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Apple quietly builds its own AI answer engine
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Anthropic cuts OpenAI’s access to Claude models
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NEWS UPDATES
Apple Quietly Builds Its Own AI Answer Engine
New job posts and supply-chain leaks show Apple training a private retrieval-augmented model to rival Perplexity and Google SGE. The system will run partly on-device, pulling live data from Spotlight and iCloud. Internal targets call for a 2026 public beta.
Apple-grade privacy plus instant answers could reset customer expectations across every app category. Product teams should prep lightweight APIs so your content can surface in Apple results on day one.
OpenAI Maps a “do-anything” Agent Platform
A leaked strategy deck outlines GPT-5-powered agents that execute emails, file expenses, and even trigger cloud deployments—no plugins required. Pilot workloads start next quarter with selected enterprise partners. OpenAI will add a permissions dashboard so admins can sandbox actions.
This is RPA without the five-month rollout. List the top three rote tasks your staff performs daily; when early-access opens, you’ll have a use-case ready for rapid ROI.
Anthropic Cuts OpenAI’s Access to Claude Models
Anthropic revoked API keys used by OpenAI researchers after discovering “aggressive” benchmarking traffic. The company says the traffic risked exposing proprietary alignment methods and driving up its own inference costs. OpenAI declined to comment, and paid Claude customers remain unaffected.
As vendors guard IP and throttle rivals, any workflow that chains one provider through another could break without notice. Legal teams should also revisit contract clauses on benchmarking and reverse-engineering to avoid a similar cutoff.
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Useful Resources
Explore Zuckerberg’s Personal Superintelligence AI master plan (link)
Compare ClickUp’s Marketing Strategies for Accounting Firms (link)
Read the ultimate guide to CPUs vs GPUs vs TPUs vs NPUs (link)
Master Slack’s playbook for Remote Work Management (link)
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STRATEGIC AI DECISION
Vendor lock-outs are now a real risk (Anthropic just blocked OpenAI traffic). How will you protect your company’s AI roadmap?
MARKET
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FuriosaAI raised $125M to scale production of next-gen AI inference chips.
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