In a stunning reversal, Apple will pay Google around $1 billion annually to power Siri with Gemini AI technology. This flips their previous arrangement where Google paid Apple roughly $25 billion per year to be Safari’s default search engine. The deal signals major shifts in AI business models acros
Apple is reportedly paying Google around $1 billion per year for Gemini AI access in Siri. Meanwhile, Apple collects $20 billion annually from Google for search placement. The math on this deal is absolutely wild.
Google’s Gemini AI can now analyze your private emails, documents, and chat logs through its Deep Research feature. The tool creates multi-step research plans and generates reports that can be exported to Google Docs or turned into podcasts. Users can select which data sources Gemini accesses before
Pure Storage has appointed former Cloudflare executive Patrick Finn as its new chief revenue officer. The company also raised its full-year revenue guidance to $3.6 billion amid strong AI-driven demand. Finn replaces Dan FitzSimons, who moves to an advisory role.
Sony AI has launched a new fairness benchmark for computer vision models that addresses bias issues in AI. The dataset was collected with consent from participants across 81 countries, unlike many existing benchmarks that use scraped data.
Microsoft researchers created a synthetic marketplace called “Magentic Marketplace” to test how AI agents perform in real-world scenarios. The experiments revealed current models struggle with too many options and basic collaboration tasks, raising questions about the agentic future.
Google is looking for a Senior AI Economist to explore what happens to economics in a world with artificial general intelligence. The role involves building economic simulations and questioning assumptions about scarcity and wealth distribution. Google isn’t alone in this thinking—Anthropic is also
The biggest employment risk isn’t artificial intelligence itself, but being outpaced by colleagues who master it. As companies experiment with AI for profitability, workers who adapt fastest will have the advantage. The real competition is between people, not people and machines.
Researchers at the University of Washington have successfully used generative AI to design antibodies from scratch. The breakthrough could dramatically speed up drug development for cancer and other diseases while eliminating animal testing.
New research shows only 5% of companies have fully deployed AI solutions. But companies like Impel, Forethought, and Grammarly are proving that gradual adoption and clear ROI can overcome skepticism. Their secret? Starting small and demonstrating immediate value.
