Apple's New Siri Will Be Powered By Google Gemini

Juli Clover / macrumors - The smarter, more capable version of Siri that Apple is developing will be powered by Google Gemini, reports Bloomberg. Apple will pay Google approximately $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model that was developed b…

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Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - The Amazon Music app now integrates with Alexa+ on iOS and Android, allowing users to navigate its extensive catalog via intuitive conversation.Amazon today announced that Alexa+, its upgraded AI-driven assistant, is now available in beta to members of th…

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Next version of Apple's personal assistant Siri will be powered by Google Gemini

techspot - Bloomberg's Apple guru Mark Gurman notes that the new Siri will "lean on Google's Gemini model" for features such as AI-powered web search. Apple expects Gemini to make Siri more capable than ever, though some employees reportedly question whether iPhone …

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GitLaw Raises $3M Pre-seed Led by Jackson Square Ventures To Launch Its AI Legal companion

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - GitLaw, an AI-powered legal companion for businesses, has raised $3M in pre-seed funding led by Jackson Square Ventures, with participation from Flex Capital, Background Capital, and angel investors. Founded in 2025 by serial entrepreneur Nick Holzherr, G…

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Tim Cook Says Next-Gen Siri Still on Pace for ‘Next Year’, Along With Additional AI Partners

John Gruber / cnbc - Kif Leswing at CNBC interviewed Tim Cook ahead of yesterday’s Apple earnings report: Cook said that the company still plans to release an updatedversion of Siri next year, and said that there were moreforthcoming partnerships like the company’s agreement …

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Rhazes AI Launches First-Ever Clinical AI Pilot In A Conflict Zone

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-Qatar health tech startup Rhazes AI has launched a first-of-its-kind pilot at Al Hamshari Hospital in southern Lebanon, introducing advanced clinical AI tools into one of the region’s most resource-limited medical environments. The initiative is part o…

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Microsoft revives the Clippy idea with Mico, Copilot's expressive new AI face

techspot - Microsoft has released major updates to its Copilot digital assistant that include the introduction of Mico, an animated avatar that gives the AI a human touch by reacting with real-time expressions during voice interactions.Read Entire Article

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Microsoft makes Edge's Copilot Mode a bit smarter

Will Shanklin / engadget - Apparently, web browsers are cool again. Two days after OpenAI launched its AI browser, Microsoft has some updates for its Edge's AI mode. (Fancy that!) Copilot Mode, introduced in July, now has several features that were teased at launch.First up: Copilo…

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Amazon calls on AI once again with its new ‘Help Me Decide’ shopping tool

Matt Tate / engadget - People are evidently never buying quite enough stuff from Amazon to keep the company entirely happy, and it's calling on AI once again to push indecisive shoppers into locking down the purchase they’ve been eyeing up. The new tool, which Amazon calls Help…

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Claude Memory Is Now Available To Pro And Max Subscribers

bgr - Claude can now remember details from past chats as Anthropic has started rolling out the Memory feature to Claude Max and Pro subscribers.

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Apple engineers reportedly concerned about new Siri in iOS 26.4

Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple’s long-awaited Siri upgrade, powered by Apple Intelligence, is facing internal skepticism ahead of its public debut. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, several Apple engineers testing early versions of iOS 26.4 have expressed concerns about how w…

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Microsoft updates Copilot on Windows with Google and Office integrations

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Microsoft’s development of Copilot on Windows 11 continues, and the company has just released significant updates to Insiders which are likely to win it more fans. New connection cap abilities mean that it is possible to use Copilot in conjunction with va…

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Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name

Iain Thomson / theregister - Yep, we're sure that will win folks over Microsoft is testing talking avatars for Copilot to see if users feel more at ease chatting with a face instead of just a text box. Our US Editor tried them out, only to find the digital stare was more creepy than …

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AI Mode Knows When You Want Images Instead Of Text, And It Might Be A Game-Changing Google Search Feature

bgr - Google's new AI Mode update lets you perform visual searches in Google Search, as Gemini will know when you want to see images instead of reading text.

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