Gurman: internal development at Apple “runs on Anthropic at this point”, Apple wanted to rebuild Siri around Claude, but Anthropic's terms were too steep — Bloomberg's @markgurman says that even though Apple partnered with Google Gemini for Siri, they actually run their business on Anthropic. “Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple's doing internally in terms of product development and [video]
OpenAI has hired 7+ employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting “imagine the smell” on X regarding an xAI hackathon — OpenAI has recently hired more than a half dozen employees from Cline, a startup that develops an open-source …
Fidelity Investments announces its own stablecoin, the Fidelity Digital Dollar, or FIDD, available to institutional and retail clients in the coming weeks — Fidelity Investments, one of the largest asset managers on the planet, announced on Wednesday it will launch its own stablecoin.
Decagon, which offers AI-powered customer service agents, raised a $250M Series D led by Coatue and Index Ventures at a $4.5B valuation, up from $1.5B in June — Decagon AI Inc., a customer support startup, has raised $250 million in a new round of funding that triples its valuation to $4.5 billion …
Google updates Gemini in Chrome with a new side panel, an auto browse feature that can navigate pages and take actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways — Google Chrome is being upgraded with Gemini 3 and a revamped sidepanel UX.
Google expands its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries and territories, including the US at $7.99/month, with “enhanced access” to Gemini 3 Pro and more — After introducing the plan internationally in September, Google is bringing its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries, including the US.
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover — UpScrolled is a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text, and it aims to remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas.