Not to be outdone: Google rolled out Android 16 to Pixel phones, adding group chat to RCS, AI-powered edit suggestions to Google Photos, and support for corporate badges in Google Wallet.
Cabs are here: Elon Musk has spent years claiming that Teslas would be able to drive themselves. Apparently the time has come — maybe? Musk said this week that Tesla will start offering public rides in driverless vehicles in Austin, Texas, on June 22.
An AI browser: The Browser Company said last year that it's going to stop supporting and developing its Arc browser, which, although popular, was never able to reach scale. The startup has since been busy developing an AI-first browser called Dia.
And another one: OpenAI released o3-pro, which is a version of o3, a reasoning model that the startup launched earlier this year. As opposed to conventional AI models, reasoning models work through problems step by step, allowing them to perform more reliably in domains like physics, math, and coding. In other news, Sam Altman posted on X to say that his company's first open model in years will be delayed until later this summer.
Desperately seeking: Now that people can ask a chatbot for answers — sometimes generated from news content taken without a publisher’s knowledge — there’s no need to click on Google’s blue links. And that's hurting publishers.
Cool? Mattel and OpenAI are teaming up to create an “AI-powered product,” whatever that is. As part of the deal, Mattel employees will also get access to OpenAI tools like ChatGPT Enterprise to “enhance product development and creative ideation.”
"A privacy disaster": Reporter Amanda Silberling tried out the Meta AI app and found that it's publicly sharing people's queries. "Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as they post, or where they are even posting to. So, if you log into Meta AI with Instagram, and your Instagram account is public, then so too are your searches about how to meet 'big booty women,'" she writes.
iPad for work: iPadOS 26 will bring new features to the 15-year-old device that might actually make it usable for a full day of work.
