1. Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork, letting paid users create documents and slides in the same conversation Anthropic is merging Claude’s chat interface with Cowork, a separate workspace originally built for larger, multi-step jobs.

2. AI Infrastructure Spending to Near $1.1 Trillion by 2027, With Hyperscalers Needing a Major Productivity Gain to Break Even A small group of hyperscale technology companies is pouring unprecedented sums into the data centers that power artificial intelligence, despite a wide gap between current spending and revenue.

3. Firefox Tests Mistral-Powered AI Browsing Assistant, With France and North America First Mozilla is testing a Mistral-powered AI assistant inside Firefox, initially making the tool available to users in France and North America.

In Brief

• OpenAI Introduces Sponsored Agents and Marketing Integrations OpenAI unveiled AI-powered advertising products including Sponsored Agents, marketer tools, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify.

• OpenAI Publishes Framework for Reporting Model Misalignment OpenAI released a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing unexpected or concerning model behavior, accompanied by six behavior reports.

• Google Opens Smart-Home Controls to Third-Party AI Agents Google Home is adding Model Context Protocol support so compatible agents can analyze home data, control devices, and create dashboards. Access will initially roll out to US Google Home Premium Advanced subscribers, with safeguards including a prohibition on unlocking doors.

• Apple Reportedly Plans M-Series AI Servers for 2029 The Information reports that Apple is considering servers powered by two or four future M8 Ultra chips and may use Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion interconnect technology. The plans could change and reportedly would not produce a server before 2029.

• Report Projects Up to 617 Million Tons of AI-Related E-Waste The Basel Action Network, a nonprofit focused on hazardous waste, estimates that AI-related equipment retired from 2025 through 2050 could total 395 million to 617 million metric tons. Its calculation includes servers as well as power, cooling, backup, and networking infrastructure.

• OpenAI Adds Analytics Linking Workplace AI Use to Business Outcomes OpenAI introduced analytics for ChatGPT Work and Codex that it says can help organizations examine AI usage and spending, identify training needs, and connect adoption with business outcomes.

• AI Personas Powered a Network of Allegedly Deceptive Dating Apps Anthropic identified roughly 28 dating apps in which autonomous AI personas handled most conversations while users paid for coins to continue chatting, according to its threat research. Security researcher Matthew Gore-Kormanik later found internal materials describing an operation that also used gig workers for liveness checks and limited interactions.

• Meta Reportedly Develops Camera-Free AI Glasses The Information reports that Meta is developing “Luna” smart glasses without cameras, featuring six microphones and a button for accessing its chatbot and Muse consumer agent. The device may be announced at Meta Connect, but Meta has not confirmed the report.

• OpenAI Research Examines How AI Changes Workers’ Recurring Tasks OpenAI Economic Research published findings on how workers use AI beyond their traditional job responsibilities and which new activities become recurring parts of their work.

• StepAudio 3 Realtime Combines Live Speech, Reasoning, and Tool Use The StepAudio team introduced an audio-language model designed to listen, converse, reason, and act continuously, including handling interruptions and asynchronous tools. The researchers report a 73.0 macro average on StepAudioChat and a 56.0% macro task-success rate on τ-Voice.

• StepAudio 3 Music Generates Planned Tracks Up to 5.5 Minutes StepAudio 3 Music uses an intermediate arrangement plan based on ABC notation before generating audio, supporting songs, instrumentals, vocal accompaniment, and cover synthesis lasting up to five minutes and 30 seconds. Its researchers report a preliminary Quality Elo of 1105 on Artificial Analysis’ Music Arena Vocals leaderboard.

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