Ep 620: Apple’s ChatGPT rival, OpenAI’s multi-billion partnerships, Accenture lays off 11,000 due to AI and more AI News That Matters

AI Disruption Accelerates: Key Developments for Business Leaders


From sweeping workforce changes at major consultancies to multi-billion dollar partnerships between AI heavyweights, several critical AI developments are reshaping the business environment. Recent industry news, as reviewed in a detailed analysis, highlights how organizations are adapting to the expanding capabilities and implications of artificial intelligence.

Accenture’s “AI First” Workforce Overhaul

Accenture, a global consulting leader, has exited more than 11,000 employees over the past three months—not through automation alone, but based on an explicit inability to upskill for the company’s intensifying AI strategy. The impact is immediate: Accenture is channeling nearly $1 billion into AI retraining, severance, and restructuring, while simultaneously planning to scale up its workforce with new AI and data specialists by 2026.

This shift aligns with similar moves by IBM, Microsoft, and Google, which are streamlining operations for AI-assisted workflows. Analysts indicate the next wave of layoffs in enterprise could follow this pattern, focusing on replacing roles that cannot transition into AI-centric environments. Companies are deploying retraining efforts in cloud, data analytics, and AI, but are open about ongoing reductions tied to employee adaptability. The message for organizations is clear: transparency is paramount when redefining workforce requirements around AI capabilities.


OpenAI’s Proactive Workflow Tools: Introduction of Pulse

OpenAI has taken a step toward automation of daily workflows with its new “Pulse” feature. Currently available for $200/month pro subscribers, Pulse scans a user’s ChatGPT history and connected apps (such as calendars) to generate daily, card-based summaries and actionable items like meetings, travel, and research updates. While feedback has been overwhelmingly positive among users seeking streamlined organization, early usage notes repetitive prompts for recurring events and urge future refinement for improved personalization.

Most notably, Pulse represents OpenAI’s push to reframe ChatGPT—from a reactive Q&A assistant to a tool for proactive planning and daily productivity. Businesses eyeing AI for executive assistance and knowledge management should monitor broader rollout plans. Furthermore, this pivot to hyper-personalized summaries foreshadows new opportunities—and challenges—in targeted advertising within AI-powered productivity suites.


The Cost of Disinformation: Deepfake Risks Enter the Political Arena

The weekend saw a high-profile example of AI-enabled disinformation: a fabricated, AI-generated video styled as a Fox News broadcast, posted from the account of a major U.S. presidential candidate. The video, which promoted a fictitious health scheme, was later confirmed as fake by Fox News and removed from social media. Despite its quick removal, the incident underscores the risks of advanced AI video quality in spreading targeted misinformation, particularly among vulnerable or less technologically literate demographics. Regulatory and public scrutiny on such incidents is expected to intensify as election cycles approach and generative AI content becomes more sophisticated.


NVIDIA and OpenAI: $100B Compute Pact for Data Center Expansion

NVIDIA’s agreement with OpenAI to build at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers—representing a $100 billion investment—marks a major escalation in infrastructure for large language models and related AI services. The first phase (1 gigawatt) is set for deployment in the latter half of next year. This partnership runs parallel to commitments from Microsoft, Oracle, and SoftBank, all collectively pledging $100 billion for OpenAI-focused data centers.

OpenAI aims to expand compute capabilities so that within a couple of years, weekly compute creation could be ten times what is currently achieved annually. The increasing emphasis on compute power is a direct response to the demands of advanced AI models and signals accelerated timelines for innovation in the field.


Meta’s “Vibes” App and Changing Content Consumption

Meta has released a new AI application, “Vibes,” featuring a non-personalized feed of endlessly generated, short AI video clips. Early reactions have been resoundingly negative. Meta’s collaboration with MidJourney and other partners to populate the feed highlights a shift to quantity over quality and raises concerns about the value of AI-generated content, potential for “doom scrolling,” and further reduction of attention spans.

Participants in the industry voice environmental concerns about the resources devoted to generating vast volumes of ephemeral content with limited utility. The trend suggests a cautionary tale for organizations seeking to integrate AI-generated media at scale without losing human creativity or purpose.


