Apple Is Racing to Build Smart Glasses, AI AirPods and a Pendant You Wear Around Your Neck
Bloomberg reports the company is accelerating three camera-equipped wearables to compete with Meta and OpenAI—with production starting as early as December.
Where OpenAI’s technology could show up in Iran
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It’s been just over two weeks since OpenAI reached a controversial agreement to allow the Pentagon to use its AI in classified environments. There are still pressing questions about what exactly OpenAI’s…
Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling
Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when called on to act as companions, therapists, medical advisors, and so on—to be scrutinized with the same kind of rigor as their ability to code or do math. As LLMs improve, people are asking them to play more…
Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your Kindle ebooks with audiobooks
The feature will require customers to buy both versions of the title, but at a discounted price.
The Wellness Trap: Why Our Obsession With Health Is Making Us Sick
I build wellness brands for a living, and I’ve watched health become a second job. Here’s the reset that makes it lighter and more effective.
X continues to bet on vertical video with its latest update
X’s new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.
Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company’s direct revenue ARR to $1B
The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify its revenue streams.
Google adds music generation capabilities to the Gemini app
Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music
Clicks Don’t Matter Anymore — Here’s How to Manipulate AI to Work for Your Business
As AI-driven search cuts through the noise and answers basic questions, the companies that succeed will be the ones that build trust through clear, concrete evidence.
He Built a Viral AI Assistant As a Weekend Side Project. Three Months Later, Three AI Giants Were Fighting Over Him.
OpenAI won a fierce bidding war for Peter Steinberger, the Austrian coder who created OpenClaw in just three months.
Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.