Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27
… Gurman says Apple is already internally testing integrations with Google and Anthropic’s AI models. …
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Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot
… Last year, Anthropic launched integrations with its Claude AI chatbot inside Microsoft 365 services, while bringing its Claude Cowork tool to Copilot to help complete “long-running, multi-step tasks.” Bringing OpenClaw-like capabilities into Copilot could help Microsoft reclaim some of the customer…
Apple defends Google’s walled garden.
… Link: Apple criticises EU measures to help AI rivals access Google services | https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-criticises-eu-measures-help-ai-rivals-access-google-services-2026-05-13/ | Reuters
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… On Alphabet’s February earnings call, executives largely ignored a question about the company’s AI partnerships, including with Apple, though Pichai said he was looking forward to Google powering “the next generation of Apple foundation models based on Gemini technology.” Ternus, who reportedly has…
Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
… Last April, the National Advertising Division recommended that Apple “discontinue or modify” its “available now” claim for the Apple Intelligence page on its website. Apple also pulled an iPhone 16 ad showing actor Bella Ramsey using the AI-upgraded Siri. …
Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic
… OpenAI has long marketed itself as “democratic AI” allowing more access to the people, often implying that Anthropic and its enterprise focus do the opposite. In February, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote, “Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people.” Read Dresser’s memo in full below. …
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
… Their attitudes also reflect a much wider backlash against AI and the tech industry in general, which has recently resulted in a nonpartisan movement against data centers across the country and threatened both CEOs and politicians supportive of Silicon Valley’s AI frenzy. …
OpenClaw and Claude can put your AI-generated podcasts in Spotify
Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed specifically for AI agents like OpenClaw, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex. …
Researchers used Mythos to crack macOS.
Researchers at the security firm Calif say they used Anthropic’s cybersecurity AI to create a privilege escalation exploit, the Wall Street Journal reports: Last September, Apple said it leveraged its hardware and operating system expertise into a technology called Memory Integrity Enforcement MIE …
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
… That shell listing, however, still has some use as the Financial Times points out, and now CEO Joe Vernachio has announced a plan to raise $50 million from an unnamed investor, which will turn NewBird AI into “a fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service GPUaaS and AI-native cloud solutions provider.” NewBi… …