2026-03-05
Canvas in AI Mode is rolling out. From Google: “Canvas in AI Mode is now available for everyone in the U.S. in English, offering a dedicated, dynamic space to organize your plans and projects over time. And Canvas is more capable than ever, with newly added support for [image]
The Verge
Google expands its Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using Google Search's AI Mode so they can get the latest info to organize plans, draft docs, and more
Canvas in AI Mode now supports tasks related to creative writing and coding, too. … Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search.
2026-02-20
Focus on ecommerce? Another shot across the bow of Google -> Reddit Is Testing A New Shopping Product Experience in Search “For a small group of U.S.-based users, when relevant, search results will now include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct [image]
TechCrunch
Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from some of its advertising partners in the results
2026-02-19
Focus on ecommerce? Another shot across the bow of Google -> Reddit Is Testing A New Shopping Product Experience in Search “For a small group of U.S.-based users, when relevant, search results will now include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct [image]
TechCrunch
Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results
Reddit announced on Thursday that it's testing a new AI search tool that takes community recommendations and matches them with products …
2026-02-14
Yep, Minority Report-like functionality. Spielberg hired futurists when directing the movie. Now Meta is trying to make that a reality. Again, we are approaching Jarvis -> Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as 2026, and considers letting the [image]
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2026-02-13
Yep, Minority Report-like functionality. Spielberg hired futurists when directing the movie. Now Meta is trying to make that a reality. Again, we are approaching Jarvis -> Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as 2026, and considers letting the [image]
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2026-02-04
More trouble is OpenAI paradise -> Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2% “The data, obtained by Big Technology from mobile insights firm Apptopia, indicates the [image]
Wall Street Journal
Recon Analytics: Copilot's US market share as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026; Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7%
Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems After leaning on its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft is playing catch-up in the chatbot race.
More trouble is OpenAI paradise -> Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2% “The data, obtained by Big Technology from mobile insights firm Apptopia, indicates the [image]
Big Technology
Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% from January 2025 to January 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1% and Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2%
• Mobile Market Share: ChatGPT fell from 69.1% to 45.3%, while Gemini rose to 25.1% and Grok to 15.2%. — • Web Traffic: ChatGPT visits grew 50% (to 5.7 billion), compared to Gemi...
2026-01-29
Chrome with agentic capabilities. Yet another step towards Jarvis -> Google updates Gemini in Chrome with a new side panel, an auto browse feature that can navigate pages and take actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more “Auto Browse is a bit like autopilot for the web, [image]
ZDNET
Google updates Gemini in Chrome with a new side panel, an auto browse feature that can navigate pages and take actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google Chrome is being upgraded with Gemini 3 and a revamped sidepanel UX.
2026-01-28
Chrome with agentic capabilities. Yet another step towards Jarvis -> Google updates Gemini in Chrome with a new side panel, an auto browse feature that can navigate pages and take actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more “Auto Browse is a bit like autopilot for the web, [image]
ZDNET
Google updates Gemini in Chrome with a new side panel, an auto browse feature that can navigate pages and take actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google Chrome is being upgraded with Gemini 3 and a revamped sidepanel UX.
2026-01-22
And more. Jarvis will need to be ambient. Apple is developing a wearable pin -> Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging that could be released as early as 2027 “Apple's development is in the very [image]
The Information
Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging, which it could launch as early as 2027
Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin the size of an AirTag that is equipped with multiple cameras, a speaker …
The race to Jarvis continues. Code name ‘Campos’ -> Apple plans to revamp Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 by turning it into the company's first AI chatbot, replacing the current Siri interface “The chatbot — code-named Campos — will be embedded deeply into the iPhone, [image]
The Information
Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging, which it could launch as early as 2027
Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin the size of an AirTag that is equipped with multiple cameras, a speaker …
And more. Jarvis will need to be ambient. Apple is developing a wearable pin -> Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging that could be released as early as 2027 “Apple's development is in the very [image]
The Information
A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026
The Information:
The race to Jarvis continues. Code name ‘Campos’ -> Apple plans to revamp Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 by turning it into the company's first AI chatbot, replacing the current Siri interface “The chatbot — code-named Campos — will be embedded deeply into the iPhone, [image]
The Information
A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026
The Information:
2026-01-15
Important announcement from Google about “Personal Intelligence”. Can be super powerful for informing Gemini... But the big question remains if people will actually connect those services to Gemini. Again, users will dictate what's successful. “Personal Intelligence securely
ZDNET
Google launches Personal Intelligence, a Gemini feature that links to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to tailor answers, for paid subscribers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers. — The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data.
2026-01-14
Important announcement from Google about “Personal Intelligence”. Can be super powerful for informing Gemini... But the big question remains if people will actually connect those services to Gemini. Again, users will dictate what's successful. “Personal Intelligence securely
ZDNET
Google launches Personal Intelligence, a Gemini feature that links to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to tailor answers, for paid subscribers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers. — The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data.
2026-01-13
Huge and “It's unclear what the Apple/Google partnership means for the ChatGPT integration in the future.” -> Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
MacRumors
Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal “seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google, given that [they] also have Android and Chrome”
Elon Musk today expressed concern about Apple and Google partnering on a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google's generative AI platform Gemini.
Huge and “It's unclear what the Apple/Google partnership means for the ChatGPT integration in the future.” -> Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
CNBC
Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini models to power a more personalized Siri in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features for products such as Siri later this year.
2026-01-12
Huge and “It's unclear what the Apple/Google partnership means for the ChatGPT integration in the future.” -> Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
CNBC
Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini and Google Cloud to power Siri's features in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
- Apple is teaming up with Google to use Gemini models for an AI-powered Siri
2025-12-25
Yep, here come the ChatGPT ads and maybe *new* types of ads? Like giving “preferential treatment” to sponsored parts of the answer? Oof... Some quotes from the article below: “Employees have discussed ways to tweak AI models to prioritize sponsored information in ChatGPT's
The Information
Sources: OpenAI staff discussed prioritizing sponsored content in ChatGPT when users ask relevant queries and created mockups with ads in sidebars or as pop-ups
OpenAI executives have kept a tight lid on how the company could show advertisements to users of its popular ChatGPT chatbot …
2025-12-20
Oh, I'm sure that LLM tracking data is top-notch.... Right... -> Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations. The extensions harvest full AI conversations over months. — As @lilyray.nyc said on X, “So that's where (some of) the LLM tracking companies get their data.”
Ars Technica
Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M+ total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use
Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting users' complete and extended AI conversations and selling …