Apple’s Internal LLM and the Path to a Smarter Siri

Apple continues internal development of large language models with the reported goal of overhauling Siri. The project, codenamed “Veritas,” is being tested for deployment as early as March 2026 and combines Apple’s LLMs with a third-party model. The objective is to enable AI-driven search across personal data and introduce advanced in-app tools. Apple’s hybrid approach (partnering with OpenAI for Apple Intelligence and reportedly with Google for search integration) reflects ongoing uncertainty about its proprietary AI capabilities and was discussed as a pattern of incremental, behind-the-scenes progress without major consumer-facing breakthroughs to date.


Further Key Developments at a Glance:


  • OpenAI’s Stargate Expansion: Announces five additional US-based data centers with Oracle and SoftBank, adding nearly 7 gigawatts in capacity—equivalent to seven large nuclear plants.
  • Perplexity AI: Rolls out an email assistant to top-tier users and launches a search API designed to compete with Google.

  • Claude (Anthropic): Now available within Microsoft 365 Copilot, broadening enterprise AI options.

  • Spotify: Removes 75 million AI-generated songs, reflecting ongoing scrutiny over the role of synthetic content in media.

  • OpenAI & CoreWeave: Forge a $6.5 billion partnership for compute resources.

  • Meta’s Dating Assistant: Explores new AI applications beyond social feeds.

  • Gemini Advancements: Google updates to Gemini 2.5 for faster, more robust AI responses, partnering with Meta on ad targeting.

  • OpenAI Introduces Parental Controls: Adds new safety features to ChatGPT.


Summary for Executives and Decision Makers

The acceleration of AI integration across sectors is fueling workforce shifts, infrastructure mega-projects, new workflow assistants, and controversial content experiments. Workforce adaptability, transparent communication about AI-driven change, prudent evaluation of generative content, and strategic participation in data and compute partnerships are immediate priorities. The persistent developments at Accenture, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Meta, and Apple point to an environment where business leaders cannot remain passive—they must monitor technical rollouts and organizational decisions with precision, and act proactively in preparing teams and infrastructure for the demands and risks of next-generation AI.


Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. Accenture Lays Off 11,000 Over AI Upskilling
  2. OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Pulse Feature
  3. Trump Posts, Deletes AI-Generated MedBed Video
  4. NVIDIA and OpenAI $100 Billion Data Center Deal
  5. Meta Vibes App Launches AI Video Feed
  6. OpenAI Expands Stargate With Five Data Centers
  7. Apple Tests Veritas LLM for Siri Overhaul
  8. Multiple Billion-Dollar OpenAI Partnerships Announced


Keywords:

Apple large language model, ChatGPT rival, OpenAI, multi-billion dollar partnerships, Accenture layoffs, AI-driven workforce, automation, upskilling for AI, AI retraining, data analytics, cloud computing, AI job cuts, Microsoft, IBM, Google, AI workflow, AI-assisted productivity, OpenAI Pulse feature, proactive AI assistant, personalized AI updates, AI meeting summaries, AI productivity tools, Sam Altman, compute capacity, NVIDIA, AI data centers, Stargate initiative, Oracle partnership, SoftBank investment, AI infrastructure, AI video, Meta Vibes app, AI-generated video feed, AI content creation, MidJourney partnership, social media AI, AI misinformation, AI disinformation, AI in politics, Donald Trump AI video, MedBed conspiracy, Gemini AI model, Google AI, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Claude integration, Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI music maker, Suno v5, AI powered email assistant, Perplexity, AI search API, CoreWeave partnership, AI marketplace, AI robotics, AI agent, Apple Veritas, Siri AI upgrade, Linwood system, Apple Intelligence, AI-powered search engine, World Knowledge Answers, AI parental controls, economic value AI benchmark, ChatGPT teams, NotebookLM, AI-generated images, attention span AI, doomscrolling AI.



