WhatsApp, owned by Meta, announced two new security features to help prevent accounts from being hacked: upgrading six-digit PINs to passwords and allowing users to add multiple passkeys. The app also…
Nous Research has released Hermes Agent, an open-source AI agent under the MIT License that operates across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, and CLI, featuring persistent memory, nat…
Meta Platforms will launch its AI agent Hatch in the coming weeks and release a new AI model called Watermelon in October, according to internal documents seen by The Information. Hatch, a consumer ve…
Meta has redirected its infrastructure strategy from virtual worlds to pervasive AI, positioning Ray-Ban smart glasses as the primary data collection engine for training AI systems, according to a rep…
Meta is developing a consumer AI agent platform codenamed 'Hatch' that would integrate third-party agentic AI into WhatsApp and navigate web environments like DoorDash, Etsy, Reddit, Yelp, and Microso…
OpenAI has launched a sticker-making feature in ChatGPT, powered by ChatGPT Images 2.0, that lets free users on the mobile app create personalised sticker packs from photos, ideas, and inside jokes, a…
OpenAI launched a feature on August 24, 2026, that lets ChatGPT users turn personal photos into custom sticker packs for WhatsApp and iMessage, available free to all users. The feature, powered by DAL…
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to launch Hatch, a consumer AI agent inspired by OpenClaw, in late August or early September, followed by a new model internally called Watermelon in October, according to in…
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now create custom stickers from their photos and export them directly to iMessage or WhatsApp, with support for transparent backgrounds and style remixing. The …
Google is rolling out a new Ask Gemini shortcut in Android's text selection menu, allowing users to send selected text directly to the Gemini app with one tap. The feature, found in Google app version…
Nixel released MessageBuilderV4.7.js, an advanced WhatsApp interactive message builder for Baileys that supports buttons, carousels, native flows, and AI rich response payloads. The library includes a…
OpenClaw, an open-source agent framework, is designed with a channel-first architecture where the chat interface is central rather than an afterthought. The framework, comprising over 7,300 TypeScript…
OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens, a version of its AI chatbot with stronger safety protections, reminders, and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17, nearly four years after ChatGPT's initial lau…
Brazil's ANPD ordered Discord's Go Live feature shut down nationwide due to end-to-end encryption preventing content surveillance, and Congress passed a sentence enhancement for crimes committed using…
WhatsApp is testing a new Meta AI-powered photo expansion tool for Android that automatically stretches photos to fit a 9:16 frame by generating matching content around the borders, as spotted in the …
Cybara, an open-source AI agent operating system created by Carsen Klock, shipped an update in August 2026. The self-hosted runtime, written in TypeScript and MIT-licensed, supports multi-agent orches…
Meta has released a dedicated Mac desktop app for Meta AI, version 1.0 beta, weighing 16MB, running natively on Apple silicon with macOS 15 or later. The app includes Quick Invoke via Option-Space, di…
WhatsApp is testing Scam Alert, an optional on-device machine learning feature that warns users when messages from non-contacts match scam patterns, using confidential computing, differential privacy,…
Mothers of children who died by suicide or drug overdoses after using Meta's apps condemned the company outside a federal courthouse in Oakland as a trial began over whether Meta built Facebook and In…
NanoClaw, a self-hosted personal AI agent, offers a lightweight alternative to OpenClaw with 132 source files, roughly 17,500 lines of code, and fewer than 10 dependencies, compared to OpenClaw's 3,68…