Longreads: Gemini Task Automation Review

Is Anthropic about to release an AI model that will be a true step change? Is Apple about to open Siri up to everyone, not just ChatGPT? Is OpenAI already making serious bank from Ads? Is Elon trying to open the SpaceX IPO to normies? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

• Anthropic wins preliminary injunction in DOD fight as judge cites ‘First Amendment retaliation’ (CNBC)
• Exclusive: Anthropic acknowledges testing new AI model representing ‘step change’ in capabilities, after accidental data leak reveals its existence (Fortune)
• Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants in iOS 27 Update (Bloomberg)
• Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April (The Verge)
• OpenAI Surpasses $100 Million Annualized Revenue From Ads Pilot (The Information)
• Exclusive: Musk rewrites IPO playbook with large slice of SpaceX stock for retail investors, source says (Reuters)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive (The Verge)
• How Apple Became Apple: The Definitive Oral History Of The Company's Earliest Days (Fast Company)

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