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Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO

Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO: The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms. Read More

Apple's long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here: The idea behind the new "Siri AI" is to turn the assistant from a voice controlled assistant into an AI companion that can do a lot more. Read More

WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more: Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI. Read More

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