Podcast Transcript


Jordan Wilson [00:00:46]:
Apple has reportedly developed a new internal large language model to rival Chat GPT and also help improve Siri. OpenAI has rattled off multi multi billion dollar partnerships in the past week, and Accenture has laid off more than 11,000 people or exited them because they couldn't upskill with AI. There's been a ton happening in the world of AI. And if you don't wanna spend hours every single day trying to keep up and figure out what it means for you, well, you found the right place. This is everyday AI. And on Mondays, we cover the AI news that matters. What's going on y'all? Welcome to everyday AI. My name is Jordan Wilson, and this is your daily live stream podcast and free daily newsletter, helping everyday business leaders like you and me, not just keep up with what's happening in the world of AI, but how we can use it all to grow our company and our career.

Jordan Wilson [00:01:43]:
So if that's what you're trying to do, on Mondays, we do the AI news that matters. On Tuesday, do a little hot take Tuesday. Wednesday, we put AI to work with practical use cases and examples. And usually on Thursday and Fridays, we have interviews with some of the leading experts in the world. So if you are new here, welcome. If you haven't already, please go to youreverydayai.com. There, each and every day, we put out our free daily newsletter recapping, not just the highlights from each day show, but also all the other AI news that you need to keep up and get ahead. Speaking of that, there's been a lot of AI news this week, so let's get started.

Jordan Wilson [00:02:19]:
First. Yeah. Pretty big news here. Accenture has, reportedly, the language here they've exited, more than 11,000 people. So Accenture has reduced its global workforce by nearly 12,000 people over the course of the last three months as part of a nearly 1,000,000,000 AI focused overhaul, signaling a faster shift to automation and efficiency. So, between 11,012 employees over the past, couple of months. So right now, these are known as kind of the the job cuts are targeting employees whose skills do not align with the company's AI driven strategy according to reports. So Accenture, is reportedly reinvesting those savings into AI and training and plans to increase its overall headcount by 2026 focusing on AI and data specialists.

Jordan Wilson [00:03:20]:
However, there are more layoffs expected at Accenture, at Accenture, likely due to AI as part of this ongoing restructuring. So their, the company's strategy involves replacing roles that cannot be retrained with new AI focused talent. So Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said the plan is moving on a compressed timeline warning that further layoffs may follow if staff cannot adapt to an AI first environment. So the company has already spent $615,000,000 on severance packages and restructuring with an additional $250,000,000 expected this quarter, highlighting the immediate cost of the pivot. Accenture says retraining programs in cloud computing, data analytics, and AI are in place to redeploy talent, aiming to transition employees into new technology roles rather than exit the workforce entirely. So analysts note that this move aligns with a broader pattern across consulting and tech firms such as IBM, Microsoft, and Google as those companies streamline teams and adopt to AI assisted workflows to boost productivity. Y'all I've been saying this for years, quite literally go back to some of the first episodes of everyday AI. What year is that back in early twenty twenty three? I said, first, the big tech companies are going to lay off tens of thousands.

Jordan Wilson [00:04:52]:
Then you're gonna see the management consulting companies lay off tens of thousands, and then the rest of the enterprise kind of fortune one, fortune 1,000 here in The US is gonna follow suit. So this is not a surprise. Right? Accenture laying off, more than 11,000 people. I was a little thrown off by the language that was used and whether this was, actually internal language or if it was just how it was reported that the employees were gonna be accident. Alright. I think what companies need to do, call a spade a spade. If you're laying people off because of AI or because you think that these people or departments, aren't able to upskill themselves with AI, just say that. Right? You know, I think in general, there is a there's a lack of trust out there and probably largely because of AI.

Jordan Wilson [00:05:47]:
Right? So many, employees all over the world, but I think especially here in The US that I talk to, are just have a a a certain level of uncertainty, when it comes to the future of employment in their workplace, and some of that is because of AI. And they say, well, hey. If my company, you you know, adapts this new AI pilot and if it works, what happens to my job? So I do think companies need to be a little more transparent. You know? Don't say we're gonna exit these people. Be, you know, be straightforward. Be, you know, if if you're gonna fire people, because you think their jobs are not, you know, AI future proof, I think companies need to be a little more direct and actually just say that. Alright. Our next piece of AI news, a new feature.

