Users are already pushing back on Google's new AI search update, DeepSeek just slashed AI model prices by up to 75 percent, and Robinhood is now testing AI agents that can trade stocks on your behalf.
This week, DuckDuckGo sees a sharp rise in installs as users look for alternatives to AI-heavy search, DeepSeek cuts prices on its V4 Pro models and escalates the AI pricing war, Apple announces a set of AI-powered accessibility features across its devices, Robinhood tests AI agents that can place trades for users, and Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 to everyone on any plan.
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Stories Covered This Week:
DuckDuckGo installs rise sharply as some users actively seek out AI free search experiences after Google's update
DeepSeek cuts V4 Pro model prices by up to 75 percent, intensifying the industry wide pricing battle
Apple announces AI powered accessibility features across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro including eye tracking wheelchair control
Robinhood tests AI agents that can execute trades on behalf of users with built in safeguards and oversight
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 to all plans with improved honesty, adjustable effort settings and new dynamic workflows in Claude Code
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Users push back on Google AI search as DuckDuckGo installs rise
01:25 DeepSeek cuts model prices by up to 75%
02:13 Apple announces AI accessibility features across its devices
03:11 Robinhood tests AI agents that trade for you
04:18 Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 to everyone
05:32 Outro
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