Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare, challenging OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health with HIPAA-ready tools, health record integrations, and major partners like AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Banner Health, while experts warn of privacy and regulatory gaps around consumer-facing AI assistants in medicine.

Amazon launches Alexa Plus, a web-based conversational AI that extends Alexa beyond Echo devices, challenges ChatGPT and Google Gemini, and deepens smart home and commerce integration for over 600 million devices worldwide.