Jordan Wilson [00:06:30]:
Pretty big one. I think, that open AI just rolled out late last week. So open AI has introduced its new pulse feature, which right now is only available for pro subscribers. So those people on the $200 a month plan. Alright. I'm gonna tell you what it is and why I think you still need to pay attention to it because eventually, it's gonna roll out to other plans. So OpenAI has introduced pulse that works, they say, while you sleep to surface tailored daily updates based on your past chats and connected apps. So Pulse generates card based summaries each morning with actionable items like your upcoming meetings, trip schedules, and research, and it, kind of also looks at your prior conversation and user feedback.

Jordan Wilson [00:07:23]:
So the system uses information from your ChatGPT history, explicit feedback that you share with it, and optional connected apps such as calendars to curate suggestions relevant to your day. So updates are temporary and disappear after a day unless you choose to save them. With OpenAI emphasizing, emphasizing that Pulse is designed to reduce mindless scrolling rather than keep users glued to the app. Users can also kind of leave feedback and, you know, there's both a kind of a plus, you know, a plus side, a minus side, or thumbs up, thumbs down. And you can also curate or talk to chat g p t and leave its feedback on pulse and what it's recommending to you. So OpenAI frames pulse as a step toward assistance that can research, plan, and take helpful actions on your behalf, moving chat g b t from reactive q and a to proactive workflow tool. So the feature is currently limited to, like I said, paid chat g p t pro subscribers, but OpenAI has hinted that this will be rolling out, to all paid subscribers in the future. So whether that's in a couple of weeks, couple of months, couple of quarters, not sure because OpenAI CEO Sam Moltman, did hint a couple of weeks ago that OpenAI is gonna be rolling out some more, compute intensive offerings.

Jordan Wilson [00:08:46]:
So this could be one of them. So this could be something that, in theory is maybe only very limited, to paid subscribers in the future, or it could just stick pro. You know, they might change course here. So I've been using this since it came out, and, you know, podcast audience, just say pulse, you know, livestream audience, say pulse if you, you know, want this to be covered, in the future. Because I don't know if this is something that we should be covering mainly because a lot of people might not get access to it. Let me say this. The overall sentiment of this feature so far has been overwhelming. I don't remember a recent chat g p t, feature, maybe aside from deep research in the original chat g p t that has been this widely well received.

Jordan Wilson [00:09:33]:
Right? I think people really enjoy having that, you know, in the morning is kind of when it lands, having a hyper personalized, kind of layout for your day. I'll say this. I don't I'm not buying it. You know? Normally normally, I'm very like, oh, you know, this is great from chat GBT. And and and maybe one of the reasons why is because I already am obviously, very well versed in using ChatGPT. And what I was already doing with ChatGPT in terms of, having it deliver me, you know, hyper personalized scheduled research every single day and scheduling those things. I was getting better results doing that, and I'll probably continue to rely on that. However, this is a great user experience.

Jordan Wilson [00:10:26]:
And I think for the, 99.9% of users who weren't doing that, right, who weren't, using hyper, you know, hyper tailored daily research getting delivered to them via actions, which most people I don't think are. I I think this is gonna be great, but I think the real play here, which maybe I'll say for a a hot take, Tuesday, tomorrow, if you all wanna hear it, this is for advertising. I think people are gonna love this. I I think this is gonna be one of the most a the most used AI features out there, because of I mean, it works really well. For me, some of it was repetitive. You know, as an example, I have a lot of, repeating meetings on my calendar, and I was trying to have Chad g p t avoid certain meetings because it's like, I don't need you to go research this meeting. That's a daily meeting or it happens, you know, every single week. Right? So, hopefully, it gets a little bit better with some fine tuning.

Jordan Wilson [00:11:23]:
I know a lot of people are loving it. Me? It's okay. Alright. Our next piece of AI news. This is real. So, US president Donald Trump has posted and then deleted an AI generated video styled as a Fox News broadcast that claimed Americans would receive what's called a MedBed card granting access to hospitals with technology that, quote, unquote, restore every citizen to full health, making it timely due to the online spread and quick removal, Saturday night. So, yeah, US president Donald Trump posted this on Saturday night on his truth social platform and then deleted it, on Sunday. And, obviously, a Fox News spokesperson confirmed that this was, AI generated, and it did not actually air on the Fox News media platforms.

