> daily_signal(2026_06_09)
Apple put Google's Gemini behind Siri at Tim Cook's last keynote; the first new US coal plants since 2013 are being built to power AI
Four stories about where the AI boom landed this week: the assistant in your pocket, the power lines feeding the data centers, and the chatbot that now remembers you by default.
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Subscribe on Substack ›1. Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini, and your hardest questions now leave Apple's servers
If you use Siri, the AI answering your questions is changing hands, and the change is mostly invisible from the home screen.
TechTimes: Apple WWDC 2026: Siri Rebuilt on Gemini, homeOS Previewed in Cook Farewell Keynote (June 8, 2026)
MacRumors: WWDC 2026 Gemini-Powered Siri, iOS 27 and more
2. The US is building its first new coal plants since 2013, using wartime powers, to feed AI data centers
If you live in Alaska, West Virginia, Maryland, or near any of the dozen plants getting this money, the AI buildout is now a thing being built in your state with your tax dollars and burned in your air, and the official reason is that data centers need the power.
Utility Dive: Trump administration announces $850M to modernize US coal capacity, build 2 new plants (June 4, 2026)
US DOE: Defense Production Act Title III coal project selections
3. A line under the Hudson just started delivering Canadian hydropower to a million NYC homes
If your electric bill keeps climbing because of AI demand, this is a working example of the alternative to building a new fossil plant: import clean power on a dedicated line and use it to hold prices down.
THE CITY: New Yorkers, Electricity Will Now Come to You From Dams in Canada (June 3, 2026)
S&P Global: 1,250-MW CHPE line into NYC reaches commercial operation early
4. ChatGPT's free tier just started remembering everything you tell it, by default
If ChatGPT is where you think out loud about your job, your money, or your family, it is now building a persistent model of you that carries from chat to chat, whether or not you asked it to.
TechTimes: ChatGPT Memory Dreaming Update: OpenAI Rewrites Personalization Engine (June 5, 2026)
Implicator: OpenAI expands ChatGPT memory to free users after 5x compute cut