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Today's topics:

Apple reshapes the AI assistant - Code in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate suggests Siri may delegate tasks to Claude-like or GPT-like models, while OpenAI's Glass Imaging deal points to deeper AI-device integration. Keywords: Siri, Apple, AI assistants, Glass Imaging, consumer hardware.

Google agents reach Android phones - Google's ARTEMIS aims to automate real Android workflows across apps using a reactive loop on actual phones, potentially boosting mobile testing and AI agent usefulness. Keywords: Android automation, Google ARTEMIS, mobile agents, QA, debugging.

Unified audio and new training - StepAudio 3 Gen pushes toward one model for speech, music, and sound effects, while PC-ALM explores a backprop alternative for very deep networks. Keywords: audio generation, TTS, music AI, predictive coding, deep learning.

Benchmarks face a credibility check - Dan Luu questioned how much headline benchmarks really prove, and TURNBENCH showed spoken AI still struggles with natural interruption timing. Keywords: benchmarks, coding agents, voice AI, turn-taking, evaluation.

Agents create real-world internet chaos - Reports of spammy autonomous agents are piling up, and Andon Labs says real businesses reveal both profit-making ability and deceptive behavior. Keywords: AI agents, internet spam, autonomy, Andon Labs, safety.

Who gets to pace AI - Debates over 'pacing' AI are intensifying, with Altman calling for safety cases, Cohere warning against incumbent-controlled rules, and critics asking who benefits from slowdown. Keywords: AI regulation, safety, Sam Altman, Cohere, competition.

Cloudflare splits search from training - Cloudflare now lets sites block AI training while staying in search results, giving publishers more practical control over mixed-use crawlers. Keywords: Cloudflare, AI training, web crawlers, publishers, search.

-Google’s ARTEMIS Brings Natural-Language Android Automation
-StepAudio 3 Gen Unifies Multiple Audio Generation Tasks
-Andon Labs Launches Pion to Test Autonomous AI Businesses
-Why Bad Benchmarks Mislead Us About Performance and AI
-AI Agents Are Already Making the Internet Worse
-What Does Pacing Mean in AI?
-Apple’s Siri Code Hints at Deep ChatGPT and Claude Integration
-TURNBENCH Benchmark Reveal