September 2023

Meta’s 512GB Quest 3 now comes with 6 months of the Quest+ subscription

September 27, 2023
Meta’s VR subscription service, Quest+, is now being bundled with the company’s Quest 3 mixed-reality headset. The subscription, which provides VR device owners the ability to two handpicked games from the Quest library each month, will now be included as a free, 6-month trial with the 512GB model ($650) of the Quest 3 headset. In […]

Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone

September 27, 2023
The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground. Mistral, a French AI startup that raised a huge seed round in June, has just taken the wraps off its first model, which it claims outperforms […]

Meta Quest 3 convinced me to love VR by downplaying the metaverse

September 27, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Meta Quest 3 VR headset on stage at Meta’s Connect event in California today, but I was lucky enough to get a chance to try it out last week in San Francisco. The Meta Quest 3 is similar to its two predecessors, and borrows a lot from the much more expensive […]

Ray-Ban’s new Meta smart glasses will be able to translate text

September 27, 2023
Meta just took the wraps off its latest smart glasses at today’s Connect event in Menlo Park. We were able to spend a bit of time with the new wearables and were impressed by what they can do — specifically livestreaming, the biggest missing feature from the last gen. Turns out Ray-Ban Meta will be […]

Meta debuts AI Studio to let developers build custom chatbots

September 27, 2023
Today at its annual Connect developer conference, Meta launched AI Studio, a platform that’ll let businesses build AI chatbots for the company’s messaging services, including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. Starting with Messenger, AI Studio will let companies “create AIs that reflect their brand’s values and improve customer service experiences,” Meta writes in a press release. […]