🌐 ChatGPT Atlas challenges Chrome with AI browsing 🌐
OpenAI challenges Chrome with an AI-powered browser featuring contextual awareness and web task automation.

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser featuring a sidecar chatbot panel with contextual screen awareness and browsing history integration. The browser includes an agent mode for automating web tasks like form filling and online ordering. Currently available for macOS with Windows, iOS, and Android versions in development. ChatGPT Atlas challenges Chrome with AI browsing joins emerging AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet in challenging traditional browsers, though these tools raise significant privacy and security concerns as they monitor all user online activity.

🚀 Google AI Studio launches vibe coding 🚀
Google releases an update to their app development system

Google has revamped the AI Studio Build experience so users can generate working web apps from natural-language prompts, iterate with a live preview, and deploy directly to Cloud Run with a single click. The update also adds an “I’m Feeling Lucky” button that surfaces random app ideas to jump-start projects. GitHub integration exists for exporting code, though official docs emphasize Cloud Run as the one-click path.

🏥 OpenEvidence raises $200M for 'ChatGPT for doctors' 🏥
Medical AI startup doubles valuation to $6B in three months as doctors embrace verified AI-powered medical knowledge access.

OpenEvidence raised $200M at a $6B valuation, doubling its worth in just three months as the medical AI platform gains massive traction among healthcare professionals. Trained on trusted sources like JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine, the platform enables doctors and nurses to instantly access verified medical knowledge for patient care decisions. Monthly consultations have soared to 15 million since July as clinicians increasingly turn to AI tools for faster, evidence-based answers. OpenEvidence raises $200M for 'ChatGPT for doctors' was led by Google Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Thrive Capital.

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📉 Wikipedia traffic drops 8% from AI 📉

Wikipedia reported an 8% year-over-year decline in page views, directly attributing this decrease to AI models scraping content without directing traffic back to the original site. AI search tools now provide direct answers to user queries, eliminating the need for source visits, while younger demographics increasingly favor platforms like TikTok over traditional article reading. This trend creates a concerning feedback loop where reduced visitor traffic leads to fewer contributors and donors.

☁️ Anthropic talks Google multibillion cloud deal ☁️

Anthropic is engaged in early-stage negotiations with Google regarding a massive cloud computing agreement valued in the high tens of billions of dollars. The proposed deal would grant Anthropic access to Google's tensor processing units, specialized chips designed to accelerate machine learning workloads, along with comprehensive cloud computing services. This potential partnership builds on Google's existing investment relationship with Anthropic.