Program Seeks AI Enthusiasts to Test Upcoming Features During this week’s Connect 2026 developer conference, Meta unveiled a suite of enhancements for its Muse AI assistant and immediately opened a request portal for early adopters. Users can now ask Muse…
Rapid Adoption and Market Data Since its launch on September 8, Muse has surpassed 3.4 million downloads, according to Sensor Tower’s latest estimate, up from 2.5 million earlier in the week. Independent trackers show a wider range: Apptopia reports 4.3 million total installs to…
Meta’s Smart Glasses Dominate the Event The annual Meta Connect conference made it unmistakable that the social media giant is betting heavily on its expanding line of smart glasses. Throughout the showcase, both employees and influencers wore the devices, and…
Alan Turing, a pioneering computer scientist, is most famous for the Turing test, which probes the ability to differentiate between artificial and human intelligence. Yet his most consequential wartime challenge was breaking the Enigma cipher employed by Nazi Germany in…
Deal Overview Anthropic will commit $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, Akamai announced Thursday. The figure dwarfs a previously reported $1.8 billion agreement disclosed by Bloomberg in May. According to Akamai’s securities filing, the commitment is conditional on Akamai…
Founders propose super‑voting share structure to retain control Amid preparations for its public debut, Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a plan that would grant CEO Dario Amodei and his six co‑founders special shares representing a combined 50.1% voting power…
Massive Capital Raise Highlights AI Data Center Costs Nscale, a British neocloud specialist, announced on Friday that it has locked in $3.36 billion in convertible notes ahead of its planned initial public offering later this year. The financing structure, which includes…
Explosive growth in cities and riders In September 2024 Waymo served just three markets—Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco—while today it operates robotaxi service in 15 U.S. cities, with most of those launches occurring in the past year. Ridership has surged…
Design and Cultural Context Meta recently introduced the Muse Charm, a pocket‑size device that lets users build a personal avatar to act as an AI companion. Its rounded shape and pixelated display echo the late‑1990s Tamagotchi phenomenon, offering a nostalgic…
How the Feature Operates YouTube’s new “custom feeds” let users type a free‑form description of the video mix they want. The prompt is processed by Google’s Gemini AI, which curates a stream of videos matching the request. The resulting feed…
