A comprehensive research report on 2026 online marketing strategies reveals that AI-driven acceleration and privacy constraints have widened the performance gap between top and bottom lead acquisition…
Meta unveiled Business Agent, an AI system for customer service and transactions on WhatsApp, at its Conversations conference in London. The global market for agentic AI is projected to grow from $10.…
A new open-source Android app, RikkaHub Agent, transforms a native LLM chat client into an on-device AI agent with over 80 device tools, including SSH, screen automation, and a Telegram bot. The app a…
A user describes using Codex as a personal agent to automate tasks across Gmail, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Google Drive, and other tools, enabling workflows like drafting emails and updating recor…
Meta launched Meta Business Agent on June 3, 2026, an AI service enabling businesses to automate customer interactions across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, including booking appointments and com…
Lobu, an open-source multi-tenant gateway for the OpenClaw agent runtime, launches to enable shared memory and isolated filesystems per user across multiple chat platforms. The project rewrites OpenCl…
A patient discovered their doctor used AI to create a personalized infographic containing their full name and likeness, sent via WhatsApp, without prior consent or privacy safeguards. The patient, alr…
Team0 launched an AI Chief of Staff for solo business owners that learns from inbox, calendar, and meetings without prompts or setup, connecting Google and a chat app in 90 seconds. It proactively dra…
John Gruber and Anil Dash join The Vergecast to discuss the origins and widespread adoption of Markdown, which has become the standard for plain text formatting in LLM agentic systems. Gruber attribut…
A user who finally gained access to the Siri AI waitlist reports that the new AI-powered Siri in iOS 27 beta successfully performs real-world tasks like finding photos by location, summarizing convers…
Meta launched AI Mode on Facebook in June 2026, replacing traditional search with conversational answers synthesized from public posts, Groups, and Reels using its Llama 3 model. The feature lacks a s…
GiveDirectly piloted an AI chatbot via WhatsApp for 832 cash transfer recipients in rural Rwanda, analyzing 21,000 messages from November 2025 to April 2026. Recipients used the chatbot for personal a…
Meta announced new AI features on Facebook, including 'AI Mode' that synthesizes answers from public posts across its platforms, and AI-powered photo presets for editing. The updates aim to boost enga…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media use for children under 16, targeting platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, with exceptions for messaging …
Elixir and the Phoenix framework eliminate the need for separate services like Redis, Kubernetes, and Python sidecars by providing built-in concurrency, fault tolerance, real-time capabilities, and ML…
A developer has published two system architecture documents for AI infrastructure in East Africa, detailing a reusable coordination system with 7 agent types and a 4-tier decoupled architecture design…
Meta's AI unit is in chaos as executives and employees disagree on strategy, including whether to keep AI models open-source or shift to proprietary systems. The company is moving 7,000 employees into…
Vigneshwaran S. released Vilvona AI, a self-hosted AI assistant that connects to messaging and productivity apps including WhatsApp, Telegram, Gmail, and Slack while keeping all data local. The tool f…
A group of former Meta employees, laid off from the company, built Aceloop, an AI-assisted cheating tool designed to help candidates pass technical interviews at major tech firms. The tool reads codin…
An intruder breached the French government's encrypted messaging service, Tchap, by taking over a user's account through social engineering, the government's interministerial digital directorate (DINU…