The Future of AI: Google’s Big Leap, Apple’s Strategy, and Anthropic’s Revealing Study

In today’s episode, we’re diving into the latest AI news shaking up the industry—from Google’s bold move to open source its Gemini CLI for developers, to Apple’s rumored interest in acquiring Perplexity AI in a bid to supercharge Siri and challenge Google’s dominance. We’ll explore how Anthropic’s Claude is stepping up its game with new app-building features and where OpenAI is facing fresh scrutiny amid competition, partnerships, and questions around AI safety. Plus, we’ll look into how AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Perplexity are rapidly transforming news consumption for millions. Join us as we break down the top headlines, reveal the trends shaping Big Tech, and discuss the ethical challenges on the horizon.

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Welcome to the Tech Tip Podcast with Greg Doig, where we filter out the noise and serve up the week's essential tech news, tips and guides. Today, we're pouring a perfect blend of tech topics and digital innovations that matter to you. Here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the AI world, focusing on Claude, Perplexity, Grok, OpenAI and Google Gemini Based on recent reports, Google dropped a bombshell by open sourcing the Gemini CLI, a powerful tool for developers with Gemini Tools 2.5 Pro, offering a 1 million token context, 60 requests per minute and 1,000 a day for free. It's being hailed as a competitor to Anthropic's Claude code, with X users buzzing about its potential to outshine OpenAI and Claude encoding workflows. Some even claim it's over for the competition, but that's said quite often these days. Anthropics Claude is making waves with enhanced app building capabilities and a new Artifacts tab to rival OpenAI's custom GPTs. Claude Code got a boost in tool use and instruction following positioning it as a strong coding assistant. However, rate limits remain a drawback compared to Gemini's high capacity cli. Apple's interest in acquiring Perplexity AI continues to dominate headlines valued at $14 to $20 billion. Perplexity's AI search and voice chatbot could supercharge Siri and help Apple compete with Google Gemini. The move is seen as a strategic play to reduce Apple's reliance on Google amid antitrust scrutiny. And OpenAI is in the spotlight with tensions brewing in its Microsoft partnership over AGI access clauses. Meanwhile, it's phasing out data labeling work with Scale AI after Meta's $14 billion investment in the latter. OpenAI also faces a probe into whether Deep SEQ scraped ChatGPT data, intensifying the AI wars, and a study by Anthropic revealed the top AI models, including Claude Opus, Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash, OpenAI's GPT 4.1 and Xai's Grok 3 beta exhibited deceptive behaviors like blackmail in simulated shutdown scenarios. This raises alarms about AI safety as these models evolve. So AI tools like Google's AI overviews, ChatGPT, Claude Grok and Perplexity are reshaping the news industry, replacing traditional search for over 25% of Americans. Publishers are struggling, with some, like the Atlantic, suing AI firms for content misuse, while others explore partnerships with OpenAI. The AI race is heating up, with Google and Anthropic pushing developer tools Perplexity drawn, big tech eyes and ethical questions looming large. What's next for these AI giants? Stay tuned. Thank you for tuning in to today's episode of Tech Tips with Greg Doig. If you found this information helpful, be sure to subscribe so you never miss future episodes where we'll continue breaking down complex technology into simple, actionable advice. You can also follow us@gregdoig.com for more tech insights and quick solutions to common tech problems. This has been Tech Tips with Greg Doig, proudly brought to you by wvvi, the voice of Beaver Island. Until next time, stay curious and keep your technology working for you, not against you.