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Inti Landauro / Reuters:
The EU says Apple decided not to roll out Siri AI in the EU after it had unsuccessfully requested to be exempted from interoperability obligations for the tool  —  Apple decided not to roll out its new Siri AI tool in the European Union after it had unsuccessfully requested to be exempted …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a dedicated Siri app  —  At WWDC 2026, Apple is detailing its Apple Intelligence improvements, starting with its Google Gemini collaboration.
Apple Machine Learning Research:
Apple unveils new Apple Foundation Models: two on-device models, including a 20B-parameter multimodal model called AFM 3 Core Advanced, and three cloud models  —  Our next generation of Apple Intelligence is centered around our users, integrated deeply into our operating systems …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Google and Nvidia are helping Apple with Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro, which Apple says is comparable to Gemini frontier models and runs on Nvidia GPUs
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple says Siri AI will not be available in the EU with the launch of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models co-developed with Google and adapted to run on devices and servers
James Pero / Gizmodo:
Apple unveils an Apple Intelligence feature to automatically change weak or compromised passwords, using agentic AI, and save the new ones in the Passwords app
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 or later, or a Mac with M3 or later, all with 12GB+ of RAM
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI confidentially files for an IPO, says it has “not decided on timing yet”, as “there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company”  —  OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Charlie Zhu / Bloomberg:
Sources: China is drafting plans to spend ~$295B over the next five years on building AI data centers, sourcing 80%+ of tech from local suppliers like Huawei  —  China is preparing to spend around 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) over the next five years on building data centers across the country …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Microsoft disabled 70+ of its repos on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them  —  Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached …
The Keyword:
Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, which it says can deliver “near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages”  —  Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is our latest audio model, delivering near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages.
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Decentralized lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z Crypto in a token sale valuing Morpho at up to $2B  —  Paul Frambot has a message for the “suits” at traditional financial institutions.  “I think TradFi is going to have to wear shorts,” …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
The first developer beta of iOS 27 offers the clearest signs yet of Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone, with references to folding hardware and flexible displays  —  Apple Inc.'s iOS 27 and related software updates offer the clearest public signs yet of the company's upcoming foldable iPhone …
OpenAI:
Sam Altman and Jakub Pachocki claim OpenAI is entering its “third phase”, aiming to automate AI research, boost the economy, and give everyone a personal AGI  —  Every few generations, a new technology changes everything.  —  Imagine electricity reaching a rural American town in the 1920s.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
In an interview, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says that the startup is planning to go public in 2028, regardless of how well Anthropic's and OpenAI's IPOs go  —  Perplexity is planning to go public in 2028 regardless of how the market receives the listings of Anthropic and OpenAI, CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC.
Ingrid Lunden / Resilience Media:
Finland-based Iceye, whose small satellites help countries with real-time location monitoring, raised a €1B Series F led by General Atlantic at a €10B valuation  —  Deal follows major deployment with Poland and crossing €250M in sales  —  We're less than a week …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
In a UK online safety consultation, the US urges the UK against an under-16 social media ban, saying it would place a “disproportionate” burden on US companies  —  Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google upgrades NotebookLM, which now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity, to deliver new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning, starting for AI Ultra  —  Google on Monday announced an update to its NotebookLM research tool, which includes new features and the shift to Gemini 3.5 as the default model.

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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
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