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Apple WWDC 2026: Siri Rebuilt on Gemini, homeOS Previewed in Cook Farewell Keynote
Apple rebuilt Siri on Google Gemini at WWDC and added Claude and ChatGPT as selectable AI extensions in iOS 27.
// daily-digest · mon 08 jun 2026 · morning refresh · last 72h focus
Six heavy-lane items on consumer AI platforms, capital market reactions, agentic payments infrastructure, and AI lab strategy, two lighter pieces from developers and economists, and a cognitive science wildcard.
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Apple rebuilt Siri on Google Gemini at WWDC and added Claude and ChatGPT as selectable AI extensions in iOS 27.
Broadcom’s AI chip guidance miss triggered a $1 trillion one-day selloff across Nvidia, Micron, AMD, and Marvell.
Open-source database startup raised $500M Series F at $10.5B, with Stripe investing and 600% annual growth in AI-launched databases.
Worldline, ING, and Mastercard completed Europe’s first live production agentic payment, booking concert tickets via AI shopping assistant.
Axiom Math CEO Carina Hong argues that formal proofs are the missing step between today’s code agents and AGI.
Microsoft launched seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, its clearest move yet to reduce dependence on OpenAI.
Affirm and Stripe announced a UK partnership extending pay-over-time checkout to British Stripe merchants beginning July 2026.
Noah Smith surveys fresh data showing tokenmaxxing AI outputs is hitting productivity limits, alongside broader AI and economics links.
Simon Willison reviews the technical specs across Microsoft’s seven new MAI models from Build 2026, including the 35B reasoning model.
Dartmouth study found octopuses use mirrors to locate hidden food, a spatial skill previously documented only in vertebrates.