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Marvell's planned purchase of Lumentum is one of the biggest acquisitions in tech history. And they both have the same strategic investor: Nvidia.

Readwise Books combines an e-book store, reading tracker, detailed reading stats, and AI features in a bid to challenge Amazon's ecosystem.

SpaceX has been looking for new ways to use its Starlink network, and a tie-up with cellular operator Boost Mobile could give it the terrestrial access it needs.

Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?

Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having "the fastest growth of a product that I've ever seen in my life."

Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.

The Ninja Crispi Microwave stands out for its FusionCrisp technology, which combines the speed of a microwave with the crispy results you'd expect from an air fryer.

Space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing the company at $2 billion.

This is the second wave of cyberattacks to hit supermarket refrigerators in a month, spoiling food and disrupting supplies.

TechCrunch Founder Summit happens on November 4 in Boston for a founder-focused agenda and impactful connections. Save up to $100 or get discounts with group passes.

OpenAI said that ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool after this change.

Ford said it's making an "explicit commitment" to its customers that "their vehicle data is safe" with the company.

Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld.

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.

AI agents can be a great tool to help make purchases for you online - but it can become a frustrating problem if the website you're using blocks their access.

A cabinet might seem like a convenient spot for your console, but it can't provide enough airflow for the system to run safely.

A potential deal with Boost Mobile could serve as a shortcut to establishing SpaceX as a mobile carrier.

Your premium Samsung Galaxy phone likely has a bunch of preinstalled software you don't want that just takes up space.

Gemini can read your emails, summarize them and draft replies. If you'd rather it didn't, here's what Google actually does with your data and how to opt out.

Apple's iMessage app offers a lot of useful features and several default apps included in its latest update. However, they may be in an order you dislike.

Smart home devices usually won't work properly when they lose Wi-Fi signal, so it's frustrating when they keep disconnecting. Here's why it might be happening.

It's unclear what will happen to the studio's work on Gang of Dragon.

Turn the clock back to 1998, when the internet was a little more functional.

It's handy, but most people likely won't miss it.

The Switch 2 has expandable storage that you should take advantage of. But you can't use the same cards that worked with your original Switch.

Installing an update can make your phone run worse for a while, but this should be temporary in most cases.

We all know RAM has gotten crazy expensive, but some number put it in even better perspective.

Modern AirPods offer several audio modes, and noise cancellation isn't always the best option.

Googlebook OS still needs a ton of work.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the company’s most capable smartwatch. Whether you intend to put its many tracking features to the test, or you simply want the longest battery life of any Apple Watch, it’s currently on sale for $699.99 ($100 off) in multiple colors at Amazon , matching its all-time low price. Apple Watch Ultra 4 Where to Buy: $799 $699 at Amazon Powered by Apple’s new S11 chip (also in the Series 12), the Apple Watch Ultra 4 delivers faster performance than the last-gen version, plus a handful of new Apple Intelligence features. Of note, those include

Ford vowed to never sell customer driving data to third-party data brokers as part of a new privacy promise aimed at setting the automaker apart from competitors that have faced legal and regulatory blowback for sharing telematics with data brokers without authorization. As part of its new promise, Ford says it will strive to protect customer data by using aggregating and anonymizing techniques. It will also "provide clear and easy-to-understand information about how we use your personal information." And while Ford says it will still use data to improve safety, it will allow customers to adjust how much or how

Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to re-create existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware . Retro gaming is currently being overrun with AI-made decompilations, recompilations, and ports , but while Anthropic will still let people use Claude Code to make games, it doesn't want people to use it for direct clones. Last week, a user on X posted a screenshot allegedly showing two new sentences added to Claude Code's system prompt: "Do build original games, games in a genre, and games from the user's own designs and assets. Don't

Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July. I wrote in my Notepad newsletter last week that it seemed very weird for Chiang to suddenly depart Microsoft after 21 years with a surprisingly short memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. Now, Chiang says she has "serious concerns" about how she was treated. In a lengthy LinkedIn post - entitled "Clarity is Kindness," a reference to Sharma's WSJ profile - Chiang doesn't dispute that she was fired, but she doesn't say why she was let go.

