Will Jony Ive and Sam Altman dethrone Apple? Many think that in a battle of OpenAI vs. Apple, the iPhone maker is on borrowed time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

OpenAI has officially integrated its flagship GPT-4.1 model into ChatGPT, making it available to Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers starting today. The company announced the rollout on X (Twitter), highlighting the model's strengths in coding tasks and instruction following. Enterprise and Education users won't be left behind for long, with access promised "in the coming weeks," according to OpenAI. Alongside the premium-only upgrades, the company is also replacing GPT-4o mini with GPT-4.1 mini as the default model for all users, including those on free accounts. If you've enabled the ChatGPT extension for Apple Intelligence on your devices, Siri will presumably now default to GPT-4.1 mini going forward. Both models support a one million context token window (the amount of text/media…

Apple’s Xcode Apple is partnering with startup Anthropic PBC to launch a “vibe-coding” software platform, leveraging AI to streamline coding tasks. The platform, an upgraded version of Apple’s Xcode programming software, will incorporate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model to autonomously write, edit, and test code for developers. : ‎ Apple will roll out the software internally and hasn’t yet decided whether to launch it publicly, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiative hasn’t been announced. The work shows how Apple is using AI to improve its internal workflow, aiming to speed up and modernize product development. The approach is similar to one used by companies such as Windsurf and Cursor maker Anysphere, which offer advanced AI…

Apple and Google could strike a deal to bring Gemini to iPhones by mid-2025 — or so Google's CEO Sundar Pichai hopes. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

OpenAI has reversed a recent update to GPT-4o, the model powering ChatGPT, following widespread complaints about the chatbot's strange behavior. Deployed late last week, the update made ChatGPT excessively agreeable and unnaturally effusive in its praise, and the responses quickly became the subject of mockery on social media. CEO Sam Altman announced Tuesday that the company had completed the rollback for free users and was working to restore the previous version for paid subscribers. "We're working on additional fixes to model personality and will share more in the coming days," Altman wrote on X (Twitter). In an official blog post, OpenAI acknowledged they "focused too much on short-term feedback, and did not fully account for how users' interactions with ChatGPT…

OpenAI has announced several updates to ChatGPT, including a suite of shopping-focused tools that turn the chatbot into a full-featured product discovery and comparison engine. The update brings visual search results, personalized recommendations, and improved product filtering to the existing ChatGPT interface. Users can browse and compare products from across the web by simply describing what they're looking for. Queries like "best 4K monitor under $500" now return cleaner, scrollable product cards complete with images, star ratings, pricing, and summaries pulled from user reviews. Tapping on a product brings up more details, along with a direct link to the retailer's website for purchase. OpenAI says the results are organic and free from advertising or affiliate influence, wherease traditional search engines…