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…
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…
Meta realizou no Brasil o evento Meta Conversations, anunciando novidades no WhatsApp para empresas, incluindo um agente de IA para SAC e a API Marketing Message com otimização inteligente de entrega.…
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…