Tag: AI

Meta Freezes AI Hiring Summary Meta has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after recently bringing on more than 50 researchers and engineers. Reports from the Wall Street Journal…

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts Summary AI-driven virtual avatars are selling products on Chinese e-commerce platforms at rates that beat human hosts. Shanghai marketing firm…

Summary Fastly’s report finds that automated AI crawlers and on-demand fetchers are driving a growing share of web traffic and placing heavy loads on websites. Analysing data from its Next-Gen…

Gemini For Home Is Google’s Biggest Smart Home Play In Years Content Summary Google has announced Gemini for Home, an AI-powered voice assistant that will replace Google Assistant on Nest…

Microsoft is planning a sequence of Windows 11 feature updates beginning in September with further releases through autumn. The September drop will roll out globally customisable lock‑screen widgets (previously limited…

Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation Summary Two Harvard dropouts have launched Halo X, a $249 pair of AI-powered smart glasses that…

Google’s Pixel Watch 4 Has a Big Focus On AI Summary The Pixel Watch 4 is an iterative but meaningful update that pushes Google’s smartwatch vision further into on-device AI.…

Meta Freezes AI Hiring Summary The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Meta has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after bringing on more than 50 researchers and…

Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It? Summary The author spent two days embedded at Notion as a “vibe-coder” — a…

Summary Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman told an audience that the idea of replacing junior staff with AI is “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” Speaking in conversation with…