Friday 24 July 2026
Top stories today:
ChatGPT Health expands to all U.S. adult users
Stripe said to be in talks to acquire OpenRouter for ~$10B
Intel Q2 revenue +25% YoY to $16.1B, net loss widens to $10.8B
Anthropic brings Opus, Sonnet to Claude voice mode
Black Forest Labs expands into physical AI with Flux 3 model
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1. ChatGPT Health expands to all U.S. adult users
Across all ChatGPT plans, the feature is now available.
Integrates with Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
Jan.: OpenAI began testing the feature.
300M users ask health-related questions on ChatGPT each week, OpenAI said, up from 230M in Jan.
Wed.: OpenAI was sued over alleged dangerous ChatGPT health advice.
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3. Stripe said to be in talks to acquire OpenRouter for ~$10B
The transaction could be announced soon, though the talks could still fall apart or another suitor could emerge.
May: OpenRouter was valued at $1.3B.
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5. Intel Q2 revenue +25% YoY to $16.1B, net loss widens to $10.8B
+13% YoY in client computing revenue to $8.9B.
Intel expects flat Q3 PC sales due to memory shortages.
+59% YoY in data center revenue to $6.3B.
Q2 revenue growth was Intelās fastest in ~15 years on AI data center demand
Intel shares are +170% in 2026 through Thu. close, after +84% in 2025, though theyāre -28% in Jul.
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7. Anthropic brings Opus, Sonnet to Claude voice mode, adds Gmail, Slack, Canva integrations
English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, and Italian are among the supported languages.
Paid plans can access the expanded models and all connected tools, Anthropic said.
Until now, Claude Haiku model was powering the voice mode.
