EP26W03 : Weekly AI News Recap: Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta & More

🚀 This week’s AI roundup delivers the biggest headlines you can’t afford to miss:• Anthropic pulls the plug on xAI’s Claude access – a showdown in the coding‑assistant arena.• Google rolls out the Universal Commerce Protocol, letting AI agents shop for you across Shopify, Walmart, Target and more.• Apple teams up with Google’s Gemini to finally power a next‑gen Siri.• Anthropic launches Cowork, bringing Claude’s agentic power to everyday macOS tasks.• Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute reveals a widening global adoption gap, while Microsoft unveils a “good neighbor” data‑center pledge.• Meta commits $600 B to AI compute, and Zuckerberg pushes a massive infrastructure push.• Groundbreaking AI from 1 M species designs new medicines, and Gemini adds a Personal Intelligence upgrade.• McConaughey trademarks his voice to fight deepfakes, and OpenAI backs a Neuralink rival.🔔 Stay ahead of the AI curve—hit play, subscribe, and share with fellow tech enthusiasts. Drop a comment on which story blew your mind!📹 This video was generated using NotebookLM.