour.

OpenAI is partnering with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities, test connections with third-party services, and strengthen defenses with frontier AI.

OpenAI introduces BioBasicsBench, a 100-task benchmark measuring how well AI agents interpret raw experimental data and handle everyday wet-lab science.

Australian universities are expanding access to ChatGPT and bringing AI into teaching and learning to prepare students for an AI-enabled workforce.

Cult.fit is using Codex to help teams across functions build tools, move faster, and change how work gets done.

Introducing GPT‑6 Cyber, OpenAI’s cybersecurity model for finding exploitable vulnerabilities and developing fixes, trained to stay within authorized scope.

Merge uses GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex to review product code and support marketing. Its teams also use AI to plan executive dinners and prepare sales updates.

OpenAI introduces its National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to protect local resources, create jobs, and guide responsible AI infrastructure development.

Flipsnack focused its ChatGPT Ads campaigns on getting people to try its product, growing registrations while lowering the cost per signup.

Starting with equity research, Franklin Templeton is developing AI workflows to help portfolio managers compare research views and examine investment risks.

OpenAI will acquire Pierre Computer Company, expanding Codex’s tools for building, understanding, and reviewing code.

Daybreak Red brings GPT-5.6 Cyber to approved customers in AWS GovCloud (US-East) through Amazon Bedrock for authorized cybersecurity work.

OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.

Images 2.6 brings faster image generation, GIF creation, more precise editing, and new API controls across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.

DevRev uses GPT-6.1 Sol to power Computer and Operator, balancing reasoning, speed, and cost for enterprise service.

Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across the physical world.

Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.

Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empower employees across Europe.

Jill Hazelbaker will join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, leading the company’s global communications and corporate positioning.

How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.

OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.

OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for independent security researchers.

OpenAI is preparing its next internal security sprint with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using AI.

Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to managing finances and government paperwork.

Qodo brings company knowledge and coding standards into Codex, helping developers catch P0 issues across repositories before opening a pull request.

OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll to advise on responsible AI for national security modernization, cyber resilience, and collaboration with U.S. allies.

OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.

OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to public safety reporting.

OpenAI shares excerpts from court briefs by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, among others, on how fair use supports AI training and innovation.

OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.

OpenAI uses layered monitoring to detect frontier model misalignment and unauthorized agent behavior so responders can intervene before incidents escalate.

Ropes & Gray is developing AI for transactional diligence with OpenAI. Lawyers review grouped documents, summaries, and reports before advising clients.

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. Adobe's latest suite of AI tools seeks to automate the tedious parts of creation, and an MCP integration allows users to use any model to do so. Meanwhile, research from UC Berkeley and Nvidia seeks to bring agents into the process of designing, testing and controlling robots. And Anthropic's new offerings could help it further bolster its massive enterprise lead by targeting a common pain point: context switching. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Claude turns context into a competitive moat 2. Can AI agents solve robotics' reliability gap? 3. Adobe turns rival AI into a reason

Welcome back. The conversation around AI token economics is shifting to how much completed work you can buy with AI. Meta’s budget-tier Muse Ember is undercutting Claude Haiku 5.5 on cost per task while topping it on agentic benchmarks. At the high end, Anthropic’s Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 arrive 30% faster and 20% cheaper, built to orchestrate smaller models and see big projects through to completion. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s CEO scandal raises a bigger question about the AI race: who holds its most powerful players accountable? — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic shifts the AI race toward finished

Welcome back. Agents are allowing GitHub to foundationally reinvent the way it develops, democratizing the tools for creating software. Meanwhile, a new benchmark from Visa shows that AI agents may not be ready to make purchasing decisions without a human touch. And as tech giants reel from data centers' midterm elections backlash, some may be reevaluating their multi-billion dollar infrastructure commitments. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. The midterms may raise the cost of the AI boom 2. AI agents need to learn when not to buy 3. Code is cheap now. Trust is the new bottleneck POLICY Will

Hello, friends. AI has completely shifted conventional pricing models for software and the rules for booking revenue. But as complexity grows, AI agents may be more useful than ever. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Hyphenate . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner You changed how you price. Did anyone tell finance? For twenty years, software was easy to price: a seat, a license, an annual contract. Then AI showed up and pricing got creative. Intercom charges for its AI agent per resolved conversation. Salesforce sells Agentforce in credits spent per

Welcome back. OpenAI has released two models that target very different audiences: One helping consumers make viral GIFs, and another arming cyber defenders with stronger capabilities. Meanwhile, a Deloitte report adds to the piling evidence that enterprises are still not seeing the returns they want from their AI investments. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. GPT-6 Cyber faces an accelerating AI arms race 2. AI's real ROI requires reinventing work 3. OpenAI's image strategy hinges on virality GOVERNANCE Can GPT-6 Cyber solve OpenAI's safety problem? Amid mounting concern over AI's impact on cybersecurity following OpenAI's breach of HuggingFace, the

