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In Today’s Issue:
🤝 Apple selects Google Gemini to anchor the next generation of Apple Intelligence
📂 A new macOS research preview allows Claude to autonomously organize folders
🩺 ChatGPT Health adds "medical memory" through acquisition of Torch
🌍 Clean energy finally outpaced demand growth
✨ And more AI goodness…
Dear Readers,
Today marks a seismic shift in the AI landscape: Apple just handed Siri's future to Google, choosing Gemini over OpenAI and Anthropic in what might be the most consequential partnership announcement of 2026.
But that's just the opener — we're also diving into OpenAI's quiet $100M bet on health AI, the historic moment when both China and India cut coal power at the same time for the first time in half a century, and Anthropic's clever move to let Claude loose on your actual files (yes, it can now organize your chaotic downloads folder while you grab coffee).
Plus: the Pentagon is apparently embracing Grok, and a Norwegian robotics company just figured out how to make humanoids learn new skills by watching YouTube videos. Grab your coffee — this one's packed.
All the best,
Apple Powers Siri With Google 🤝
This is HUGE! Apple just announced a multi-year partnership with Google to use Gemini AI as the foundation for the new Siri upgrade coming later this year. After evaluating competitors including OpenAI and Anthropic, Apple determined that Google's technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models.
OpenAI Bets Big On Health 🩺
OpenAI has reportedly acquired the four-person health startup Torch for around $100M in equity, folding its technology directly into the newly announced ChatGPT Health. Torch built a system that unifies scattered medical data—doctor visits, lab tests, wearables—into what it called a “medical memory for AI,” giving models long-term health context.
Coal Loses Ground Globally 🌍
In 2025, coal-fired power generation fell simultaneously in China (-1.6%) and India (-3%) for the first time in over 50 years, even as electricity demand kept rising. Record growth in solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear was finally strong enough to outpace demand growth—marking a potential turning point for the world’s two largest coal users.
Claude Gets a Virtual Coworker
The Takeaway
👉 Cowork brings Claude Code's agentic capabilities to non-developers through a simple folder-access interface on macOS
👉 Users grant Claude access to specific folders; the AI then autonomously plans and executes file organization, document creation, and data processing tasks
👉 Currently limited to Claude Max subscribers ($100-200/month) as a research preview, with Windows support and broader access planned
👉 Security risks remain: Claude can delete files if instructed, and prompt injection attacks are possible — clear instructions are essential
Anthropic just did something clever: it opened up its most powerful tool to everyone. "Cowork" takes the magic behind Claude Code and strips away the intimidating terminal interface. Now anyone can point Claude at a folder on their Mac and let it go to work.
Here's how it works: you grant Claude access to specific files, then simply tell it what you need. Turn expense screenshots into a structured spreadsheet, organize a chaotic downloads folder, or draft a report from messy notes— Claude plans, executes, and keeps you updated along the way. The team built the entire feature in roughly a week and a half, using Claude Code itself. That's AI building its own productivity tools. The irony is beautiful.
This isn't just Copilot for non-coders: it's a bet that file-system-level agents beat browser-only tools. Anthropic is betting that real AI assistance means working where your files actually live. Currently available as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers on macOS, Cowork represents a fundamental shift: from AI that suggests to AI that acts.
Why it matters: AI agents are moving from conversation to action. Cowork signals that the future of productivity isn't chatting with AI — it's trusting AI to handle real tasks on your actual files.
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Grok finishes 2025 with a third consecutive month of app growth in both store downloads and MAUs.
The Self-Improving Humanoid Is Here 🤖
What if robots could learn new skills the same way humans do — by watching? 1X Technologies just made that a reality. The company announced the 1X World Model, a groundbreaking AI update that enables their humanoid robot NEO to turn any voice or text prompt into physical action, even for tasks it has never encountered before.
Here's the magic: instead of relying on thousands of hours of human-operated training data, NEO learns from internet-scale video and applies that knowledge directly to the physical world. The robot visualizes what it needs to do, then an inverse dynamics model translates those mental images into precise movements. Think of it like daydreaming about a task before doing it.
CEO Bernt Bornich explained the breakthrough enables the robot to handle "anything that you don't have in your data set, but still being able to have a sensible approach.” NEO can now iron shirts, brush hair, or open sliding doors — tasks never in its training data.
Intelligence no longer scales with human-collected data. It scales with the number of robots deployed. Every NEO becomes a teacher for all the others.
Are we witnessing the birth of truly self-improving robots?
