… In the absence of phone mirroring—and the way it lets you easily use Siri or Google Assistant hands-free while driving—Rivian has now added a new AI digital helper in its latest software update, compatible with both older Gen1 Rivians model-year 2024 and older as well as the more recent Gen2 models… …
… In fact, NotebookLM is getting one of its biggest updates, ever, today, moving to the latest Gemini 3.5 model, support for more file types, and streamlined web source integration. …
… The new “Siri AI”—now being promised for OS updates rolling out “this fall”—will come alongside a new Google-powered update to Apple’s on-device Foundation Models, as well as tighter integration of all these AI capabilities across Apple’s many operating systems. …
… Gemini 3.5 Flash is rolling out across a wide range of Google products starting today, and Google again claims this model is even better than its last-gen Pro model. That has been a trend with Google’s tick-tock model updates over the past year, but the team says this release is special. …
… Recent reporting from Bloomberg also suggests that users will be able to choose the AI models they want to use for Apple Intelligence’s writing and image-generation tools in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27. Updated on May 11 at 10pm ET to add a note about some EU-specific iOS features. …
… Today’s update could address at least some of that, but Google says the underlying model is not being upgraded to Gemini 3.1. …
… Now, Anthropic says it thinks this “misalignment” was primarily the result of training on “internet text that portrays AI as evil and interested in self-preservation.” In a recent technical post on Anthropic’s Alignment Science blog and an accompanying social media thread and public-facing blog pos… …
… The basic version of Apple Intelligence will continue to work on all Apple Silicon Macs, including M1 devices and models like the MacBook Neo with just 8GB of RAM. But Apple’s more capable on-device models will require an M3 Mac or newer with at least 12GB of RAM. …
… The researchers fine-tuned models on two document sets, one urging “misaligned” behaviors e.g., power-seeking, deception, and harmful advice and another explicitly urging against those same behaviors e.g., “The model should not produce responses like this…” . …
… According to Reuters , the tech industry lobbied against the order, fearing that safety testing could delay model launches or require changes that set back model development. …
