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At the same time, Disney appears to be exploring new ways to expand its streaming business beyond simply raising subscription prices.

As concern over AI safety and rogue agents continue to make headlines, it’s no surprise that cybersecurity stocks are rising, or that investors are pouring massive amounts of capital into startups trying to build the next generation of security for an AI-native world. We’re even seeing companies like Instinct and Simile bring in nine-figure checks and valuations that wouldn’t have made sense a […]

The repeated incidents led one worker to file a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which opened an inquiry and told Zoox to investigate the exposures.

Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.

The report suggests that greater exposure will not resolve the unease around the technology, nor reduce public support for AI regulation.

YouTube is rolling out GIF replies, voice-powered TV comments, personalized moderation, paid members-only communities, and new ways for fans to support their favorite creators.

Creators will be able to use AI in a conversational chat interface to help them edit videos.

Built directly into the YouTube Music app, Ask Music lets users describe what they want to hear in everyday language rather than searching for individual songs or artists.

Eight Sleep said the new pod is 20% faster than the previous generation.

YouTube is adding new features to generate ideas and monitor the performance of thumbnails.

Other Made On YouTube announcements are also designed to help creators grow and engage audiences.

Many of these tools hinge on using generative AI to try out a variety of different tactics on a video to find what works best.

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YouTube’s new custom feeds let users describe the videos they want to see in their own words, then use Gemini to build a personalized feed around the request.

YouTube's AI feature can now help you compare products as you shop.

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Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's newly-launched wet lab and an early test of Claude's usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. The company says Claude found the enzyme system after searching through a massive database of DNA sequences, adding that its scientists' involvement was limited to the initial prompt and lab work. Over 21 hours, Anthropic said nearly 950 Claude agents worked through 210 million tokens before one spotted an unusual repeating pattern in the

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence - a technology the bill describes as capable of the "destruction or disempowerment of humanity," including by overthrowing the government. Under the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act , AI leaders would face up to 20 years in prison for violating the law. The bill doesn't just take aim at the more powerful superintelligence, a term President Donald Trump said the US will use in place of "AI" in official documents. It would also pause the development of advanced AI systems,

The LED control display includes a Yeti mascot, because of course it does. | Image: Logitech G The original Blue Yeti has been one of the most recognizable go-to USB microphones for content creators since it launched in 2009, and now it finally has a successor. Launching today under Logitech G, the Blue Yeti 2 adds some modern upgrades, including an interactive LED display, AI de-noising, and a proximity based voice sensor - which resolves a notable flaw with its predecessor's design while still paying homage to it. It's available in black or white color options for $159.99, which is

The X3 also comes in black. “Lunar eclipse” remains an option for the $179.99 X2. | Image: Logitech The G Pro Superstrike mouse is one of Logitech's most interesting products. Unlike other gaming mice, it has haptic actuators beneath its two main buttons instead of mechanical switches, which decreases latency and allows for a custom click feel (the click can be super subtle, more jolty, or turned off entirely). The tech debuted in the G Pro X2 Superstrike in February, and there's already a sequel. Well, it's more like a 1.5 rather than a true successor. The G Pro X3

Xbox appears to be ready to launch its own version of PlayStation's platinum trophies. A new update to the Xbox PC app has revealed Mythic Achievements, which according to data in the app will appear once a player completes all the Achievements in a game. Mythic Achievements appear on screen with a unique unlock sound, and players will reportedly be able to track them through the Xbox dashboard. Xbox players will also be able to display their Mythic count on their profiles. Some Xbox Insider testers have already started spotting references to Mythic Achievements in early versions of the Xbox

Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers.

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The technology could strap onto existing gas turbines and make them more efficient—but it wouldn’t do away with their emissions entirely.

The app Paperman gives your screen some added texture in an effort to make it easier on your eyes. It works best for reading, writing, or otherwise working with text.

SmartLabels can inventory everything in a photo, but I tested whether its AI could survive the chaos of my busy household.

Like her biohacking boyfriend, Tolo is undergoing a grueling regimen of tests—from tracking nighttime erections to subjecting herself to extreme heat on her period—in service of “half the population.”

The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation.

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Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use.

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The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.

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Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual.

In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments.

Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.

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

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

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.

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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.

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

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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.

Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.

GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.

César de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infections.

Meet the Data agent in ChatGPT Work. Connect company data, uncover insights, and build interactive dashboards with AI using natural language.

Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services, combining built-in financial data and GPT-6 Astra for research, modeling, and client-ready materials.

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GPT‑Live‑1 brings natural, full-duplex voice conversations to the API, with stronger instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support.

Chris Lehane argues that stronger AI capabilities require stronger safety evidence, shared standards, and durable policy action while the policy window remains open.

Meet GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s most capable model for business, with advanced reasoning, computer use, and stronger writing and design judgment.

Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, bringing experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.

