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…
Meta launched Muse Spark on April 8, a new AI model with selectable operational modes for different cognitive demands, marking its first major release from the Muse family and a strategic shift from o…
A developer built a personal wiki from their digital exhaust by processing 55 export directories into ~2,750 structured markdown pages. The project normalizes data from dozens of services into a unifi…
Meta confirmed yesterday that a bug in its Meta AI chatbot allowed attackers to hijack at least 20,225 Instagram accounts between April 17 and early June 2026. The vulnerability enabled the chatbot to…
Nous Research released Hermes Agent, an open-source autonomous AI agent with persistent memory, on February 2026. The agent installs on a user's server via a single command, remembers preferences and …
Meta launched paid subscription tiers for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp on June 6, 2026, offering features like profile customization, super reactions, and story insights for $3.99 per month for I…
Meta is shifting its business model to aggressively pursue subscription revenue, launching paid plans across its apps and AI services to help fund a projected $145 billion AI capital expenditure budge…
A security researcher has highlighted a three-month patch window in Google's Gemini voice assistant, during which attackers could hijack the tool via indirect prompt injection through apps like WhatsA…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the Meta Business Agent and Meta Business Agent Platform at the Conversations 2026 event in London on June 3, providing businesses with AI-powered tools that operate …
Alation's Data Products Marketplace now includes Semantic Model Mastering, enabling enterprises to catalog, govern, and sync semantic models as data products across platforms. This capability closes a…
Apple has removed the Russian corporate messaging app "Max," developed by VK, from the App Store, leaving it unavailable for download or updates on new iPhones in Russia. Existing users can still acce…