The AI Model Wars Just Heated WAY Up

The AI Daily Brief covers the latest AI news, starting with Apple's struggle to gain traction in the AI race despite strong iPhone sales, contrasting their performance with AI-focused companies like Microsoft and Meta. It then discusses OpenAI's recent funding round and revenue growth, as well as China's scrutiny of Nvidia's H20 chips over security concerns. Finally, it highlights GitHub Copilot reaching 20 million users and delves into the heating competition in AI models, including the rumored GPT-5 and open-source models from OpenAI, Google's Gemini 2.5 DeepThink, Manus's wide research, and Perplexity's Comet Browser.