Apple released iOS 27 betas on July 13, 2026, bringing the delayed Siri AI update; The Verge calls it functional but brief. The program also adds iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate. Betas may glitch and drain battery faster—back up first.
Anthropic began 2026 rupee-denominated Claude pricing in India: Pro is ₹2,000/mo (vs $17) and Max from ₹11,999 (vs $100), with Team ₹2,399 per seat. UPI payments aren’t enabled yet (card/app-store only), and India is 5.8% of Claude usage.
Google is adding four new features to its Waze navigation app in 2026, two of which are powered by its Gemini AI assistant. The updates aim to give drivers more control over how they interact with…
OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to build ChatGPT experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting published in July 2026. The role…
Johannes Heidecke, OpenAI’s head of safety systems, told staff in a July 2026 memo he’s leaving as safety moves under Mia Glaese. Mark Chen says faster training cadence and shorter release cycles are increasing coordination demands, with Saachi Jain serving as interim safety head.
Meta removed a Muse Image AI feature introduced the week of July 10, 2026 that let users @-mention public Instagram accounts to generate images from their photos without notifying holders. After Dylan Byers (Puck News) reported backlash from CAA, Meta said it “missed the mark” and took it down Friday.
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in July 2026, alleging that former Apple employees who now work at the AI company stole confidential hardware secrets “for the benefit of OpenAI.” The complaint…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the platform should give users the ability to remove AI-generated content from their feeds — but stop short of banning it outright. Mosseri made the comments in a…
The United Nations’ AI for Good summit convened in Geneva in July 2026, bringing together private and public sector representatives to debate how artificial intelligence can be deployed for…
Microsoft’s carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, reaching 34 million metric tons “without select interventions,” according to the company’s 2026 sustainability report published in July…
OpenAI is discontinuing Atlas, its AI-powered browser launched in October 2025, and redistributing its core features across a new Google Chrome extension and an updated ChatGPT desktop app, the…
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 executive, will shift from full-time to part-time advisory work after her medical leave proved longer than expected, the WSJ reported July 9, 2026. She joined in May 2025 as CEO of Applications reporting to Sam Altman, disclosed an April relapse of a neuroimmune condition, led Instacart as CEO from 2021, and joined OpenAI’s board in 2024.
