In his final keynote before stepping down as CEO, Tim Cook unveiled a total overhaul of Siri powered by a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter Google Gemini model. This $1 billion-a-year partnership integrates 'Siri 2.0' deeply into iOS 27, providing system-wide on-screen awareness and the ability to execute complex cross-app tasks like drafting emails and booking travel within a new 'Search or Ask' interface.
The industry is shifting from free 'chatbots' to premium 'agents' capable of autonomous labor. Meta today launched 'Hatch,' a professional AI agent priced at $200/month, joining Microsoft's Scout and Google's Gemini Spark in a new tier of high-cost, high-utility enterprise assistants.
Anthropic officially filed a confidential S-1 for its IPO on June 1, 2024, with OpenAI expected to follow suit by the end of June to capitalize on the massive public market demand for AI infrastructure.
What is the name of the new paid AI agent launched by Meta to compete with premium tiers from OpenAI and Anthropic?