Jan. 12, 2026
Siri Goes With Gemini
Apple announces that its going with Google’s Gemini to power Siri later this year, and Google joins the $4T club on the news. Governments around the world are still mad at Grok. AI has essentially killed Stack Overflow but its making more money than it ever has. And how you get get AI to give you the full text of books.
- Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year (CNBC)
- UK’s Ofcom investigates X over Grok’s sexualised AI images of women and children (FT)
- Anthropic expands into healthcare a week after OpenAI launched a similar product (Business Insider)
- Stack Overflow’s forum is dead thanks to AI, but the company’s still kicking... thanks to AI (Sherwood News)
- AI’s Memorization Crisis (The Atlantic)
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