Microsoft teases mysterious Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership
Microsoft has started teasing a new Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership, just a day after lowering prices of its Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscriptions. …
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OpenAI’s deal with Apple isn’t working out as planned.
OpenAI thought it would get more subscribers from how ChatGPT was baked into Apple’s operating systems and that there would be deeper integration, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. …
Google says Polymarket bets showing up in News was an ‘error’
… Initially, there was speculation that Google might be testing Polymarket results as part of an integration with the service. Polymarket and Kalshi have been aggressively pursuing partnerships with journalists and news outlets, even less reputable ones. …
Spotify now sells printed books
… Readers in the US and UK can now purchase printed books via a new integration with Bookshop.org on the Android Spotify app, with support for iOS users expected to arrive next week. …
SwitchBot’s acquisition of Nanoleaf is about more than lighting
… The acquisition will also help SwitchBot expand into brick-and-mortar retail in North America and Europe, where Nanoleaf has partnerships with Apple and big-box stores such as Costco, Best Buy, and The Home Depot. …
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
… The PowerPoint integration adds a sidebar to allow users to create or edit presentations using chatbot prompts. It all feels very similar to Microsoft’s own Copilot integration and is available in beta for most ChatGPT paying customers. …
Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic
… This is the flywheel we should be building around: better models drive more usage, more usage drives deeper integration, deeper integration drives multi-product adoption, and multi-product adoption makes us harder to replace. …
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
… It leaves Microsoft and OpenAI with a partnership that’s a lot more about finances than close collaboration on the future of AI. They’ll still be closely linked, but the partnership-turned-situationship is looking a lot less complicated than before. …
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
… Over time, the Company intends to grow its neocloud platform by expanding its compute and service offerings, deepening partnerships with operators and customers, and evaluating strategic M&A opportunities. …
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… But besides integration plans, there’s still the basic problem of the actual AI assistant features that Apple has fallen behind on. …