In an announcement on Monday , OpenAI says it will pilot its "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Effingham County, Georgia, where the company promises to free up to 1,000 megawatts of power during extreme weather or emergencies, enough to power air conditioners in around 700,000 homes. The announcement comes as opposition to data centers spreads across the US, in response to massive projects that have begun development and construction, frequently with little or no input from local residents. In Utah, residents protested after Box Elder County commissioners signed off on a data center expected to consume

The first Wi-Fi 8 router has arrived. This quad-band gaming beast from Asus is fabulously fast and feature-packed.

So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.

These gorgeous, renter-friendly storage lockers are hardly ever discounted.

I tested Birdbuddy’s Nook and Birdfy’s Rookie in my backyard. Saving money comes with compromises, but some are easier to live with.

Shopping for a PC gamer? This is the gear we use ourselves, starting at prices as low as $12.

Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.

Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.

I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

I’ve rounded up the best smart speakers that let you talk to Alexa, from the popular Echo Dot to the newest Echo Studio.

WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had secret features that let users create violent AI-generated images and video.

From marble runs to advent calendars, these are the best Star Wars gifts for fans of all ages.

You may not have noticed everything Google’s free software suite offers—especially a web app called Google Vids.

The Chromagraph Camera app costs $13 and processes iPhone photos with the same color math Rian Johnson’s cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, uses for film.

As prices escalate on gaming laptops, there’s really only one affordable option still around: the Lenovo LOQ 15, which offers a better performance and display than its competitors.

These portable heaters will heat a room quickly, quietly, and safely.

With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.

These top picks from brands like Ember, Owala, and Hydro Flask are built to last, keeping your drinks hot and your mornings smooth.

Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.

While Google is heralding a new series of laptops called Googlebooks, Chromebooks are sticking around—for now. These are the ones to consider.

A dying star 1,600 light-years from Earth is surrounded by two rings of gas and dust that astronomers believe are the remnants of the planetary bodies it once hosted.

Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.

Glow up your home indoors or out with these versatile, discounted, full color smart string lights. They’re WIRED-tested and 25 percent off right now.

The founders of Maison Lineti are, in a world first, making single malt whisky as if it were wine—and the spirit world is mighty impressed.

Backup by BioLite is designed to power your fridge when the grid goes down. It works, but protecting your ice cream doesn’t come cheap.

Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.

A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.

They’re a steal at over 40 percent off in multiple colors. Plus, other great Bose deals you should know about ahead of Black Friday.

This multifaceted home coffee brewer and its new AltaRounds will make you rethink everything you know about Keurig machines.

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

I’ve never been a morning person. This bedside gadget is the only thing that’s ever changed that.

Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.

Get 10% off with Wayfair promo code, up to 80% off furniture, and more top coupons.

Google’s latest smartwatch packs great new health and fitness features, and it’s already on sale ahead of Black Friday.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.

Thanks to a lucky break, flawed code in a tainted Claude extension prevented the attacker from fully worming their way into some 5,000 developer machines.

The fanfic site could be down for weeks due to a “security incident.” Users are not taking it well.

Apple doesn’t need fixing, and it doesn’t want drama. Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.

Even though Black Friday isn’t for a few more weeks, we’ve found early discounts on our favorite WIRED-tested mattresses and sleep accessories.

Multiple crypto-tracing firms say notorious North Korean hackers TraderTraitor may be behind the largest digital heist in history—with billions of crypto likely gone for good.

The iOS app Oh My Hours takes a new approach to curbing screen time. It splits up your day into hour-long blocks, then shows which ones you wasted on Instagram and TikTok.

As Election Day approaches, the billionaire’s longstanding relationships with GOP leaders in Texas are under scrutiny.

Manhood, a new documentary about “girth enhancement,” explores how wellness professionals are encouraging men to undergo increasingly extreme procedures to be sexually desirable.

Your cell phone can handle basic language translation, but dedicated translator devices can offer a much more immersive, versatile experience.

The meme appeared to reference gender-swapping “Malfoid” fan fiction, a term with incel roots. When asked about it, the DOE responded by quoting Dumbledore.

It performs great, with rich texture and high brightness, but faces new competition when it comes to color dominance.

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.

Credit Saison’s ChatGPT Enterprise pilot delivered 954% ROI. See how leaders and employees helped turn the results into companywide adoption.

OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership to bring OpenAI models and agents into ServiceNow and ServiceNow workflows into ChatGPT and Codex.

