Claude Sonnet 4.6 Drops With 1M Token Context Window, Meta-NVIDIA Partnership, and Apple CarPlay AI

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Launches With 1M Token Context Window

TLDR: Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, boasting a 1 million token context window and performance approaching their top-tier Opus model at a significantly lower price point. This is a pretty aggressive move in the ongoing model pricing wars.

Link: Claude Sonnet 4.6 Drops With 1M Token Context Window

Meta and NVIDIA Partner on AI Data Center Infrastructure

TLDR: Meta and NVIDIA announced a multi-year partnership to build out AI data center infrastructure, focusing on next-generation networking and confidential computing capabilities. This is a massive bet on the physical layer of AI that most people overlook.

Link: Meta and NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Partnership

Apple Brings ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to CarPlay

TLDR: Apple's iOS 26.4 update enables ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to work through CarPlay, making AI assistants available hands-free while driving. This is Apple's quiet acknowledgment that Siri alone is not cutting it.

Link: Apple iOS 26.4 CarPlay AI Support

Perplexity Pivots Toward Subscriptions and Enterprise Sales

TLDR: Perplexity is moving away from pure ad-supported search toward subscription and enterprise revenue models as it tries to build a sustainable business. This is the critical test of whether AI search can survive without becoming another ad platform.

Link: Perplexity Revenue Strategy

Meta Patents AI System to Simulate Deceased Users

TLDR: Meta has patented an AI system that could recreate a dead person's social media behavior using their historical data and behavior patterns. This is equal parts technically fascinating and ethically horrifying.

Link: Meta AI Deceased User Patent