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Meta’s TRIBE AI predicts brain activity from movies, topping Algonauts 2025 brain modelling competition.
Anthropic Claude upgrade adds “Search & reference chats” for Max, Team, and Enterprise tiers.
Windows 11 AI boost rolls out with Click to Do, AI Settings assistant, and Quick Machine Recovery.
Nvidia & AMD dip after agreeing to 15% China AI chip revenue cut to maintain export licences.
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🧠 Cloud & Infrastructure Watch
GPT-5 ‘One Model’ stumble — OpenAI’s Auto router for GPT-5 was meant to unify ChatGPT modes but user backlash brought back “Fast”, “Thinking”, and GPT-4o, exposing routing flaws.
Read MoreGoogle AI search changes — New user-defined “top sources” for search results signal further personalisation and traffic shifts in an era of reduced clicks from AI overviews.
Read MoreAnthropic’s Claude expansion — Claude 4 Sonnet now supports a 1M-token context window for API use, boosting appeal for developers handling massive workloads.
Read MoreAI model local hosting — OpenAI’s GPT-OSS 20B now runs on Windows with GPU acceleration via Ollama or LM Studio for private, offline inference.
Read MorePerplexity’s $34B Chrome bid — AI startup Perplexity offered to acquire Google Chrome, pledging $3B in Chromium investment, an open-source commitment, and DOJ compliance, amid Google’s antitrust trial.
Read MoreMeta AI now shows self-improving capabilities, edging toward artificial superintelligence.
💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
US AI-chip tracking — Covert location trackers embedded in Dell and Super Micro servers with Nvidia/AMD chips aim to prevent illegal diversion to restricted markets.
Read MoreApple AI hardware pivot — Plans for a smart-home ecosystem with the J490 display (2026) and J595 robot (2027) powered by on-device Apple Intelligence and custom silicon.
Read MoreStable Diffusion 3.5 speed boost — NVIDIA and Stability AI deliver 1.8× faster performance for enterprise image generation via NIM microservice.
Read MoreAI reliance drops doctors’ colonoscopy accuracy from 28% to 22% without AI assistance.
Drive-thru AI pioneer from Wendy’s launches Presto IQ to automate fast-food ordering nationwide.
Lenovo hails the US–China tariff pause, benefiting AI PC shipments (≥30%) and AI server growth (+150%) amidst booming domestic demand.
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