Jordan Wilson [00:12:17]:
So the video's central claimed promise, you know, users or, you know, people who, subscribe to MedBed would get a top doctor and the most advanced technology, suggesting cures for any disease or ailment. A hallmark of the MedBed conspiracy narrative, circulating in fringe far right circles. Alright. And let me just be very bold and very clear here. I know a lot of people are gonna flood the YouTube and Spotify and email comments and say, Jordan, stick to AI. Stop talking about politics. We're not talking about politics here. This is an AI news story.

Jordan Wilson [00:12:57]:
FYI, when the president of The United States puts out a very clear AI generated conspiracy theory and disinformation. So this story has not caught a lot of legs just yet. So I've worked in the media in in the past. It might, get a ton of traction today. It might not. It just depends on kind of how the news cycle is and what's going on. But we have to draw attention to this regardless of your political leanings. This is not good when the president of a leading country in the world puts out a clearly AI generated, video that it looks like was just meant to deceive people.

Jordan Wilson [00:13:39]:
Right? You can go, even though the post has been taken down, obviously, just about everyone, saved the video. And I don't we will see if any more details come out surrounding this if Trump releases a statement, if the White House addresses it, today in their normal press briefing, but this is really bad regardless of your political leanings. It is not good for any leader of, of any country or anyone, to put out a video like this. And and just FYI, if if a US Senator would have done this, whether they were a Democrat or Republican, I would be talking about it today because it is that big of a deal. Because as the quality of AI video gets better and better, a lot of people are gonna be fooled, especially since this is something that would probably, be geared toward seniors or older Americans that they're looking at this and, though, they see a Fox News clip and they're like, okay. Well, this is real. It came from the US president. It looks like it was on Fox News.

Jordan Wilson [00:14:36]:
I need to get one of these med beds. And then, you know, on truth social, obviously, people are selling, these med bed cards that are not real. So, again, go ahead. Flood in your your your your hate comments, everyone. This is an AI news story, and this is important to talk about because I do think as the quality of AI video, gets bigger and better, this is gonna become commonplace. So we have to talk about it regardless of if it's a politician, a business leader, whoever it is. Alright. Our next piece of AI news, a lot of billions, in, today's AI news recap.

Jordan Wilson [00:15:17]:
So NVIDIA will invest $100,000,000,000. Let me say that again. NVIDIA will invest $100,000,000,000, in a new OpenAI pact, agreeing to build at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers for OpenAI, significantly expanding compute capacity, for the company behind Chattopty b t according to the company's joint announcement. So the letter and that's all that is right now. It is a letter of intent. Right? NVIDIA didn't hand over a a a $10,000,000,000 check. Imagine how big that check would be. Right? When someone wins, like, a local lottery, they get the jumbo check, you know, $150,000.

Jordan Wilson [00:15:57]:
How big would a $100,000,000,000 big check? But the letter of intent says the first one gigawatts of NVIDIA systems will be deployed in the second half of next year with full details to be finalized in the coming weeks. So the effort complements earlier commitments from Microsoft, Oracle, SoftBank, and Stargate part partners, more on that here in a minute, who pledged at least a $100,000,000,000 in January collectively to build OpenAI focused data centers. So this partnership does follow OpenAI's tentative agreements, giving Microsoft a $100,000,000,000 equity stake in its for profit arm that was recently, just approved while OpenAI remains controlled by its nonprofit board. Yeah. It's a little confusing OpenAI's, new structure, but there's some huge financial incentives to be gained here. So OpenAI CEO Sam Moltman told CNBC that the NVIDIA built centers are in addition to previously announced projects and said the infrastructure is essential to delivering services and improving models. So, I talked about this or we talked about this last week in the newsletter. Sam Altman actually had a short kind of blog post on his personal blog talking about how much he wants to expand compute.

Jordan Wilson [00:17:19]:
Alright. So, you you know, if you hear if if you see something, you're like, alright. What is one gigawatt of compute? We explained that in our newsletter last week. But, essentially, Sam Altman wants to, you know, within a year or two, wants to be creating, the amount of compute in a week. That's, like, 10 times what is, being, produced right now in an entire year. So, obviously, OpenAI and others are going all out in terms of, capital expenditures, here in The US, you know, to, create more data centers to feed the AI models. Alright. Speaking of an AI model that might need a lot of compute, but a lot of people aren't feeling that great about.

