iPhone 18 Pro and Iphone Duo, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Anthropic vs China, and OpenAI IPO
This week, Apple launched the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and its first foldable iPhone Duo. DeepSeek released V4.1 Flash, Anthropic raised concerns about Chinese AI labs, OpenAI ruled out a 2026 IPO, and companies from Wipro to Amazon made major AI moves.
In this episode of AI Edge by Mahesh Devalla EP18, we look at how the AI race is spreading across devices, frontier models, talent, chips, and global competition.
Who can build the strongest AI, control the infrastructure, and turn it into products people actually use?
Highlights from this episode
Apple launches iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and the foldable iPhone Duo
DeepSeek releases V4.1 Flash with stronger reasoning, coding, and multimodal capabilities
Anthropic raises concerns involving Alibaba, Moonshot, and DeepSeek
Jacob Coxon warns about the risks surrounding superintelligence
Calls grow to slow the development of frontier AI
OpenAI rules out a 2026 IPO
Wipro frees capacity equivalent to around 20,000 workers through AI
Meta pushes Muse No. 2 further into the AI race
Amazon explores a potential $60B Qualcomm AI chip deal
The AI race is now about devices, models, chips, jobs, capital, and global competition
Quick takeaway
AI is spreading far beyond the chatbot.
It is moving into phones, chips, enterprise workforces, investment decisions, and national technology strategies. At the same time, the pressure around safety, cost, and competition is increasing.
The companies that lead from here will be the ones that can combine strong models with distribution, infrastructure, and real execution.
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