I’m on record as saying that I think Vision Pro is mostly a stepping-stone toward an eventual Apple Glasses product, and that I think those are still years away yet. I feel like current glasses tech is giving us these partial peeks into that future. Viture One XR glasses provide one potential take, and the Ray-Ban Meta glasses another – and perhaps suggesting the future may be closer than I thought more
When I tried Ray-Ban Meta glasses last week, I described the AI features as largely a gimmick at this point, but still making me feel excited for a future Apple Glasses product. Several commenters noted that the glasses do somewhat better when given follow-up questions, and I tried out this feature on another walk, to reveal a mix of hits and misses. But what’s really missing at present is integration more
Just how good (or bad) is Facebook and Instagram's new AI chatbot? When compared to ChatGPT, the results honestly shocked me.
Google teased its new smart glasses project, but there is so much we do not know.
The Rabbit R1 didn't impress me when I reviewed it, but compared to Meta AI, it's not half had.
Meta has announced today that it will be launching new Generative AI tools for advertisers, including image and text generation. It is also expanding the Meta Verified platform to more countries.
Meta’s new artificial intelligence chatbot claims there’s a “valid” argument to be made for censoring legal free speech. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, proudly announced a new AI assistant on April 18, simply called Meta AI, but the AI chatbot appears to have been programmed with a disturbing bias against free speech. When MRC researchers asked Meta AI if speech, especially so-called “hate speech,” should be censored, the chatbot provided arguments both...
Meta’s new artificial intelligence chatbot claims there’s a “valid” argument to be made for censoring legal free speech. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, proudly announced a new AI assistant on April 18, simply called Meta AI, but the AI chatbot appears to have been programmed with a disturbing bias against free speech. When MRC researchers asked Meta AI if speech, especially so-called “hate speech,” should be censored, the chatbot provided arguments both...
This article explains what is new about Meta AI’s large language model, Llama 3. The article explains improvements in the model, which is now open source.
OPINION: Google I/O was almost entirely focused on its Gemini AI model's takeover of its most important products. It may not have been the most exciting showcase of AI's potential, but it's the first to leave me feeling enthusiastic rather than icky and scared. I’ve seen generative AI as a personal and existential threat ever since it emerged as this decade’s most disruptive tech trend. I've been incredibly sceptical about its ability to be a net benefit for humanity now and in the future. ...
Workplace will be shuttered starting June 2026 for customers but Meta will continue to use it as its internal messaging board, the company said, adding users can continue to access the product until August 2025. The enterprise communications app, Workplace, was first introduced for businesses in 2016 with new features including multi-company groups and shared spaces that allowed employees from different organizations to work together.
Meta unveiled generative AI features – images and text – to help advertisers automate parts of ad creation.