New AI Device to Replace Phones

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Happy Thursday! Nowadays checking your phone feels like getting hit by a wall of notifications. Lights, badges, banners — everything screaming for attention at once. Now Sam Altman and Jony Ive are building an AI device to solve this problem!

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A Glimpse at OpenAI’s “Screenless” Future

CEO Sam Altman says OpenAI’s upcoming pocket-sized, screenless AI device will feel “so simple” that people will be surprised. Co-designed with Jony Ive, the still-under-wraps prototype aims to strip away modern tech’s noisy distractions and deliver a calmer, more contextual experience. Altman likened today’s devices to walking through Times Square — and his vision to relaxing in a peaceful lakeside cabin. Ive says the device should arrive in under two years (watch the full interview).

Opus 4.5 Raises the Bar

Anthropic has released Opus 4.5, the final and most advanced model in its 4.5 lineup. The model delivers state-of-the-art performance across major benchmarks, becoming the first to score over 80% on SWE-Bench verified. It also introduces major memory upgrades enabling “infinite-length conversations” and stronger agentic workflows, alongside wider availability of Claude for Chrome and Claude for Excel. Opus 4.5 goes head-to-head with other new frontier models, including OpenAI’s newly released GPT 5.1 and Google’s Gemini 3 (see Anthropic’s announcement).

Amazon Pours $50B into Government-Grade AI Compute

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a massive $50 billion investment to build high-performance AI infrastructure tailored specifically for U.S. government agencies. The buildout will add 1.3 gigawatts of compute and expand federal access to tools like Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Anthropic’s Claude. AWS plans to break ground on the new data centers in 2026 as part of its long-running push to support classified and secure government workloads (see Amazon’s announcement).

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🎨 Stickerbox Turns Kids’ Ideas Into Real Stickers: A Brooklyn startup is reimagining creative play with Stickerbox, a $99.99 voice-activated AI sticker printer that lets kids speak an idea and instantly print a colorable sticker. With Wi-Fi, ongoing firmware updates, a kidSAFE+ COPPA Seal, and a companion app on the way, it’s one of the few AI products built specifically for kids (read more).

🛍️ AI Giants Step Into Holiday Shopping: OpenAI and Perplexity launched new AI shopping tools this week, helping consumers research everything from budget gaming laptops to dupes of luxury fashion. Niche shopping startups, like Onton, say they still have an edge thanks to specialised datasets and merchandising logic (see OpenAI’s tool here and Perplexity’s tool here).

🎵 WMG Settles with Suno in Major AI Music Deal: Warner Music Group (WMG) has settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Suno and formed a partnership that will bring licensed, advanced AI music models to the platform next year. WMG says artists will retain full control over their names, voices, likenesses, and compositions (see WMG’s announcement).

📉 Insurers Brace for an AI Liability Meltdown: Major insurers reportedly warn that AI has become too unpredictable to cover, with Great American, W. R. Berkley, and Chubb seeking approval to exclude broad AI-related risks from corporate policies. The concern isn’t one massive payout but thousands of claims if a widely used model fails (read more).

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