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The Interface Wars

January 16, 2026
After watching The AI Daily Brief's take on the battle for personal context, one pattern stood out: Apple just handed Siri's brain to Google. OpenAI is building hardware with Jony Ive. Hardware companies are ceding AI to specialists. AI companies are pushing into hardware to own the interface. Apple controls your pocket. Google powers the brain. OpenAI wants both. The AI Daily Brief frames this as the battle for context. I think the interface is the bigger prize. The model is the commodity. The interface is the moat.

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