Motorola's 'Swiss Army Knife' Take on AI Makes My Head Spin

Moto AI's presence on the new 2025 Motorola Razr lineup isn't a surprise, but the company's Swiss Army knife approach might stand out even more than the Alcantara fabric seen on the $1,300 Razr Ultra. Instead of going it alone and mimicking the AI efforts we're seeing from Samsung, Google and Apple, Moto AI appears to be building a coalition of AI partners. Perplexity, Meta's Llama AI, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini all are meant to peacefully coexist alongside Motorola's own AI features on the Razr. Instead of acting like five different AI apps, many features either run when they're directly summoned or they're more passive. While Apple has integrations for ChatGPT in Siri and Visual Intelligence, no other phone-maker has taken this integrated AI approach. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) Partnering with so many different AI companies ta ... Read full article.