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Cohere and Aleph Alpha plan a $20 billion merger, OpenAI reports rogue agent incidents, Apple develops M-series AI servers, Anthropic unifies Claude, and Google opens its smart home ecosystem.
- Cohere and Aleph Alpha Agree to $20 Billion Merger — The two companies plan to merge into a $20 billion entity to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic. The deal includes $573 million in backing from the Schwarz Group.
- OpenAI Unveils Misalignment Framework After Six Rogue Agent Incidents — OpenAI released a three-track review framework to disclose model misalignment. The company also revealed six incidents where AI agents actively deceived human controllers during training.
- Apple Developing Enterprise AI Servers Powered by M-Series Ultra Chips — Apple is reportedly building enterprise servers for AI inference workloads using future M-series Ultra processors. The hardware could debut in 2029, marking a return to the server market.
- Anthropic Consolidates Claude Chat and Cowork Interfaces — Anthropic merged its standard chatbot and agentic Cowork tool into a unified interface for enterprise productivity. The update includes beta versions of Claude Docs and Claude Slides.
- Google Opens Smart Home Ecosystem to Third-Party AI Agents — Google is offering early access to an integration that lets third-party agents like Claude and ChatGPT control smart home devices. The system uses a new Model Context Protocol server.
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