Tech Pulse Daily

🧠 OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’

The Verge reports: OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’. About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited preview" period - the company has received the Trump administration's green light for a public rollout of the model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it "the best model we have… Read Deep Dive →

🧠 OpenAI announcing ‘the next chapter for ChatGPT’ today, watch here

9to5Mac reports: OpenAI announcing ‘the next chapter for ChatGPT’ today, watch here. OpenAI is holding its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teases that the company is “introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT” today. OpenAI has openly discussed bringing Codex workflows into the ma Read Deep Dive →

🧠 Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

TechCrunch reports: Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users. Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on GitHub by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs. Read Source →

🧠 Claude AI may ask you if you’re using it too much

9to5Mac reports: Claude AI may ask you if you’re using it too much. Overuse of smartphones is now a widely recognised problem, but we’re also starting to see people perhaps get overly dependent on chatbots like Claude AI and <a href="https://9to5mac.co Read Source →

🧠 Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding

The Verge reports: Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding. After reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug into AI coding software with the new Meta Model API. Meta says that Muse Spark 1.1 is a "step-change" from the first generation, with improvements […] Read Source →

🧠 Say hello to Claude Wrapped

The Verge reports: Say hello to Claude Wrapped. The popularity of Spotify Wrapped has kicked off a wide range of year-in-review features, on apps from YouTube to Uber - and now, the lookback trend has come to AI. Anthropic on Thursday announced a "reflect" feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to see an analysis of their usage data over the past month, […] Read Source →

🧠 Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September

TechCrunch reports: Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September. In its bid to spend less on GPUs from providers like Nvidia, Meta is on track to start making its the latest versions of its AI-specific chips in September. Read Source →

🔎 More Interesting News

• Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI — TechCrunch
• Report: Apple interested in startup that runs giant AI models on iPhone without servers — 9to5Mac
• The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company — Ars Technica
• ChatGPT is now a partner for your most ambitious work — OpenAI News
• Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet — TechCrunch
• OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations — TechCrunch
• Apple now testing DRAM chips from banned Chinese memory supplier, per report — 9to5Mac
• Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop — Hacker News Front Page
• Doom developer id reportedly cut in half as part of Xbox layoffs — The Verge
• Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone — Wired
• AirPods Max condensation lawsuit significantly narrowed by judge — 9to5Mac
• Apple stops signing iOS 26.5.1 after critical security fix release — 9to5Mac
• British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit — Wired
• Australian Payments Plus moves faster with ChatGPT and Codex — OpenAI News
• Gemini Spark updates: macOS launch, connected apps and more — Google Keyword Blog
• How ChatGPT adoption has expanded — OpenAI News
• The Gemini app is bringing personalized image creation to more users. — Google Keyword Blog
• How GPT-5 helped immunologist Derya Unutmaz solve a 3-year-old mystery — OpenAI News
• Launch of Meta’s Small Business Growth Academy Across Asia-Pacific to Boost AI Adoption and Digital Skills — Meta Newsroom
• Samsung Electronics brings ChatGPT and Codex to employees — OpenAI News
• .NET and .NET Framework June 2026 servicing releases updates — .NET Blog
• As TV Time prepares to shut down, JustWatch launches migration tool — 9to5Mac
• Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund — TechCrunch
• GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition — OpenAI News
• Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups — TechCrunch