Meta Weighs Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses
Meta is reportedly planning to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, allowing users to identify people via AI, despite ongoing privacy and safety concerns.
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Meta is reportedly planning to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, allowing users to identify people via AI, despite ongoing privacy and safety concerns.
Anthropic’s Super Bowl advertising campaign helped push its Claude chatbot into the top 10 apps on the U.S. App Store, driving a sharp rise in downloads.
Anthropic raised $30 billion in a funding round valuing the company at $380 billion, fueled by strong demand for Claude and rapid enterprise AI adoption.
Apple’s long-promised AI upgrade to Siri is facing further delays, with key features now expected to roll out gradually later this year or beyond.
OpenAI introduced Codex Spark, a faster, lightweight coding model using Cerebras chips, marking deeper hardware integration to support low-latency AI development.
Spotify says its top engineers are relying on generative AI tools instead of writing code, as the company accelerates product development using internal systems and large language models.
Coinbase unveiled Agentic Wallets, a new framework that allows AI agents to autonomously execute blockchain transactions. The product targets machine-driven finance and decentralized applications.
Target is piloting contextual advertising in ChatGPT through its Roundel network, serving clearly labeled product ads alongside AI responses while maintaining user trust.
Uber Eats is rolling out an AI-powered Cart Assistant that lets customers build grocery lists using text or images, factoring in preferences and store availability.
Heineken announces up to 7% workforce reduction, citing AI and digitization as key tools to achieve productivity savings and support growth in premium brands.