Welcome back. Anthropic unveiled a system for "provable inference," bringing zero-trust security principles to its models. Meanwhile, OpenAI reveals how it's using Codex to supercharge its much-anticipated hardware bet. And the US midterm election results underscore how data centers have become the next political battleground. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. AI’s compute ambitions face a political test 2. OpenAI's hardware ambitions get a new engine 3. Anthropic wants AI to prove its identity POLICY Can AI outbuild its political backlash? Data centers' bad reputation has come for the ballot box. AI infrastructure has emerged as one of the

Welcome back. Data from Menlo Ventures reports an explosion in enterprise AI spending compared to last year, but many are still navigating the ROI question. Meanwhile, coding agents are quickly taking over some of the most common tasks in software engineering, making human judgement more valuable than ever. And ChatGPT may represent the biggest rival to Google's monopoly on search. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. ChatGPT is becoming Google's biggest threat 2. Surge of coding agents reveal humans' changing role 3. Can enterprise spending sustain the AI boom? CONSUMER OpenAI challenges Google on its home turf Not long

Welcome back. OpenAI has a plan to ease the strain on the power grids as it pushes forward with its infrastructure buildout. Meanwhile, Hume has unveiled an audio-native decision mode, bringing the power introduced by Jev to voice interactions. And Anthropic's nearly $900 billion in spending commitments underscore the daunting question of frontier AI's path to profitability. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic’s spending spree tests AI economics 2. Hume AI launches the Jev of voice AI 3. OpenAI’s power plan targets a PR crisis MARKETS Anthropic’s spending exposes AI’s profit problem The cost to develop and serve

Welcome back. Though coding agents have transformed the work of software developers, Github's Kyle Daigle discusses ways to make these agents more efficient and affordable. Meanwhile, Google celebrates a major milestone with Project Suncatcher, its orbital data center research initiative. And OpenAI's ad team gives us a look behind the curtain at how it's built LLMs into its ad stack. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI’s ad bet depends on user trust 2. Google’s orbital AI bet raises bigger questions 3. GitHub’s case against defaulting to frontier AI CONSUMER ChatGPT could rewrite the rules of digital ads Large

Hello, friends. Thanks for tuning into this special edition, presented in partnership with Coder . Someone on your finance team wants an AI agent to build their monthly report. It can write the code, but it also needs access to company files. What should it be allowed to read, change, or send elsewhere? That's a lot for them to work out when they just wanted to stop building the same spreadsheet every month. And if they don't work it out, who does? — Jason Hiner Read Coder's AI Operating Layer whitepaper You shouldn't need to be a developer to use

Welcome back. The PHP vulnerabilities uncovered last week had been dismissed as unexploitable for years, until AI changed the math. AI putting an end to security-by-obscurity puts smaller, less-resourced organizations most at risk. Meanwhile, Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo devices and an upgraded AI-powered Alexa, but its real edge may be the habits it has built in millions of homes since 2014. Finally, Mistral released the open weights of its trillion-parameter Large 4 model, pitching enterprises frontier performance without lock-in and taking aim at China’s open-model lead. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Mistral tests China’s open-model

Additional reporting and editing by Caitlin Wolper Phillips The first time I ever wrote a song, it was complete and utter garbage. I'll spare your ears (and my dignity) from having to hear the track yourselves, but the song was essentially a rip-off of Zach Bryan's "Something in the Orange," featuring clunky, depressing lyrics and vocal and guitar melodies so basic that, had I published it, it probably would have gotten me laughed off the internet. But the moment I finished writing it was one of the proudest of my life. I still remember sitting across from my friend who

Welcome back. One of AI’s thorniest problems right now is token costs, and GitHub unveiled a smart fix. Its new Copilot Fusion sends tasks to cheaper models first and only moves up to more powerful ones when needed, matching top-tier coding agents while using half the tokens. Meanwhile, as AI agents spread across the enterprise, security teams are racing to keep up. So I sat down with CrowdStrike’s Christian Rodriguez to unpack how defenders can respond at machine speed. And Google is trying to change its reputation for moving too slowly, with its new high-end model Gemini Carbon edging past

Welcome back. As AI begins to manifest in the physical world, the key to the public accepting robots might be to make them look less human. Meanwhile, the iPhone Duo has a number of quirks, but its biggest advantage might be in AI agents. And Cohere's escaped Alibaba agent highlights just how unpredictable agentic systems can be. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Cohere finds an agent control problem in Qwen 2. The iPhone Duo’s best argument is AI agents 3. Why home robots may need to look less human GOVERNANCE The real lesson in Cohere's Alibaba agent scare

Welcome back. I’ve spent the past week testing Brilliant Labs’ new Halo glasses and they make a strong case that privacy and openness can sell AI wearables. Still, Halo is a much different product than the glasses from Meta and Google. OpenAI's new GPT-6.1 Terra model takes on Anthropic's mid-range Sonnet to balance cost, power, and speed, with some fairly impressive results. And the big news, of course, is Anthropic making it official that it's going public on the Nasdaq, likely in the next month. The real story is that Anthropic's focus on the enterprise is producing eye-popping revenue growth,