The Big Labs

OpenAI launched a personal finance preview for ChatGPT Pro users in the US, enabling connections to more than 12,000 financial institutions via Plaid and powered by GPT-5.5, putting the company in direct competition with Intuit and dedicated fintech apps.

OpenAI retained counsel for breach-of-contract claims after Siri-ChatGPT underperformed while Apple pays Google $1B a year to power Siri with Gemini instead.

OpenAI Codex coding agent previews on iOS and Android, letting developers review threads, approve commands, and redirect long-running agents from their phones.

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation committed $200 million over four years to deploy Claude in global health, education, and agriculture in low-income countries.