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The AI ecosystem is experiencing a wave of advancements, impacting various sectors from healthcare to consumer technology. Anthropic’s Claude now boasts customizable ‘Skills,’ allowing users to tailor its behavior, and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 for efficient data access. Google’s DeepSomatic model is accelerating cancer research, while Apple’s new M5 chipset and NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU are set to deliver significant performance boosts for AI workloads.

In regulatory news, New York has banned the use of AI by landlords to determine rental prices. Meanwhile, General Intuition has raised $134 million to develop AI agents for 3D environments. Google is celebrating ten years of genomics AI innovation, and a new dataset focused on African languages aims to enhance AI services across the continent. DeepMind is collaborating with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to improve plasma control, and IBM has released new AI agents through Watsonx Orchestrate, which are now available on Oracle’s Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace for workflow automation. Microsoft is also pushing Windows 11 PCs as AI-centric devices, and AI startups are increasingly investing in curated, proprietary datasets. Uber is piloting a program where drivers are compensated for data generation, while Microsoft has launched a new open-source benchmarking suite. Finally, Spotify is partnering with music labels to develop new AI-powered features. All these updates have been compiled based on information gathered from recent Reddit posts on AI development.