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💰 iPhone Owners Can Now Claim Apple's $250M Siri Payout...
🧠 Meta's AI Grows Faster Than ChatGPT
🚨 Xiaomi’s New Open Model Could Shake Up AI
British Columbia Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman
California Tightens AI Data Center Energy Rules
AI Is Coming to America’s Airspace
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Apple will pay $250M to settle claims over delayed Siri AI features. Eligible iPhone 15/16 owners can claim up to $95 per device before Dec 21, 2026.
📌 Details
Apple agreed to a $250M settlement over Siri AI delays.
Eligible devices: iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max and iPhone 16 models bought between June 10, 2024 – March 29, 2025.
Payout: $25 per device, possibly up to $95 depending on claims filed.
Claim process: submit name, contact info, and iPhone serial number on settlement site.
Deadline: December 21, 2026.
Lawsuit alleged Apple misled consumers by promising AI features at WWDC 2024 that didn’t launch with iPhone 16.
Siri’s AI upgrade only arrived later with iOS 27.
Apple denies wrongdoing.
✅ Takeaway: iPhone 15/16 owners in the US should check eligibility and file claims before Dec 21, 2026 to secure compensation.
Meta’s Muse AI app hit 2.8M installs in 12 days, surpassing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch. Daily active users also outpace ChatGPT, making Muse Meta’s fastest-growing AI app.
📌 Details
Muse launched in U.S. & Canada across iOS and Android.
Downloads: 2.8M globally in 12 days vs. ChatGPT’s 1.3M in same period.
Daily active users: Muse 642K vs. ChatGPT 231K (U.S. data).
On iOS alone, Muse still leads with 359K daily users.
Muse climbed to No.1 on U.S. App Store, overtaking ChatGPT.
Meta is expected to boost adoption via cross-promotion with Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
✅ Takeaway: Muse’s explosive growth signals Meta’s strong entry into consumer AI apps, leveraging its ecosystem to challenge ChatGPT’s dominance.
Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.6-Pro is now the world’s top open-weight AI model, rivaling Grok and Gemini, while the cheaper MiMo-V2.6-Flash delivers near-Pro performance at one-third the cost.
📌 Details
Launch: Xiaomi unveiled MiMo-V2.6-Pro and MiMo-V2.6-Flash.
Performance: Pro scored 46 on Artificial Analysis’ Intelligence Index, beating Gemini 3.8 Flash and tying Grok 4.7.
Open Access: MiMo-V2.6-Pro is MIT-licensed, downloadable via Hugging Face, and cheaper to run than proprietary rivals.
Pricing: Pro costs $0.435 per million input tokens; Flash costs $0.14, making it ideal for high-volume workloads.
Capabilities: Both models support 1M-token context windows, multimodal input (text, image, audio, video), and agent workflows.
Reinforcement Learning: Xiaomi invested millions scaling RL, reinforcing long agent workflows with advanced grading systems.
Benchmarks: Pro scored 71.9 on DeepSWE v1.1 and 89.9 on Terminal Bench 2.1, showing major gains over V2.5.
Open Ecosystem: Xiaomi released weights, RL frameworks, 7,000 task environments, and distilled models for community use.
✅ Takeaway: Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.6 marks a turning point: open-weight AI models can rival proprietary giants, offering enterprises powerful capabilities at dramatically lower costs.
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MORE AI & TECH UPDATES
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