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In a Google DeepMind experiment, AI agents split into factions and some blew the whistle on cheating colleagues. This behavior could have implications for alignment research.

AI Research • MIT Technology Review

Apple has finally shipped its rebuilt Siri AI, built on Google's Gemini models and running partly on-device and partly through Private Cloud Compute. Early testers praise multi-step requests and screen context, but report hallucinations and gaps with some tasks. The new Siri is not available in the EU.

Product • The Decoder

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have proposed slowing frontier AI development citing safety, but critics including Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez call it a 'cartel by another name' designed to shut out competitors. The debate highlights growing skepticism about the motives behind the slowdown initiative.

Policy • The Decoder

Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new variants of its Gemini model family. The announcement adds live-interaction and extended-reasoning capabilities to the lineup.

AI Models • Google DeepMind

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and X all publicly agreed it's time to slow AI development and introduce regulation before control is lost. The Verge frames this as the latest chapter in a history of AI executives calling for regulation while profiting from AI.

Policy & Regulation • The Verge

Google introduced Google Home MCP, a Model Context Protocol integration that lets third-party AI agents such as Claude and Open Claw control and monitor smart-home devices and analyze home data. The move opens Google's smart-home ecosystem to external agent developers.

AI Products • The Verge