AI agent tools, a Mac clipboard manager, and a Rust-powered VHS emulator lead today's launches.
WWDC 2026 dominated the day. Apple rebuilt Siri from scratch with Gemini, opened Apple Intelligence to Claude, and shipped macOS Golden Gate. Plus: AI market share shifts and US regulatory deadlines approaching.
Apple revealed Siri AI at today's keynote — a complete rebuild powered by a custom Google Gemini model licensed at ~$1B/year. New conversational interface with personal context across messages, emails, photos, and notes. Visual intelligence via camera, dedicated chatbot app, and natural-language Shortcuts creation.
The Extensions system lets users choose ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude as their AI provider across Apple Intelligence. English-only at launch, not available in EU due to DMA dispute. Developer betas available today.
Quick hits from the AI world.
Apple's Image Playground finally goes photorealistic, Veo 3.1 lands in ComfyUI, and a new AI dubbing tool preserves your actual voice across 40 languages.
Major upgrade from cartoon-only output. New generative model runs on Private Cloud Compute and supports any style including photorealistic. Photo-based editing lets you describe changes or use touch gestures to move and resize objects.
All generated images carry SynthID watermarks for provenance. Now available as Lock Screen wallpapers and Contact Posters across Messages and other apps.
A retro OS museum, a feature-packed file manager, dev tools, and more from today's launches.