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In Focus John Ternus led his first Apple keynote as CEO, unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. The new A20 Pro chip is Apple's first 2-nanometer smartphone chip, with a much faster GPU and a doubled 32-core Neural Engine. Siri AI, built on a custom Google Gemini model, starts rolling out in English this month, but not in the EU or China at launch.

In Focus Instacart’s AI grocery shopping assistant is called Clementine Users can prompt the AI assistant using natural language The AI assistant generates responses based on items available in a user’s preferred store Instacart is adding an AI-powered grocery shopping assistant called Clementine to its platform. The AI assistant can convert conversations, recipes, or grocery lists into a ready-to-buy cart.

In Focus The Navier Stokes problem relates to how fluids move OpenAI says the AI agents used an internal model to coordinate their efforts OpenAI’s solution has attracted questions from maths professor Tristan Buckmaster OpenAI says it has solved a 90-year-old Navier-Stokes mathematics problem in 88 hours. The advanced maths problem relates to how fluids move. OpenAI termed the solution to the Navier-Stokes problem a milestone, adding that it proves that AI tools are improving fast.

In Focus Anthropic researcher resigns after questioning the AI industry’s direction Jacob Coxon previously conducted pre-training research at OpenAI Coxon warns against the race to develop increasingly autonomous AI Anthropic’s alignment lead says critical safety questions remain unresolved Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on September 8, warning that leading AI companies are pursuing increasingly capable systems without adequate safeguards, adding to wider AI safety concerns across...

In Focus OpenAI is seeking advanced chips to support complex computing tasks The partnership with Samsung will facilitate OpenAI’s access to AI hardware South Korea is OpenAI’s second largest market for ChatGPT OpenAI is expanding its partnership with Samsung Electronics beyond memory supply and enterprise AI. The companies are now collaborating on the development of next-generation chips as OpenAI seeks to build its own processors.

In Focus AI agent shopping could change how shoppers discover, evaluate, and buy products Shoppers will likely delegate shopping for items like groceries to AI agents by 2030 Young shoppers, ages 13 -19,  have already started embracing agentic commerce 1 in 10 online buyers will regularly rely on AI shopping agents to make purchases by 2030, a new report has shown.

In Focus The AI chip deal allows Amazon to acquire Qualcomm stock worth up to $4 billion Amazon will in turn purchase AI chips worth up to $60 billion from Qualcomm Qualcomm will allocate stock tranches based on chip orders Qualcomm has signed a multi-generation data center infrastructure agreement with Amazon. Under the AI chip deal, Amazon has the right to acquire Qualcomm stock worth up to $4 billion.

In Focus John Ternus will lead his first Apple keynote as CEO on September 9 Apple’s new product launches include the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch, and AirPods 5 Apple's first foldable iPhone is expected to headline the lineup The Apple ‘Surprise and Shine’ event on September 9 is not just another product cycle. It marks Apple’s first launch event led by a CEO other than Tim Cook in fifteen years.

In Focus Google Europe search changes prioritise specialised comparison services Hotel, flight and restaurant searches lose real-time details Google faces a €460 million search-related penalty EU regulators are also reviewing AI Overviews and AI Mode Google rolled out major changes to its European search results on September 8 to meet EU competition requirements and avoid further penalties. The changes affect how comparison platforms, local businesses and Google’s services appear in results.

In Focus Muse AI assistant has moved to the limited testing phase Meta said Muse AI agent will only complete actions after users approve them The agentic tool could access bank accounts to track user expenses Meta’s Muse AI agent has moved to the limited and closed testing phase after the company completed internal testing. The agentic tool can search through inboxes, interact with connected services, and complete-multi-step processes with minimal user input.