Jordan Wilson [00:18:04]:
Well, Meta, has announced a new AI app called Vibes. It is a continuous stream of short AI generated video clips. So, yes, they've launched a full social media feed that is AI videos only, and you can create them in the platform. So some of you might be hearing that and being like, wow, that's amazing. I don't know. I know this is the news segment, but just about every news organization, every individual I've seen online has said, this is absolutely terrible. And I would have to agree. Right? People are rebranding this as a trough instead of vibes.

Jordan Wilson [00:18:51]:
Right? It's just constant churning out of AI slot. Anyways, so the current vibes feed is not yet personalized and largely just shows an eclectic mix of surreal looking AI clips, such as an elephant driving a convertible to doctor Dre and a Viking doing a selfie with Bon Jovi. So Meta appears to be seeding a notable portion of the contents with company created AI accounts right now, while theoretically anyone can join Vibes and start creating videos. And this is in part with their partnership, their new partnership with MidJourney and some other, AI media partnerships that Meta has launched in the last couple of weeks. So it's not just using their own, technology, rather, piggybacking on some other companies that they've gone into partnership with and just really putting them out on the new Meta AI app. So I don't know. What do you guys think about this one? I wanna I wanna hear something from from the live stream audience, not just, you know, old man Jordan bellyaching, you you know, on his front porch. But early, like I said, early public reaction has been largely negative with many users calling the feed unnecessary and lacking purpose beyond showcasing AI's ability to generate random visuals.

Jordan Wilson [00:20:15]:
So, I mean, I think part of this is a byproduct of the technology, right, to create AI videos. Maybe six months ago, there had to be a little bit of human effort that went into it. So maybe there's a trade off or there was an initial trade off on, oh, how much human effort would have to go into an AI video before, and then you could appreciate it because it's like, okay. There's a certain level of creativity. Now anyone. Right? Quite literally anyone with one prompt can create an AI video that at least looks okay. Right? But at what cost? That's that's kind of what I'm thinking about. Right? Obviously, I enjoy using AI technology, but a lot of people think, oh, well, if you're talking about AI every day, you just want AI to replace everything and everyone to be using AI in all instances.

Jordan Wilson [00:21:03]:
Absolutely not. I think AI video, AI AI images, can be appreciated, and they can be, they can add value when used in moderation, when used with very talented AI individuals. I do think the future, you know, it's just literally gonna be all AI videos. You know, I don't know if that's gonna be two, five, ten years down the line. So I'm sure my tune will change a little bit, but I do think that there still needs to be a certain level of human input and human creativity, and I don't think this meta vibes is a step in the right direction. I think if anything, it just kind of devalues, creativity as a whole. Yeah. So Dino here from YouTube says, heads up.

Jordan Wilson [00:21:50]:
Weird things are going on in the AI world. Yeah. I agree. Angie said it feels wasteful and environmentally irresponsible as well. Yeah. I just don't know how much value there is for someone sitting there, and I'm guessing, a lot of this is try to get in a younger generation, of teens, to just doom scroll more. I think there's already enough doom scrolling content on Meta's platforms and on TikTok, which is kind of brain rot videos, but brain rot videos created by humans. So now I guess this is just a weird dystopian step in a new direction of doom scrolling, but just all AI content.

Jordan Wilson [00:22:27]:
Right? I think more than anything, I'm worried about people's attention spans. I think it is this social media push that's, you know, taken everyone's attention spans down to, like, fifteen seconds, and I don't know. Now it's gonna get down to a couple of seconds. So I don't know. Not not a fan. We'll see if this is a project that sticks around because like I said, there was such a polarization, this week in AI between such an overwhelming response to Chajevity's pulse and people saying, hey. This is a great, a great example on, hey, on how AI, can be useful and improve your life, you know, help people be more organized, be more prepared, be better researched, right, and, consume more information that's helpful, to to to your career, to your company, to what you're trying to accomplish in your life versus something like this. That's just a little more just an onslaught of slop.

