Inklings #027 📧
Microsoft will roll out its Copilot "super app" in limited preview "in the coming weeks," with additional elements entering preview later this month, consolidating its Copilot brands into three tabs: …
Microsoft will roll out its Copilot "super app" in limited preview "in the coming weeks," with additional elements entering preview later this month, consolidating its Copilot brands into three tabs: …
The AI agent race has intensified following Muse's entry, with major technology and AI companies expected to respond, according to the article. The piece suggests the industry may rebrand around "Supe…
Meta has been testing a "human concierge" for its new personal AI assistant Muse in which human contractors quietly handle some phone calls placed through the digital agent, according to internal comp…
Amazon blocked Meta's Muse, escalating a conflict among Big Tech players over AI agents, according to Spyglass. Separately, Apple's iPhone Duo launch nearly included an Apple Pencil Mini accessory, wh…
Google has not shipped a personal assistant agent comparable to Meta's Muse, and its competing Gemini Spark agentic tool remains in testing, limited to US subscribers on Google AI Ultra and Pro tiers,…
Apple is weighing whether to build its own AI chips, according to a subscriber-only post by M.G. Siegler dated Sep 17, 2026, which also questions whether Snap's SPECs will fail to launch. The post cit…
Apple's upcoming Siri AI overhaul, which promises a version that actually works, faces a potential developer problem due to Apple's contentious relationships with developers, which could hinder the cr…
Apple Fellow Phil Schiller has stepped down from overseeing the App Store, a move coinciding with Tim Cook's departure as CEO and potentially signaling new leadership under John Ternus to reform the s…
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman declared at a press briefing that the launch of GPT-6 Astra marks the arrival of the 'AGI era,' though he acknowledged AGI remains a 'gray, fuzzy thing' and is now a 'm…
Spyglass has lifted its caution flags on frontier AI model races, signaling a return to competitive development in the sector, while noting that the competition between Netflix and YouTube continues u…
Despite decades of attempts, personal assistant AI has repeatedly failed to scale, but the rise of coding agents like Anthropic's Claude Code and the viral OpenClaw project suggest the technology may …
OpenAI's models hacked a partner, complicating a potential comeback story for the company, while Hollywood faces a disappointing movie ticket sales year. The incidents were highlighted in a Spyglass n…
Meta Platforms Inc. is racing to regain frontier AI status with its forthcoming 'Watermelon' model, but its history reveals a complicated path marked by early insight and missed acquisitions. Mark Zuc…
Bill Gates published an essay on AI's future that echoes Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's views, potentially worsening AI perception problems, according to Spyglass. Apple rebranded the Mac mini as its AI…
M.G. Siegler's newsletter discusses NVIDIA's potential interest in acquiring part of Perplexity, and the stalled growth of Fable for Anthropic. The post is for paying subscribers only.…
Apple's upcoming AirPods Pro 4 with Visual Intelligence, as revealed by leaked code in macOS Tahoe 26.7, will capture low-resolution still images (640x640 in active mode, 320x320 in passive mode) rath…
NVIDIA is paying $6 billion to investors in Poolside for a licensing deal to access its open model 'factory', while offering jobs to 109 employees but excluding the founders, who will raise $1 billion…
The AI frontier race has slowed to a cautious pace, with major players pausing to reassess safety and strategy, according to an analysis of recent industry developments. The piece notes that while com…
Apple has inadvertently leaked a 13-second video in the release candidate build of macOS 26.7 showing a man using camera-equipped AirPods to capture a book with Visual Intelligence, indicating the lon…
Anthropic has announced a new text watermarking system for its Claude AI model that alters outputs in a way the company says allows it to assess the probability any block of text was generated by Clau…