How AI might enter the org chart—beneath, beside, and between us.

See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.

GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark, while Codex helps it reach a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.

OpenAI and Oracle are expanding their partnership to bring business applications and AI agents into ChatGPT and power new Oracle offerings.

With OpenAI Daybreak, Check Point speeds up the research behind new security protections, enabling its analysts to turn vulnerability intelligence into customer defenses faster.

How Greptile uses GPT-6 Astra to test user workflows, Daybreak to strengthen security, and Codex to reduce rework.

OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.

CodeRabbit uses GPT-6.1 Sol to investigate security risks across complex codebases. Its security agent helps developers review findings and proposed fixes.

Explore OpenAI Signals data on 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how people use ChatGPT for work and how usage changes over time.

Fanatics uses OpenAI to help fans complete their game-day outfits with Shop the Look. Testing across roughly 30,000 MLB products showed 10% higher engagement.

See how OpenAI engineers use Codex Ultrafast to investigate incidents in minutes. Explore faster security analysis, code refactoring, and daily workflows.

Bringing fast and capable computer use to everyone

Learn how OpenAI scaled Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.

OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.

Anima expands what care teams can do with OpenAI models, giving them more capacity to respond to patients.

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.

Fast, focused, low-cost decisions for any application.

What forward deployed engineering means at OpenAI

Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, helping teams research, analyze data, create presentations, and complete complex workflows.

AT&T is working with OpenAI to make legal knowledge easier to access. Learn how its LegalEdge team is rethinking intake and scaling legal judgment.

How OpenAI works with distribution partners to uphold consistent safeguards, support responsible access, and clarify expectations in our Usage Policies.

OpenAI and Google Cloud are bringing frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini’s Model Garden, available through Google Cloud Marketplace.

Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.

From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.

See how OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.

Cloudflare uses OpenAI Daybreak to investigate vulnerabilities and propose fixes for review. Its developers use Codex to build faster and improve code quality.

Learn how OpenAI built ChatGPT’s LLM-powered ad stack to understand conversational intent, keep ads separate from answers, and deliver relevant ads at scale.

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders with frontier AI, stronger safeguards, modernized cybersecurity, and more resilient public institutions.

An independent Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon franchisee cut menu repricing time by 95% and built a workflow that could free up $100K in cash flow.

Terminal X’s Eval Agent grades outputs against a 54-criterion rubric, catching 25% more deviances from a fund’s mandate with GPT-6.1 Sol.

OpenAI is acquiring Orchestra Bio to bring AI-powered operations to life sciences R&D, helping biopharma teams accelerate drug development and advance new treatments.

Learn how OpenAI is improving ChatGPT across low-resource programming languages, with new evaluations for software engineering, SQLite, and COBOL migration.

With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its AI First strategy to customers and employees — in one of Brazil’s most regulated sectors.

Almost 50 years after starting in a compounding pharmacy in Paraná, the group operates a proprietary agent platform that autonomously resolves up to 80% of resellers’ operational requests—enabling the sales force to take on an advisory role.

See how Localiza uses ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and 60+ specialized agents to reorganize work and build AI-native mobility experiences.

Anant Kumar builds tools to compare loan valuations and analyze credit agreements, using Codex for code review and faster follow-ups.

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

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

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

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. 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,

Welcome back. The best place to start with AI might be the tasks your teams dread the most. In my podcast conversation with Todd Earwood, we explore why the employees closest to the work often spot the AI opportunities that leaders miss. OpenAI is chasing an efficiency goal with its new Jev rival that can make everyday software tasks faster and cheaper. Meanwhile, Gartner's 2027 outlook offers a reality check on organizations turning AI's potential into useful work, with measurable returns and clear accountability for the results. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. What Gartner predicts for the future

Hello, friends. The question we get from readers more than any other right now is whether we're in an AI bubble. Everyone has a take, and most of them come from people who have never funded, built or studied the boom. So for this special weekend edition, we tried a different way of answering it- we asked Delphi to find the people who have actually been in the room, and put the question to their Digital Minds. That's the topic of this edition, presented in partnership with Delphi. Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner We asked Delphi

