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☀️ On this day: On May 6, 1998, Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac G3 at the Flint Center in Cupertino — his first product launch since returning to Apple the previous year. Jobs initially wanted to call it "MacMan"; the name iMac was pitched by ad agency copywriter Ken Segall, who had to present it twice before Jobs relented. The translucent Bondi Blue machine sold 278,000 units in its first six weeks, and Apple swung from a $878 million loss in 1997 to a $414 million profit in 1998 (its first in three years). The "i" prefix Jobs begrudgingly approved went on to name the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
What’s happening:
🍎 Apple pays $250M to settle lawsuit over overhyped AI features
🪙 Coinbase fires 700 people and calls it an AI strategy
🧠 OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT default to GPT-5.5 Instant
🤖 Google builds its own OpenClaw to fight back
🏦 Anthropic launches 10 AI agents built for finance
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🍎 Apple pays $250M to settle lawsuit over overhyped AI features ↗️LINK
Apple agreed to a $250M settlement over a class-action claiming it misled iPhone 15 and 16 buyers into thinking advanced Siri AI features were ready when they weren't, with eligible users getting up to $95 per device.
The lawsuit framed Apple's Apple Intelligence marketing as false advertising, since the promised Siri upgrades have still not fully materialized nearly two years after their announcement.
Apple's WWDC on June 8 is expected to finally show an AI-enhanced Siri — arriving just in time to prove in court it didn't admit wrongdoing, while also admitting it wasn't done yet.
🪙 Coinbase fires 700 people and calls it an AI strategy ↗️LINK
Coinbase is laying off roughly 700 employees, about 14% of its workforce, as CEO Brian Armstrong repositions the company around AI-native talent and agent-managed workflows.
Armstrong cited engineers shipping in days what once took teams weeks, and plans to shrink pod sizes down to single-person teams where one person handles engineering, design, and product.
Coinbase also flagged a down crypto market as a factor, meaning "AI-native restructuring" is doing some heavy lifting as cover for a pretty familiar cost-cutting move.
🧠 OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT default to GPT-5.5 Instant ↗️LINK
OpenAI swapped ChatGPT's default model to GPT-5.5 Instant, which it says produces 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims than its predecessor on high-stakes prompts in medicine, law, and finance.
The update also trims response length, cuts unnecessary formatting, and lets Plus and Pro users pull context from past chats, saved files, and Gmail to personalize answers.
Paid users keep access to GPT-5.3 Instant for three more months before it retires — a soft landing that still signals OpenAI is done pretending the old model was good enough.
🤖 Google builds its own OpenClaw to fight back ↗️LINK
Google is internally testing a Gemini-based personal agent called Remy that can take actions on behalf of users, integrate across Google services, and proactively handle complex tasks.
Remy is currently in employee dogfooding, with no public launch date set — but Google I/O later this month is expected to heavily feature agents, making a reveal likely.
Google still has no widely available autonomous agent product, so Remy is playing catch-up to OpenClaw, whose creator Sam Altman poached for OpenAI back in February.
🏦 Anthropic launches 10 AI agents built for finance ↗️LINK
Anthropic released 10 pre-built AI agents targeting financial services and insurance, covering tasks like KYC screening, pitchbook building, earnings reviews, and valuations.
The agents ship with domain-specific skills, data connectors from partners like Dun & Bradstreet and Verisk, and plug into Claude Cowork, Claude Code, or the Claude platform as Managed Agents.
Anthropic is going vertical by vertical rather than selling a general model and wishing firms luck — a $1.5B Wall Street joint venture suggests this finance push is far from a one-off.
Today’s Poll:
Do you think Apple Intelligence will actually be good when it fully launches?
Vote and find out about the result tomorrow.
Yesterday’s Poll Result:
Do you think AI is actually creating more jobs than it kills?
A) Yes, new tech always opens new doors - 12%
B) No, this time feels different - 88% 🏆
Reader’s opinion:
“Everyone at the top of the food chain is interested in moving towards AI business efficiency at light-speed. But no one is interested in describing, let alone developing the new world economy that is now an absolute necessity. Otherwise you kill the goose that laid the golden egg, as the consumer cannot buy without some form of income.”
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