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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. 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. —

Welcome back. Apple's long-awaited Siri AI upgrade has finally arrived, and for many Apple users it will be the most tangible way yet to feel the shift toward more personal, useful AI. Meanwhile, calls to slow frontier development are producing some unlikely alliances, revealing how unsettled the debate is at the moment. The bigger problem is that AI pacing is being framed as a binary choice between acceleration and restraint. We need better dialogue to create common ground for policies that can match the growing sophistication of the technology itself. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI pacing

Welcome back. Apple's iPhone Duo makes the case that bigger screens are a lot more useful in the AI era, while the new AI audio features in the Apple Watch ask how much of our conversations AI should remember. Meanwhile, investors are pouring truckloads of money into AI startups at a dizzying pace, and while some of it is clearly FOMO, the smart money is chasing founders solving real problems, not just hitching their wagons to the hype. And in the most important signal in the industry right now, the CEOs of both Anthropic and OpenAI have said they are

Hello, friends. Small and medium-sized businesses stand to gain the most from AI. Often operating with lean teams where every employee wears many hats, AI can democratize valuable skills for these companies and create real impact. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Rokt . Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht How AI gives small businesses an edge AI is capable of giving anyone the tools to supercharge their productivity and try new things. For small and medium-sized businesses, that can be a lifeline. Guang Li, the general manager of Rokt Aftersell

Welcome back. Apple is racing into ambient AI with new Apple Watch features that listen in the background, testing the perception of convenience versus surveillance. New Ramp data suggests businesses are increasingly choosing cheaper, mid-tier AI models over the latest models from frontier AI labs, for cost reasons. Meanwhile, researchers inside Anthropic and OpenAI are arguing that safety is not keeping pace with rapidly advancing models, which is once again raising the question of whether the labs should slow down to establish unified safety standards. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why warnings from inside AI labs are piling

Welcome back. Coursera's new AI platform, Project Helix, aims to fix corporate training by replacing generic content with adaptive learning and proof of skills. Meanwhile, Apple's September event showed AI woven into every new product it announced. For example, the Apple Watch's new Siri Recap and Live Rewind quietly turn it into an AI wearable. But the showstopper was the iPhone Duo, which I got to test hands-on and I believe points toward where every phone is headed within the next few years. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. iPhone Duo unfolds Apple's vision of the AI future 2.

Welcome back. Humanoid robots are still too expensive for most homes, but IFA made the future feel closer as AI accelerates developments in training. Meta is betting that its new Muse agent can become a trusted everyday assistant, but asking consumers to connect their most sensitive data puts Meta's privacy shortcomings in the spotlight. And OpenAI’s next model is already pushing beyond Astra, using thousands of agents to tackle one of mathematics’ hardest problems. The breakthrough is remarkable, but it also raises uncomfortable questions about whether the models are advancing faster than our ability to understand them. — Jason Hiner

Welcome back. AI agents are giving hackers a major speed boost, with Google’s latest threat report showing autonomous systems already scanning infrastructure, harvesting credentials, and compressing attacks into hours. Meanwhile, Arm is trying to bring more order to robotics and physical AI with a shared framework that could solve fragmentation and help the industry scale. And ahead of this week’s new iPhone unveiling, I look back at Apple’s strongest AI success story: photography. For a decade, Apple has used AI and ML to quietly improve the camera, offering a blueprint for how it could lead in AI. — Jason Hiner

Welcome back. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work team joins our podcast to explain how agents and proactive AI will make prompting less central to the ways we use AI throughout the day. Google’s much-ballyhooed Rambler offers Wispr Flow-level speed and accuracy, but it's still missing the right tone by getting the punctuation wrong. And GPT-6 Astra raises the question of what happens when models become harder to monitor as they get smarter. With observability getting more challenging, OpenAI's chief scientist signals that it may be time to coordinate with other labs before control gets harder. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Hello, friends. Granola’s new Apple Watch app uses a device people already have to make AI more useful. The app records in-person conversations with a tap, syncs notes across devices, and makes the recordings easy to access. Thanks to Granola for sponsoring today’s edition of The Deep View. Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner Granola for face-to-face conversations. Now on Apple Watch. Some of the most important conversations happen away from your laptop. Brainstorming at a whiteboard. A walking one-on-one. Candid advice over coffee. A customer visit or an investor chat where opening a laptop would break

Welcome back. Nvidia’s $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face is counting on the open model ecosystem scaling without losing independence, but that tension will be worth watching closely. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra arrives as its most capable model yet, with a big focus on agentic work and professional tasks, plus tighter safeguards in light of the Hugging Face incident. And Nvidia is also pushing local AI forward on Windows, with new hardware and software that could narrow Apple’s lead in running models and agents on-device. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI's Astra leans into agentic tasks and safety 2.

Welcome back. AI is getting cheaper and more capable, but that also raises the stakes for human judgment. Our conversation with Dataiku CEO Florian Douetteau explores why deciding what to build, and how to govern it, will be where value accrues. CrowdStrike is giving agents verifiable identities and defenders tools that operate at machine speed, but the most valuable thing it's giving enterprises is confidence. And with its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model, Google is once again counting on raw performance mattering less than delivering reliable intelligence at a fraction of the cost. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Welcome back. Perplexity's new Hybrid Compute agent automatically routes sensitive tasks to local models while sending general tasks to frontier-class models in the cloud, a privacy-first approach other tech companies and AI labs look likely to emulate. CrowdStrike is tackling the growing fear of agents running amok with an aggressive three-part strategy for eliminating malicious AI activity before it spreads. And Anthropic's new Fable 5.1 model touts a big efficiency win that effectively cuts agentic workload costs by 45% without sacrificing performance. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Claude costs less in the new Fable 5.1 2. CrowdStrike

Welcome back. AI devices may be booming, but too many of them duplicate what your smartphone already does. The category needs to get a lot more ambitious. Speaking of ambitious, Physical Superintelligence is using AI-driven physics to optimize infrastructure and solve some of the key roadblocks to interstellar travel. And as frontier models make cyberattacks faster and cheaper, Cloudflare is solving the problem by changing the economics. Its Adaptive Intelligence continuously learns from live traffic, creating a moving target designed to make automated attacks slower, harder and a lot more expensive for hackers. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.