Welcome back. Outside evaluators uncovered gaps in OpenAI’s agent monitoring, underscoring why safety needs independent scrutiny. Meanwhile, 1Password is giving agents a way to sign in with users’ approval without exposing their passwords. And Gartner’s latest surveys show AI spending rising while many companies continue to struggle with demonstrating financial returns. That's a disconnect that can't last forever. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI adoption isn't translating into ROI 2. Independent audits catch what OpenAI missed 3. Agent security is becoming a product layer RESEARCH Gartner exposes AI's growing value gap Lots of companies are still racing

AI can make a Taylor Swift song. Or a Fleetwood Mac song. Or a Frank Sinatra song. Now, musicians and listeners alike are starting to think outside of AI's black box. More than ever, music is veering into the unexpected, whether it be leaning into sour notes, playing non-traditional melodies against odd time signatures, or creating entirely new genres like Celtic EDM . These new sounds serve as evidence of humanity: Something so strange, interesting, or thoughtful could have only come from the mind of a living, breathing human. It's a sign that AI's ability to create polished music isn't

Welcome back. As users turn to ChatGPT for increasingly personal matters, OpenAI released a feature that lets users keep certain chats private. Meanwhile, Anthropic has come to the table with its own always-on agent for personal and professional work. And researchers used AI to spot a critical open source code vulnerability that could impact millions of websites. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI labs must share the burden of cyber defense 2. Anthropic bets on agents that fade into work 3. ChatGPT now lets users conceal select chats GOVERNANCE PHP’s flaws show the stakes of AI’s cyber

Welcome back. New research finds that AI's use in scientific contexts may be accelerating discovery. Meanwhile, Amazon researchers created an internal tracing system that improves its AI coding agent, Kiro, from its own runs. And Databricks new memory layer for agents could solve one of the most critical problems agents face: A better understanding of a user's history. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Agents need better memory more than better models 2. Amazon tests a safer path to self-improving AI 3. Can AI free up scientists to think bigger? ENTERPRISE Why persistent memory could transform AI agents What

Welcome back. China's MiniMax is pushing open models closer to frontier performance at a fraction of the cost, raising the stakes for US labs. Meanwhile, Anthropic is making a massive commitment to philanthropy, but there's a strategic reason AI companies need public goodwill as they race to build infrastructure and expand their influence. And Inception's Mercury 3 is the most intriguing development of all. Its diffusion architecture challenges the industry's prevailing approach to scaling AI, delivering dramatically faster responses while using expensive GPUs a lot more efficiently. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Inception's Mercury 3 upends AI

Welcome back. AI is changing not just how we work, but how companies organize themselves. In the latest episode of The Deep View Conversations podcast, Rokt COO Bill Barton explains why generalists are growing in value and shares six timeless attributes for succeeding in the AI era. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to take a different approach to building frontier AI models, prioritizing efficiency and cost over brute-force scaling. And a new Wharton report reveals why companies focused on using AI to grow their businesses are seeing far better returns than those simply cutting costs. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Hello, friends. As AI disrupts the traditional career ladder and democratizes a great number of skills, the most important qualities in an employee have little to do with technical prowess. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Rokt . Let us know what you think! — Nat Rubio-Licht AI is turning specialists into generalists Though AI is undoubtedly changing the roles of engineers, it may be poised to shift the DNA of the workforce entirely. Bill Barton, chief operating officer at ecommerce tech firm Rokt , has seen the company transform as a result of

Welcome back. As enterprises seek to reel in AI spending, Meta and Nvidia released open models that home in on efficiency and on-premise usage. Meanwhile, Amazon's new AI wearables push could offer seamless integration that gives it an edge over competitors. And Anthropic has unveiled its plan to let third-party evaluators inspect its models as frontier AI safety concerns continue. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic’s safety audits face a trust test 2. Meta, Nvidia give US open models a boost 3. Amazon’s edge in AI wearables is its ecosystem GOVERNANCE Anthropic’s audit push tests AI transparency As

The music industry is facing its own Turing test. While practically every field is reckoning with how to navigate AI's impending transformation, the music industry sits at a unique crossroads: When a creation that we once believed to be distinctly human can be automated, what happens to the artist? The question about where AI fits into the music industry has evolved from debate into a cacophony. While the loudest voices are aggressively for it or against it, the reality of how musicians are using AI and the tech's risks are far more nuanced, according to a variety of experts we

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

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