Overview
- Google has launched AI Mode in Search for U.S. users, offering a conversational search experience powered by its Gemini 2.5 model and expanding its universal AI assistant vision through Project Astra features.
- Apple announced plans to open its on-device AI models to third-party developers via an SDK, while integrating ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence as an interim solution for Siri's limitations.
- Microsoft introduced advanced agentic AI tools at its Build 2025 conference, including updates to Copilot 365, GitHub Copilot, and new tools like Copilot Studio and Copilot Tuning.
- Google's Gemini platform now boasts over 400 million monthly active users, with new features like camera and screen sharing, enhanced reasoning for coding and math tasks, and expanded integration across its ecosystem.
- Apple is developing operating system updates to allow third-party voice assistants to replace Siri, while its next-generation 'LLM Siri' remains at least a year away from release.