🔊 OpenAI plans $200 smart speaker for 2027 🔊
OpenAI enters the hardware race with a camera-equipped smart speaker priced under $300.

OpenAI's first hardware product will be a smart speaker with a built-in camera, expected to cost between $200 and $300, according to The Information. The device will recognize items on nearby surfaces and conversations in its vicinity, and will feature a Face ID-like facial recognition system enabling purchases. The project stems from OpenAI's $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's hardware company last May, with the first device not expected before March 2027. OpenAI is also reportedly exploring smart glasses (potentially by 2028) and a smart lamp, though both remain in early prototype stages. The move puts OpenAI in direct competition with Apple, which is developing its own AI glasses, pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods.

🔒 Anthropic ships Claude Code Security scanner 🔒
Enterprise customers get early access to AI-powered vulnerability detection integrated directly into Claude Code.

Anthropic has released Claude Code Security, a new AI-powered feature that scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests targeted patches for human review. Unlike traditional rule-based scanners, the tool leverages Claude Opus 4.6 to analyze code contextually, catching issues like access control mistakes and business logic flaws that static analyzers typically miss. The system assigns severity and confidence scores to identified vulnerabilities, giving developers prioritized remediation paths. The rollout begins as a limited research preview for Enterprise and Team plan customers, with priority access going to open-source projects. This marks Anthropic's expansion into cybersecurity, a move that matters as AI-assisted code generation creates new attack surfaces requiring smarter defenses.

🩺 Superpower rolls out $17 AI health assistant 🩺
New consumer health platform analyzes lab results and builds persistent health profiles over time.

Superpower, an AI health startup, has launched a public chat assistant that analyzes lab results including blood tests, microbiome data, and over 100 biomarkers to deliver personalized wellness recommendations. The platform can suggest interventions for issues like low Vitamin D or enzyme deficiencies. A key differentiator is its advanced memory capability, which retains past conversations to build a comprehensive picture of user health over time. Priced at $17/month, the service positions itself as a preventive wellness tool rather than a physician replacement. This pricing matters for consumer AI health adoption, potentially opening personalized biomarker analysis to mainstream users previously priced out of concierge medicine.

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📐 OpenAI publishes First Proof math attempts 📐

OpenAI has published detailed documentation of its end-to-end proof attempts on all ten First Proof research problems, a domain-specific challenge testing whether AI systems can produce fully verifiable mathematical arguments. The publication includes evaluation feedback from field experts, revisions to earlier correctness claims, and a preprint containing all proofs with an appendix documenting prompt patterns used to simulate iterative human-model collaboration. This transparency matters for benchmarking AI reasoning capabilities, providing researchers with concrete methodology for assessing formal mathematical reasoning.

💬 Microsoft builds Copilot Advisors for AI debates 💬

Microsoft is developing Copilot Advisors, a new feature enabling AI-powered debates on any topic using specialized personas such as legal or finance experts. Users can select two AI agents who argue from distinct perspectives, potentially featuring animated portraits for each persona. This integration expands Copilot's capabilities beyond simple Q&A into multi-perspective reasoning and analysis tools designed to enhance individual decision-making.