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The first public beta of iOS 27 is now available. It works on every iPhone that runs iOS 26, but Apple Intelligence features will require an iPhone 15 Pro or newer. The update is focused on performance, stability, and making the iPhone feel even better to use. The biggest addition is Siri AI, which can now hold an ongoing conversation, understand onscreen context, take actions in apps, and answer broad questions.

More than 200 economists, including 16 Nobel Laureates, have warned that AI could accelerate job displacement and reshape the economy faster than previous industrial shifts. A new open letter urges policymakers and tech leaders to create safeguards that ensure AI complements workers rather than replaces them. The warning comes as companies announce AI-related layoffs, with 99% of executives expecting AI to reduce headcount in some capacity within two years.

Companies risk surrendering proprietary knowledge as their employees use and improve external AI systems. To retain that value, enterprises must control their data, feedback, evaluations, memory, and learning infrastructure while remaining independent from any single model provider.