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GM is rolling out Google Gemini to roughly 4 million U.S. vehicles already on the road, replacing Google Assistant in model year 2022 and newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC models with Google built-in. The update arrives over the air over several months, U.S. English only at launch, with other markets and languages to follow. GM calls it one of the largest Gemini deployments in the auto industry. Continue Reading →
This has already been a crazy week in the world of AI. The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI missed its monthly revenue targets multiple times this year. The company also missed its internal goal of one billion weekly active ChatGPT users by year-end 2025, and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar reportedly told colleagues she’s worried Continue Reading →
Stanford researchers found that 35% of new websites created since 2022 are AI-generated or AI-assisted. The Internet Archive data shows the web transformed in three years after ChatGPT's launch from zero AI content to more than one-third. We're seeing the fastest shift in internet composition since the web began. Continue Reading →
Anthropic
Anthropic’s Barry Zhang gave a short talk at the AI Engineer Summit called “How We Build Effective Agents.” The talk, which builds on an earlier Anthropic blog post, is the clearest taxonomy I have seen on what an agent actually is, what a workflow actually is, and when each one belongs in production. If you are wondering what your team should be building this quarter, this framing will be extremely helpful. Continue Reading →

GPT-5.5 Ships

OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.5, seven weeks after GPT-5.4, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman called it “a new class of intelligence.” That is a big claim. It is also useful framing. GPT-5.5 is built for work that crosses tools, screens, files, codebases, spreadsheets, research trails, and humans who occasionally give instructions like, “Just make it work.” Continue Reading →
OpenAI launched "workspace agents" in ChatGPT yesterday. Powered by Codex, these persistent, autonomous agents run in the cloud, integrate with ChatGPT and Slack, and handle complex workflows across tools and teams. OpenAI describes them as "an evolution of GPTs," with existing Custom GPTs eventually convertible into full workspace agents. Continue Reading →

ChatGPT Ads New Pricing

OpenAI is adding CPC (cost-per-click) to ChatGPT ads this week. Advertisers can now bid $3 to $5 per click, which puts ChatGPT somewhere between Meta (cheap clicks, browsing intent) and Google Search (expensive clicks, purchase intent). Where it actually lands will depend on proving something OpenAI has not yet proven: does a ChatGPT click drive an outcome? Continue Reading →

Tim Cook Steps Down

Tim Cook announced yesterday that he will step down as Apple CEO on September 1. John Ternus, head of hardware engineering (and an Apple lifer since 2001), will take over. Cook will stay on as executive chairman with responsibility for global policymaker engagement. Continue Reading →
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 on Wednesday with impressive numbers: 10.9 percentage points higher on SWE-bench Pro (the gold-standard coding test), 3x more production tasks resolved on Rakuten’s benchmark, 98.5% on visual acuity up from 54.5%, and state-of-the-art scores on finance evaluations. For devs, this is a genuine step forward. For consumers, the story is a bit different. Continue Reading →

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