DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Sept 10

APPLE 🔥:
- iPhone Duo, first foldable. Starts at $1,999. Ships Oct 23.
- iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max announced. A20 Pro is built for on-device models.
- New AirPods 5. New Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4.
- iPhone is now an intelligence hub: local models plus cloud.
- Siri AI gets immersive voices running on local models.
- Watch can capture nearby audio via Live Rewind and Siri Recap.

DEEPSEEK 🔥:
- V4.1 Flash is out. Smallest model in the new family at 552B params, with native vision.

OPENAI 🔥:
- ChatGPT Voice limits rose: 3h for Plus, 15h for Pro $100. Pro $200 stays unlimited.
- Voice can now use GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra. Astra in voice is Pro-only.

META 🔥:
- Stilla is joining Meta. Secure multiplayer AI teammate for companies, next to Muse on the consumer side.

GOOGLE 🔥:
- Five new agentic Workspace features: Chat to slides, Drive to sheets, Docs to email, threads to briefs, proposals to decks.

xAI 🔥:
- Grok 4.7 is still aimed at ~Sept 12.

* Used Grok to compose this brief, cherry-picking the news and doing some post-editing.
** Email version of this brief will be available soon.