👀In Case You Missed It
Apple strikes deal with Google to test Gemini inside Siri’s new World Knowledge Answers, targeting rollout with iOS 26.4.
Switzerland launches Apertus, an open-source ChatGPT rival trained on 1,800+ languages to stress transparency and EU compliance.
Google avoids a Chrome/Android breakup but must drop exclusivity deals as AI competition shifts the antitrust landscape.
Waymo wins clearance for robotaxi rides at San Jose Airport, its first airport service in California.
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🧠 Cloud & Infrastructure Watch
OpenAI teams with Broadcom to design a custom AI chip, set for mass production in 2026, aiming to reduce reliance on Nvidia and secure supply.
Read MoreOpenAI launches Jobs Platform and OpenAI Certifications, targeting 10M certified Americans by 2030, linking AI talent pipelines with employers like Walmart and local governments.
Read MoreOpenAI acquires Xcode coding assistant startup Alex, integrating its team into Codex to boost iOS/macOS AI coding tools.
Read MoreScale AI’s former CTO Arun Murthy launches Isotopes, an AI agent tackling big data analytics challenges.
Read MoreEU fines Google $3.5B over adtech “abuse,” the largest EU antitrust penalty, with Trump threatening to nullify it.
Read MoreGoogle Gemini flagged “high risk” for kids and teens in a Common Sense Media safety review.
Read MoreSnapchat introduces AI-powered image generation through a new Lens feature.
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💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
OpenAI places a $10B order with Broadcom for custom AI chip rollout, shifting near-term supply chain dynamics.
Read MoreTesla shareholders to vote on investing in xAI alongside a separate $1T Musk pay package proposal.
Read MoreQwen releases Qwen3-Max-Preview, its largest model yet with over 1 trillion parameters via Alibaba Cloud.
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🧠 Insight of the Day
The AI race is no longer just about compute and talent—it’s about sovereignty
From OpenAI building its own chips with Broadcom to governments demanding local data centers, the real differentiator will be who controls their infrastructure end-to-end. Dependence means vulnerability; sovereignty means survival.
🏢 Sovereign and Data Centre News
Tech executives—including Meta and Apple—with top U.S. leaders pledge massive AI investments, permitting support, and energy access.
Read MorexAI’s CFO exits after spearheading funding and data-center expansion, marking growing leadership turnover.
Read MoreAttorneys General demand OpenAI step up safety for children, warning about ongoing harms from its platforms.
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🗓️ This Day in AI - September 8
2016 🔊 – Amazon launched Alexa Skills Kit, opening the door for third-party AI voice applications.
2019 🤖 – Hanson Robotics unveiled Little Sophia, a child-focused humanoid robot companion.
2021 🧠 – DeepMind released Perceiver IO, a generalist architecture handling multimodal inputs in one model.
2023 📰 – ChatGPT Enterprise went live, giving companies safer, larger-scale deployments.
2024 ⚡ – Meta rolled out Llama 4 Preview, its largest model yet, trained with 15T tokens.
🏦 Global AI Investments
Anthropic hit with $1.5B copyright settlement — costly but writers won’t be compensated directly.
Read MoreTesla may invest in xAI pending November shareholder vote, following SpaceX’s $2B commit.
Read MoreWarner Bros. sues Midjourney over use of copyrighted characters like Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny, joining Disney/Universal lawsuits.
Read MoreMistral nears $14B valuation, raising €2B in fresh funding, cementing its status as Europe’s top AI startup.
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🛠️ AI Tools To Keep An Eye On
Apple Event on the Way: With annual hardware launch on September 9, expect Siri upgrades powered by Apple Intelligence—and maybe Siri adopting Google Gemini features.
MCP Adoption Expands: Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) is becoming an open-agent standard—monitor how deep tool integration shapes AI workflows.
Amazon Enters Agent Arena: Quick Suite quietly launches in private preview—this could reshape enterprise AI agents.
OpenAI Moves Toward Sovereignty: Keep an eye on their Broadcom chip rollout strategy—if successful, it may signal a major shift in the AI hardware race.
👀What To Watch Next
Hyperstack GPU Cloud – Offers on-demand access or reservations for powerful NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 SE GPUs on Hyperstack (as low as $1.26/hr for reservations).
Mistral’s Le Chat – Now integrates with 20+ tools including Atlassian, GitHub, Stripe, Zapier; beta introduces personalized “Memories.”
Gboard Writing Tools – AI-powered grammar & tone correction now on more Android phones on-device, powered by Gemini Nano.
HubSpot’s “The Loop” – AI-fueled CRM & messaging overhaul with Data Hub, Smart CRM, and plug-and-play agent tools across marketing stacks.
🏁 Outro: Until Tomorrow…
AI’s momentum isn’t slowing—it’s accelerating in every direction at once. From chips to chatbots, lawsuits to mega-investments, the stakes keep climbing. The next frontier won’t wait, and neither should we. See you tomorrow as we track the breakthroughs and breakdowns shaping the AI era.
