Alphabet's CEO is focusing on AI following the company's Q2 2025 earnings. Apple is reportedly planning a single AppleCare subscription to cover multiple devices and will feature AI-powered notification summaries and a "Liquid Glass" design in its iOS 26 beta. In other updates, Netflix defended its use of generative AI in a new series, Spotify introduced a 15-hour audiobook add-on, TikTok added a music tab with features for songwriters, Slack unveiled new AI tools for summaries and writing assistance, and WhatsApp replaced its Windows web wrapper with a native app. In AI research, a new study has upended concepts of AI safety, while Anthropic researchers found that making AI models "think" longer can make them dumber.

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https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-researchers-discover-the-weird-ai-problem-why-thinking-longer-makes-models-dumber

https://www.theverge.com/news/708820/slack-ai-message-context-canvas-writing-assistant

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