Apple is reportedly planning to allow CarPlay users to access third-party AI chatbots, potentially opening the door for voice-controlled applications from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, according to a report by Bloomberg. This development comes as the AI industry sees rapid advancements and increased competition, including the launch of new AI models and a heated "AI coding war" between major players.
The potential CarPlay update would allow users to utilize their preferred chatbot instead of Siri, as reported by The Verge. This would enable voice control of AI applications from various providers.
Simultaneously, the AI landscape is experiencing significant shifts. OpenAI released GPT-5.3-Codex, its most advanced coding agent to date, coinciding with Anthropic's unveiling of Claude Opus 4.6, as reported by VentureBeat. These synchronized announcements mark the beginning of what industry observers are calling the "AI coding wars," a battle for the enterprise software development market. The two companies are also set to air competing Super Bowl advertisements, adding to the tension.
In other AI news, researchers from Stanford, Nvidia, and Together AI developed a new technique called Test-Time Training to Discover (TTT-Discover), which can optimize GPU kernels. This technique allows models to continue training during the inference process, resulting in significant performance improvements. According to VentureBeat, the new technique optimized a critical GPU kernel to run twice as fast as previous state-of-the-art solutions created by human experts.
Meanwhile, the rise of AI-driven social platforms continues. Moltbook, a Reddit clone for bots, went viral after its launch on January 28. The platform, created by US tech entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, allows AI agents to interact and share information. According to MIT Technology Review, Moltbook now has over 1.7 million agent accounts, with over 250,000 posts and 8.5 million upvotes.
However, the rapid advancements in AI also bring new security concerns. A recent report by CrowdStrike Intelligence, as detailed by VentureBeat, highlights a new attack chain called the identity and access management (IAM) pivot. This attack can compromise cloud environments within minutes by exploiting vulnerabilities in software packages.
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