Jordan Wilson [00:23:21]:
So I don't know. I told y'all how I feel about it. Yeah. Leave a comment. Maybe we'll, we'll feature one or two, in the AI newsletter. All right. Our next piece of AI news. Yes.

Jordan Wilson [00:23:31]:
More huge partnerships for OpenAI, referenced this earlier, but OpenAI has expanded their Stargate project with the announcement of five new US data centers. So OpenAI announced plans to build five new US data centers that were not previously announced under its Stargate initiative. A major scale up that will push total planned capacity to nearly seven gigawatts. There you go. Now you know gigawatts. 17. Alright? Between between the, the 10 planned gigawatts, with the, or sorry. The other one was one gigawatt, and then we have seven here, with the new Stargate expansion, and that's roughly the output of seven large nuclear reactors.

Jordan Wilson [00:24:18]:
So the expansion is being developed in partnership with Oracle and SoftBank, signaling a deep alignment between leading cloud infrastructure and capital to meet surging AI compute demands. Construction is already underway at at least one of the new sites, in Texas, with a photograph dated from April showing active developments. So for, so Oracle's involvement points to a deeper integration with its cloud services while SoftBank's participation suggests ongoing investments in AI infrastructure and ecosystems beyond just chips. So, yeah, pretty big news. Oh, and I mean, there's more OpenAI announcements that didn't even make our, literally billion dollar announcements. OpenAI had one of the craziest weeks of large scale partnerships. They had three different, partnerships that were announced or unveiled that represented multiple billion dollar commitments with three different parties. So, yeah, pretty crazy, week of partnership announcements for open AI.

Jordan Wilson [00:25:27]:
Alright. And our last major AI news story before we get into the what's new and what's next quick fire Roundup apple. So, according to reports, apple has built a new internal large language model that will reportedly rival chat GPT, but the end goal is just to improve Siri. Yeah, We've been hearing this a lot over the past three years, and, you know, Apple has developed a new internal large language model or a new prompting structure or a new multimodal, right, to to improve Siri. Yet here we are, with a Siri that still can't tell us the time, and Apple hasn't really shown us anything except that they need to partner with other companies. Anyways, Apple is internally testing a chat GPT style app, called Veritas to prepare a major Siri overhaul with the revamped assistant currently slated for a March 2026 debut according to Bloomberg. So according to Bloomberg, Veritas is used to trial a new system named Linwood, at Apple, which powers the upgraded Siri by combining Apple's own large language models with at least one third party model. So kind of a a mixture of models here.

Jordan Wilson [00:26:49]:
All that it's trying to do is improve Siri ultimately. So, hey. For the sake of, billions of devices across the globe, let's hope this actually works. So, the features under testing include AI search across personal data, such as your music library, emails, messages, and more plus in app tools like AI driven photo editing. So Apple is reportedly evaluating whether certain capabilities should live inside of Siri or also be in the or also, have a actually dedicated third party chatbot indicating a dual strategy for voice in text based experiences. So according to this report, Apple is trying to figure out if this new, Veritas offering should ultimately be a product that consumers use or if it's just going to remain an internal tool to improve Apple's own models and Siri. So Apple Intelligence was launched last year, and it uses a hybrid approach of Apple's own internal large language models and partner models, mainly ChatGPT. So for anything complex at all, essentially, Apple Intelligence gives you a little notification.

Jordan Wilson [00:28:06]:
It's like, hey. Do you just wanna send this to ChatGPT because we can't do it? So Apple will reportedly also, we covered this a couple of weeks ago, will reportedly launch an AI powered search engine called World Knowledge Answers. That's also intended to be integrated, in first Siri and then later in their Safari browser in the 2026. And Apple has reportedly, entered into an agreement with Google to use its Gemini AI models as a key part of that new, answers system. So interesting developments here from Apple. I don't know. It's like it's almost like with everything with Apple and large language models, it's turned into the the the the boy that cried wolf. Right? I I I literally remember, sharing stories in our newsletter back in early twenty twenty three, like, two and a half years ago.

