In case you thought there was real competition in Big AI

Steven Levy says there is only one AI company. He calls it The Blob.

S****iri will use Gemini?

That's what it says here. Also, for reasons I don't know, the word "Siri" in the subhead above is typed exactly that way, yet turns into "S****iri" when published. In the vernacular of medicine, this is a "fascinoma."

We need, and still don't have, truly personal AI

John Battelle: 

Imagine a GPT chatbot that you own, trust, and control. Let’s call it a genie, because honestly, that’s the most appropriate word for this new entity. This genie has access to everything you do on your phone, your computer, and sure, why not — your Alexa, your car, basically every digital surface with which you interact. Imagine it’s bounded by immutable rules that state you and you alone can tell it what to do, what information to share, what services to connect to, on what terms, and so on. Now imagine you can ask that genie to perform all manner of magic on your behalf — pretty much any question you can think of, it will figure out an answer… How about negotiating a way better deal with your healthcare provider by threatening to move to competitors? Done! Once you’re happy with that healthcare provider, can you ask your genie to file all your claims and make sure you get reimbursed by checking your bank statements? Why yes you can! Your wish has been granted!

My point was this: That “genie” should work for YOU, not for OpenAI, Target, or your health insurance provider. You.