Howdy, it’s Barsee.

Happy Friday, AI family, and welcome to another AI Valley edition.

Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:

• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health

• Gmail is entering the “Gemini era”

• Google overtakes Apple to become world’s #2 company

• Microsoft turns Copilot into a store with Instant Checkout

• Anthropic’s new update makes coding agents self-healing

• Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Let’s dive into the Valley of AI…

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

1/ OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health

OpenAI is making its biggest move into medicine yet with ChatGPT Health, a new, dedicated space for medical queries. Users can now connect their medical records and apps (like Apple Health) to the AI, but with a major privacy twist: all data runs in a "sandbox." This means your health chats are stored separately, can be deleted instantly, and are never used to train OpenAI’s models. With 230 million people already asking ChatGPT medical questions every week, this feature aims to organize that chaos.

For now, ChatGPT Health is available to a limited group of early users. Free and paid ChatGPT users outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK can now join the waitlist.

2/ Gmail is entering the “Gemini era”

Google is testing a radical redesign called "AI Inbox" that might end the era of scanning through endless email lists. Instead of a chronological feed, this new view pulls out specific tasks (like reminding you to pay a bill, reschedule a meeting, or reply to a thread) and summarizes ongoing topics like project updates. Currently rolling out to select U.S. consumer accounts on the web, the goal is to make Gmail proactive rather than passive. While power users can still access the classic view, Google is betting that AI can manage the noise better than you can.

3/ Google overtakes Apple to become world’s #2 company

Wall Street has officially bought into Google’s AI comeback. Alphabet’s market cap has surged to $3.89 trillion, flipping Apple to take the spot of the world’s second most valuable company. This rally is driven by investor confidence in Google’s Gemini models, which now claim over 20% of global AI chat traffic, and their custom cloud chips (TPUs). While Apple has faced a $200 billion slide recently, Google’s stock is climbing as its deep investments in search and enterprise AI finally start showing tangible returns.

4/ Microsoft turns Copilot into a store with Instant Checkout

You can now shop without ever leaving the chat. Microsoft is adding "Buy" buttons directly inside Copilot, allowing users to purchase items instantly rather than clicking links to external websites. In a demo, a user searched for a bedside lamp and completed the purchase right in the conversation window. Rolling out now in the U.S. with partners like Urban Outfitters, Etsy, and Shopify, this moves AI agents beyond just finding products to actually buying them, mirroring similar commerce moves by Google and Perplexity.

5/ Anthropic’s new update makes coding agents self-healing

Anthropic has released a major update (v2.1.0) for Claude Code, its terminal-based tool for developers. The standout feature is "resilience." Previously, if an AI agent was denied permission to do something, it might just stop working. Now, agents are designed to adapt: if one path is blocked, they try an alternative solution automatically. The update also lets developers move coding sessions between local machines and the web seamlessly. It’s a clear signal that Claude Code is moving from a simple assistant to a robust tool for complex, autonomous engineering tasks.

TRENDING TOOLS

• Sekai > Ranked #5 (was #3) on iOS Dev Tools. Turn ideas into playable personal software, then post it socially *

• Claude Code > Anthropic’s agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal and helps turn ideas into working code faster

• Livedocs > Analyses CSVs, spreadsheets, and databases to generate charts, metrics, and clear plain-English insights instantly

• Ray > An AI trainer that plans and adapts your workouts in real time based on your performance

• ChatGPT Health > OpenAI’s new experience built for private, health-focused conversations

• v0 > Turns a plain-English app idea into a complete, working web app

• Instruct > A powerful way to automate complex work with clear, controllable AI instructions

• Autonomous > An AI-powered wealth management app, now open to everyone with zero advisory fees

• CallMe > A minimal plugin that lets Claude Code call you directly on your phone

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THINK PIECES / BRAIN BOOST

• Human data will be a $1 trillion/year market

• Andrew Ng teaches a 30 min beginner course for building apps entirely with AI

• The complete guide to building agents with the Claude Agent SDK

• 7 CES 2026 devices that turn everyday life into a Black Mirror episode

• Roku CEO predicts the first 100% AI-generated hit movie within three years

THE VALLEY GEMS

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