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Alex Rowland

By Alex Rowland

Category: Platforms

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• Meta
• Google
• ChatGPT

Meta is testing a shopping research feature within its AI chatbot, Meta AI, aimed at competing with similar tools offered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, Bloomberg reports

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Daniel Mercer

By Daniel Mercer

Category: Platforms

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• AI Chips
• Semiconductors

ASML, the world’s only manufacturer of EUV lithography machines used to produce the most advanced chips, is looking to expand beyond its traditional core business. Reuters reports exclusively, citing ASML Chief Technology Officer Marco Pieters, that the Dutch company is preparing to move into new segments of the semiconductor value chain.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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• Enterprise AI
• Anthropic
• Claude

Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude is gaining new features in its Cowork desktop application. Users can now set up scheduled tasks that Claude will execute automatically at specified times, such as a morning briefing, weekly spreadsheet updates, or Friday presentations for the team

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Daniel Mercer

By Daniel Mercer

Category: Platforms

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• AI Agents
• Enterprise AI
• Anthropic
• Claude

Anthropic is expanding Claude’s agentic office capabilities, allowing the model to switch autonomously between Excel and PowerPoint — for example, running an analysis in a spreadsheet and directly turning the results into a presentation. At the same time, Anthropic is extending Cowork for Enterprise customers with private plugin marketplaces, enabling administrators to curate and distribute custom plugin collections to specific teams. These plugins turn Claude into specialized AI agents for different departments, with new templates covering HR, design, engineering, finance, and wealth management.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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• OpenAI

OpenAI has announced two API updates aimed at developers. The new model gpt-realtime-1.5 for the Realtime API is designed to handle voice commands more reliably. According to OpenAI’s internal tests, transcription accuracy for numbers and letters improved by more than 10%, performance on logical audio tasks increased by 5%, and instruction-following accuracy rose by 7%. The underlying audio model has also been updated to version 1.5.

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Alex Rowland

By Alex Rowland

Category: Platforms

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• Meta
• AI Chips
• Infrastructure
• AMD

Meta and AMD have signed a multi-year partnership covering up to six gigawatts of AMD GPUs, with a clear focus on inference workloads. The deal also includes an unusual equity component and is designed to reduce Meta’s dependence on a single chip supplier.

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Alex Rowland

By Alex Rowland

Category: Platforms

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• AI Infrastructure
• OpenAI
• Data Centers

The $500 billion Stargate AI data center project announced by U.S. President Donald Trump in January 2025 is reportedly facing serious difficulties. More than a year after its announcement, the joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank has not hired staff or begun building data centers, according to The Information, citing three people involved. The partners reportedly clashed over responsibilities and the structure of the collaboration, echoing reports that first surfaced last summer.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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• OpenAI
• Big Tech

OpenAI’s first smart speaker is expected to cost between $200 and $300. According to The Information, the device will feature a camera and facial recognition for purchases, and will use video to analyze its surroundings to offer proactive suggestions, such as advising users to get enough sleep ahead of important meetings. A court filing by Vice President Peter Welinder indicates that deliveries are not expected to begin before February 2027.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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• AI Monetization
• generative AI
• Big Tech
• Platforms
• AI Search

The AI startup Perplexity has said it has stopped running advertising on its search platform because ads could undermine user trust. Perplexity was one of the first generative AI companies to test advertising in 2024, but began rolling it back toward the end of last year.