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👀 Apple may use Google Gemini to power Siri
🤖 Elon Musk unveils new company 'Macrohard'
🤝 Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models
🤫 Apple sues ex-employee for stealing secrets for Oppo
💰 Intel has agreed to give US 10 percent stake
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
👀 Apple may use Google Gemini to power Siri LINK
Apple has approached Google to build a custom AI model based on Gemini that would serve as the foundation for its next-generation Siri experience, which is expected next year.
Google has reportedly started training a special model that could run on Apple's servers, while the company also continues to evaluate partnership options from OpenAI and Anthropic for the project.
This external search comes as Apple tests its own trillion parameter model internally after delaying the redesigned Siri's initial launch in iOS 18 to a new deadline sometime in 2026.
🤖 Elon Musk unveils new company 'Macrohard' LINK
Elon Musk announced a new company called 'Macrohard', an AI software venture tied to xAI that will generate hundreds of specialized coding agents to simulate products from rivals like Microsoft.
The project will be powered by the Colossus 2 supercomputer, a cluster being expanded with millions of Nvidia GPUs in a high-stakes race for computing power.
The Grok model will spawn specialized coding and image generation agents that work together, emulating humans interacting with software in virtual machines until the result is excellent.
🤝 Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models LINK
Meta announced a partnership to license Midjourney's AI image and video generation technology, with its research teams collaborating on integrating the tech into future AI models and products.
The agreement could help Meta develop new products that compete directly with leading AI image and video models from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora, Black Forest Lab’s Flux, and Google’s Veo.
Midjourney CEO David Holz confirmed the deal but stated his company remains independent with no investors, even though Meta previously talked with the popular startup about a full acquisition.
🤫 Apple sues ex-employee for stealing secrets for Oppo LINK
Apple is suing former engineer Chen Shi for allegedly copying 63 confidential files containing Apple Watch health secrets like ECG and temperature sensing methods before joining the rival company Oppo.
The complaint claims Shi told an Oppo executive he was collecting information to share, and also downloaded proprietary files with chip engineering documents and product roadmaps to a USB drive.
While downloading the data, Shi allegedly searched online how to wipe a MacBook and lied to coworkers about his plans, saying he was leaving to care for his elderly parents.
💰 Intel has agreed to give US 10 percent stake LINK
President Trump stated the U.S. government should receive a 10 percent equity stake in Intel, claiming the company has agreed to the deal and causing its shares to rise.
The Commerce Secretary explained this move is in exchange for already committed CHIPS Act funds, saying the government should get equity in return for providing the money to Intel.
Howard Lutnick also specified that the government’s potential equity stake in the chipmaker would be "nonvoting," which means the U.S. would not get control over corporate decisions.
Other news you might like
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- Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediatelyLINK
- TikTok plans to lay off several hundred staff in place for AILINK
- Self-driving cars are officially coming to New York CityLINK
- Hertz Is Selling Used Cars on AmazonLINK
- Trump's gold-plated smartphone can't seem to decide which design to copyLINK
Latest research and tools
Manim: an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos.LINK
JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes: a method for building websites with common theming across all pages without requiring any server-side code, build tools, or JavaScript.LINK
HTML Standard: a discussion on whether to deprecate the old XSLT 1.0 technology for transforming XML in browsers, or adopt the newer XSLT 3.0 to address security concerns, long-standing bugs, and low usage.LINK
Glyn: a system for Gleam actors that provides safe messaging and a directory service for communication across multiple machines.LINK
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