Jordan Wilson [00:28:58]:
Right? That Apple, you know, was spending millions of dollars a day on large language model training, and they had a, you know, they had a model that rivaled, you know, chat g at the time, like, g p t four. Right? And yet they nothing nothing happened. Nothing materialized. So we'll see if this actually means anything or if it's just the weekly installment of Apple can't keep up, and they're going to continue to get crushed. Alright. There's a lot of things that happen in the AI news world. They weren't all big enough to spend a lot of time on, but we're gonna deliver you some quick bullet points here. This is what's new and what's next, some recent releases, recent partnerships, and some rumors, that haven't yet been confirmed.

Jordan Wilson [00:29:43]:
So, let's go super quick. Sipping the coffee. Here we go. Perplexity has released an AI powered email assistant, but right now, it is only for users on their $200 max plan. Meta rolled out an AI powered dating assistant. Talk about Meta making some crazy swings this week. We'll see if any of them stick. Claude has landed in Microsoft three sixty five Copilot, which we talked about multiple times last week.

Jordan Wilson [00:30:14]:
Distal AI has raised a $175,000,000 at a $1,800,000,000 valuation. Suno launched v five of their AI music maker. Sounds really good. Meta is in talks with Google to use Gemini for Facebook ads instead of their own llama products. OpenAI has released GDP Bao, a new benchmark on AI models that compares how different models do for real economically valuable tasks. Spotify cracked down on AI songs and cut 75,000,000 AI tracks from the platform. Google has released Gemini robotics 1.5. Moonshot released Okay Computer in agent mode for their popular Kimi model.

Jordan Wilson [00:31:00]:
Microsoft unveiled a new marketplace with 3,000 AI apps and agents. OpenAI tapped CoreWeave for a $6,500,000,000 compute partnership. Yeah. That is the third big OpenAI partnership. ChatGPT rolled out the ability to share projects for teams. That's a little update. That's gonna have big, big gains, I think, for teams. ChatGPT or or sorry, Perplexity released its search API to try to compete with Google.

Jordan Wilson [00:31:31]:
Speaking of Google, they released an updated version of Gemini 2.5 flash and Gemini 2.5 flashlight. Extremely impressive. And, actually, if you missed, if you missed our show, I do gotta shout this show out because it was really good. Normally, I don't talk about, interviews after the fact. But if you didn't tune in Friday, go listen to episode six nineteen with Google's Paige Bailey. She had some mind blowing we weren't, technically going over the new Gemini 2.5 Flash, but we did technically, use it for a couple of iterations there. But make sure you go listen to that, and watch that episode. Microsoft is testing a marketplace paying publishers royalties for AI content use.

Jordan Wilson [00:32:18]:
That one's interesting. ChatGPT confirmed they were routing some GPT four o queries to a GPT five model tuned for safety. So all those people that, you know, are like, hey. Keep GPT four o around forever. We're very upset over the weekend seeing that some of their some of their queries were being routed to a fine tune version of g p t five that was fine tuned for safety. Notebook l m may start saving chat history without having to save them as notes. I think that'll be great. And then last but not least, OpenAI rolled out parental controls for chat GPT.

Jordan Wilson [00:32:54]:
Alright. That was a lot. Let's quickly recap the main stories for this week's AI news that matters. So Accenture cut more than 11,000 jobs due to AI and said that probably a lot more are going to get cut. OpenAI has rolled out their pulse feature that makes ChatGPT actually really useful, but right now, it's only for users on that $200 a month pro plan. US president Trump posted and then deleted an AI video promoting something called the MediBeds that magically cured diseases. NVIDIA, is investing a one or sorry, has entered into a pact with OpenAI for $100,000,000,000 in data center investments. Meta has released a new vibes feed in its MetaAI app, that is just AI videos only.

Jordan Wilson [00:33:46]:
OpenAI has expanded their previous Stargate partnership with five new US data centers announced, and Apple is reportedly testing a new Veritas, code name Veritas that could power their next generation of Siri. It is said to rival chat g p t. Alright. That was a lot. I hope this was helpful. If so, please repost this, to your network. Keep everyone else up to date. I try to bring you just the straight AI news, what matters, what you need to know, and cut through the rest of the fluff.

Jordan Wilson [00:34:18]:
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Jordan Wilson [00:34:51]:
Thanks, y'all.

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