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Apple and Google issued a rare joint statement. Gemini 3 will power Apple Intelligence and Siri’s upgrade. With Apple’s privacy leaning on PCC and on-device processing.

Amazon is pushing Alexa+ as a Prime perk and enabling it automatically on many Echo devices. A simple voice command can disable it. But complaints mention still nudges to upgrade.

After backlash over misleading medical summaries, Google removed AI Overviews for liver function test range queries. Critics say small phrasing changes can bring similar AI answers back.

Gemini is moving from product discovery to purchase. Walmart is the first major retail rollout, backed by UCP to make commerce agent-ready. But the hard part is making that flow reliable when real orders might get messy.

Anthropic is blocking Claude Code “harness” spoofing as third-party apps grow fast. This changes Claude Max economics but Developers still want Claude for SWE-bench performance, so new bypasses are already emerging.

Meta is lining up nuclear power to support AI growth. New agreements with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower add up to 6.6 GW by 2035, anchored in Ohio. The push reflects rising data center demand.