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
By Alex Rowland Anthropic’s AI assistant Cowork is now available for Windows following its earlier release on macOS. According to the official Claude account on X, the Windows version offers the full feature set of the MacOS app, including file access, multi-step task execution, plugins, and MCP connectors (interfaces for integrating external services). Users can also define global and folder-specific instructions that Claude will automatically apply in every session.
By Chris Borden OpenAI has begun testing ChatGPT advertising in the United States. The trial applies to logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans remain ad-free. Free users can also opt out of ads, but will receive fewer daily messages.
By Alex Rowland Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, Kris Marszalek, has acquired the domain AI.com for $70 million in crypto assets and launched a consumer-focused AI platform.
By Alex Rowland lphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft plan to spend a combined $610 billion on data centers and AI infrastructure in 2026—about 70% more than in 2025, Bloomberg reports. Amazon is set to invest $200 billion, Microsoft $180 billion, Meta $125 billion, and Alphabet $105 billion. For each company, this exceeds the total of their budgets from the past three years combined.
By Alex Rowland Cerebras Systems, an AI chip startup, has closed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the company at approximately $23 billion, according to a press release. The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Benchmark, Fidelity, AMD, Coatue, and other investors.
By Chris Borden The number of monthly active users (MAU) of Google’s Gemini chatbot has surpassed 750 million, according to the company’s Q4 2025 report.
By Chris Borden Apple has added support for AI agents based on Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex to its Xcode app development environment, the company announced on Wednesday.
By Chris Borden A new AI-based operating system from Google, Aluminium OS, which is set to unify Android and ChromeOS, is not expected to arrive before 2028. This was reported by The Verge, citing court documents from an ongoing antitrust case.
By Chris Borden There is now a platform where AI agents can hire humans. It looks like a joke—and probably is—but at its core it still addresses a fundamental problem in artificial intelligence.
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