5 WWDC features I’ll actually use more than Apple’s new Siri AI

Apple announced so much more than just Siri AI at its recent WWDC. Here are five new features I’m looking forward to in the next macOS, and iOS, 27.

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‘Plenty of AI tools claim to be built for finance; Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel is proving it in practice’: Microsoft is fuelling up Excel with lots more AI tools for finance workers
 ‘Plenty of AI tools claim to be built for finance; Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel is proving it in practice’: Microsoft is fuelling up Excel with lots more AI tools for finance workers

Microsoft has launched even more AI tools for Excel to maintain the software’s position as a go-to finance tool.

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ChatGPT has stopped taking your prompts so literally — and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

OpenAI has given ChatGPT-5.5 an update that makes it easier to talk to, so I tested it out.

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‘We want to be the operating system for physical operations’: How Samsara wants to help even the most traditional companies adopt AI
 ‘We want to be the operating system for physical operations’: How Samsara wants to help even the most traditional companies adopt AI

We hear from Samsara about its plans to get manual operations firms of all kinds up to speed with AI.

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‘We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default’: OpenAI unveils big GPT-5.6 upgrades for ChatGPT, but you can’t use them yet

As the US government wants to test OpenAI’s new models itself, users won’t be getting access to GPT-5.6 for the time being.

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Anthropic accuses Alibaba of copying Claude by asking it millions of questions — and sets the stage for a new AI war

Anthropic’s allegations against Alibaba have turned model distillation into one of the most important AI fights.

I’ve been looking for a smart speaker for the kitchen and this is my last chance to pick up the Amazon Echo Spot for 50% off
 I’ve been looking for a smart speaker for the kitchen and this is my last chance to pick up the Amazon Echo Spot for 50% off

If you’ve been waiting to buy an Amazon Echo Spot, then time is running out on its Amazon Prime Day deal.

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‘Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI’: DeepSeek wants to “at least double the size of every department” as company pursues hiring spree in pursuit of AGI
 ‘Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI’: DeepSeek wants to “at least double the size of every department” as company pursues hiring spree in pursuit of AGI

DeepSeek is hiring engineers, product managers and more as it targets the next era of AI – artificial general intelligence.

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AI just helped researchers read a 2,000-year-old Mount Vesuvius scroll that’s too charred to ever be opened — as X-ray images reveal ancient stoic philosophy
 AI just helped researchers read a 2,000-year-old Mount Vesuvius scroll that’s too charred to ever be opened — as X-ray images reveal ancient stoic philosophy

Researchers are getting new insights into life and literature from the first century, via previously inaccessible text.

‘We’re going to look back at this day as the moment we shifted safety into the next gear’: Samsara’s new 360 camera and AI tools look to make work sites safer and smarter for all
 ‘We’re going to look back at this day as the moment we shifted safety into the next gear’: Samsara’s new 360 camera and AI tools look to make work sites safer and smarter for all

Samsara’s new 360 Camera and AI Multicam look to improve safety and visibility for work teams everywhere.

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