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🤖 Apple Goes Thin on Its New iPhone and AI Too

🤖 Apple Goes Thin on Its New iPhone and AI Too

Plus: Google Hit with €2.95B Fine and Anthropic Pays $1.5B Settlement

September 11, 2025

Hello AI Enthusiast,

Apple prioritized thin design over AI features in its iPhone 17 launch this week. Google faced billion-dollar legal troubles across two continents, while Anthropic reached a massive settlement with authors over AI training data. Let's break down what these moves mean.

The Big Picture 🔊

Apple Launches iPhone 17 Line but Goes Thin Over AI

Apple launched the iPhone 17 lineup including a new ultra-thin "iPhone Air" model. AI got minimal attention at the event - the company only mentioned basic Apple Intelligence features announced at WWDC and highlighted live translation coming to AirPods Pro 3. There was no mention of Siri improvements, which have been delayed until 2026.

Gioele MottarliniCOO and Image Addict

Apple's playing it safe while competitors race ahead with AI. The live translation is useful, but Samsung and Google already have similar features. Apple's betting on design and brand loyalty over cutting-edge AI capabilities.

The rumored solution might be partnering with someone and borrowing their AI technology, at least for the near future.

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EU Fines Google €2.95 Billion, US Judge Lets Them Keep Chrome

Google got hit with a €2.95 billion EU fine for rigging their ad tech business while a US judge ruled they can keep Chrome despite being found guilty of search monopolization. The judge called a forced sale "incredibly messy" but did order Google to share some search data with rivals. Google can now appeal both cases.

Helin YontarCPO and Polyglot

The search data sharing sounds meaningful until you realize Google only has to hand over basic crawling info once. That's not going to help AI companies compete with Google's real-time search advantages.

The EU's €2.95 billion fine for ad tech rigging shows how Europe focuses on punishing past behavior while the US tries to reshape future competition.

Anthropic Pays $1.5 Billion in Landmark AI Copyright Settlement

Anthropic agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose books were allegedly used to train Claude without permission. The settlement pays roughly $3,000 per book and is believed to be the largest copyright payout in US history. Anthropic must destroy the original files, but the deal only covers past use, not future AI training.

Gianluca MauroFounder and AI Rockstar

Anthropic is buying their way out of trouble, paying today's prices to avoid potentially massive EU fines later. The $3,000 per book is good money for some authors while being pocket change for bestsellers.

Having to destroy the original files is harsh though, since it means they can't use that data to train new models from scratch if they develop better architectures. This essentially sets a market price for unauthorized book usage, which could help establish legitimate licensing deals.

Bits and Bobs 🗞️

OpenAI now allows Free users to create ChatGPT projects with larger file uploads and new customization options like colors and icons.
ChatGPT now lets users branch conversations to explore different ideas without losing the original chat, available for logged-in web users.
OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 model significantly reduces hallucinations by highlighting the need to update evaluation methods to penalize guessing and reward honesty about uncertainty for more reliable AI responses.
The UK government's trial of M365 Copilot showed high user satisfaction but no clear productivity gains, highlighting that AI delivers real benefits only when integrated deeply into specific workflows with ongoing learning and measurement.
OpenAI has launched the People-First AI Fund, offering unrestricted grants to U.S.-based nonprofits to support AI projects that address critical social challenges.
OpenAI is launching a Jobs Platform and AI fluency certification programs to help workers and companies adapt to AI by matching talent with opportunities and upskilling 10 million Americans by 2030.
Snapchat's new Imagine Lens lets subscribers create and edit images using text prompts with AI, allowing custom and pre-loaded image generation directly within the app.

On the Podcast 🎧

This week’s episode explores how Igor, a neurosurgeon whose journey from AI novice to coach shows how anyone can master this technology - and how a real-world case where ChatGPT helped a family question a misdiagnosis reveals why AI in medicine can be both revolutionary and dangerous. Listen Here

From Our Founder’s Channels 🤳

Gianluca shares a practical guide on how to design AI agents with the right balance of autonomy and human oversight - cutting through the hype to focus on real decision-making criteria. Read here

LOLgorithms 😂

Samsung couldn't resist the opportunity to roast Apple's thin feature set.

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