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US Officials Probe Apple-Alibaba AI Partnership for Chinese iPhones

US government officials and congressional representatives are examining a potential deal between Apple and Alibaba that would integrate Alibaba's AI features into iPhones sold in China. The White House and House Select Committee on China have directly questioned Apple executives about data sharing and regulatory commitments, with Rep. Krishnamoorthi expressing concern about Alibaba's ties to the Chinese government. The deal has only been confirmed by Alibaba thus far, not Apple.

OpenAI CEO Envisions ChatGPT Storing Users' Entire Life History

Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, shared his vision for ChatGPT to eventually store and reason across a user's entire life history, including all conversations, books, emails, and other data. He noted that young people already use ChatGPT as a life advisor, while expressing how this personalized AI could evolve into an all-knowing assistant system with automated agent capabilities.