🍏 Apple reportedly eyes Google’s 1.2T-parameter model for new Siri
Apple is said to be close to a roughly $1B per year deal to run a revamped Siri on Google’s Gemini. Big, if true - and a little ironic, given the rivalry.
If it lands, expect a more capable, agent-like Siri that leans on Google’s stack where it counts. Pragmatic move, even if it stings.
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🇪🇺 EU kicks off code of practice to label AI-generated content
Brussels has started work on a code of practice for marking and labelling AI-made media. Less mystery meat online, more consistency for platforms and creators.
It slots neatly alongside the AI Act. Sensible, slightly late - but better than shrugging at deepfakes.
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🤝 Microsoft and NVIDIA launch UK hub for agentic AI startups
A new Agentic Launchpad opens across the UK and Ireland, with Azure credits, NVIDIA programs, and hands-on engineering help.
It’s accelerator energy with extra silicon and distribution - a tidy combo if you’re leaping from demo to deal.
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🔍 Google’s Gemini Deep Research taps your Gmail, Drive and Chat
Gemini can now pull from your personal docs to weave longer research reports. Convenient, a bit uncanny, and very on brand for Google.
Powerful when you need context - also a privacy eyebrow-raiser, or so it seems.
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💍 Whisper to your ring - an AI wearable records quiet voice notes
Former CTRL-Labs folks announced the Stream Ring, a tiny AI assistant you can whisper to, with preorders already live.
Pricey at $249 - but the stealthiness is the hook. It’s like a pocket notebook that talks back. Weirdly charming.
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🛰️ Intel and Cisco team up on an edge AI systems approach
The duo unveiled an industry-first systems play for AI at the edge - validated building blocks from networking to compute, not just loose parts.
It’s the boring kind of important. Integration, reliability, reference designs. Less sizzle, more shipping… which is kind of the point.
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