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Singapore has signed separate agreements with Google and OpenAI to strengthen its position as a global AI hub and speed up AI deployment in public services, healthcare, education, and business. OpenAI will invest over $234 million in Singapore's AI ecosystem and establish its first applied AI lab outside the U.S., while Google will focus on solving societal challenges, building an AI-ready workforce, and creating a secure AI ecosystem (systems designed to prevent harmful outcomes from AI).

Google announced updates to its search engine that will use AI more heavily, allowing users to ask longer, more natural questions that get answered by Google's chatbot instead of traditional search results. The company also revealed new smart glasses (wearable devices with computer capabilities) for consumers, marking its return to the hardware market over a decade after its previous glasses faced public criticism. These changes are powered by Google's new Gemini 3.5 AI model.

Ramp engineers use Codex (an AI code review tool) with GPT-5.5 to give substantive feedback on pull requests (code changes) in minutes instead of hours, catching bugs that human reviewers miss. Beyond code review, they're also using Codex to build internal tools like On-Call Assistant, which helps manage the complex demands of on-call engineer shifts (when engineers respond to system emergencies). The tool stands out because it deeply analyzes the codebase and reasons through complex problems, reducing manual work that would otherwise require significant mental effort.

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Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model now available to billions of users through Google apps and to developers via APIs (application programming interfaces, tools that let software communicate). The model is significantly more expensive than previous Flash versions, costing 3-6 times more, bringing it close in price to Google's more advanced Gemini 3.1 Pro model.

OpenAI announced a new Guaranteed Capacity offering that lets customers lock in long-term access to compute (the computational power needed to train and run AI models) by committing to one, three-year contracts with increasing discounts based on the commitment length. CEO Sam Altman said this helps OpenAI plan ahead while giving customers certainty about capacity availability, though the offering is only available until current allocation sells out.

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OpenAI announced a partnership with Singapore's government called 'OpenAI for Singapore,' backed by over S$300 million, to help the country become an AI-powered economy. The initiative will establish OpenAI's first Applied AI Lab outside the United States, create over 200 technical jobs, and focus on deploying frontier AI (cutting-edge AI systems), developing local AI talent, and expanding AI access across organizations in sectors like healthcare, finance, and public services.

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Elon Musk lost a lawsuit against OpenAI in which he claimed that CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman had misled him about the company's non-profit status. MIT Technology Review hosted a discussion with AI reporter Michelle Kim and editor Mat Honan to examine the trial details and what the outcome means for competition in the AI industry.

Polymarket is launching prediction markets (contracts where traders bet on whether specific events will happen) tied to private companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, allowing regular investors to speculate on milestones such as IPO timing and company valuations without actually owning shares. Nasdaq Private Market will provide the data to determine whether these contracts pay out, and for the first time will make valuation data publicly available for free. This addresses a frustration where ordinary investors are typically excluded from investing in private companies that have created enormous value before going public.

Google and Volvo announced that Gemini, an AI assistant, will soon be able to access external cameras in Volvo's EX60 SUV to help interpret the vehicle's surroundings. This capability works because Volvo uses Google's Android Automotive (an operating system designed for vehicles) in the car. The first planned use is helping drivers understand confusing parking signs, though Google expects other applications in the future.

Google announced new AI models called Gemini 3.5 at its I/O 2026 conference, including Gemini 3.5 Flash (available immediately) and Gemini 3.5 Pro (coming next month). The Gemini 3.5 Flash model will now be the default AI powering Google's Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. The announcement was part of a broader keynote that also covered updates to Gmail, Search features, and Project Aura smart glasses.

Meta is forcing over 7,000 employees to transfer to new teams focused on AI, including groups building AI cloud infrastructure and an internal AI agent called Hatch. This reorganization is mandatory, with the company previously telling workers that similar transfers to an AI data labeling team were non-optional, even after initially offering them as voluntary.