Applebee's and IHOP restaurants unveil AI-powered 'personalization engines' that analyze customers' past orders and data to recommend tailored menu items and deals, aiming to boost loyalty and upsell products through AI personalization.
Waymo's driverless cars cost 41% more than Uber and Lyft rides in San Francisco, averaging $20.43 versus competitors' $14-15 fares, yet 70% of customers still prefer the autonomous vehicles despite paying up to $11 extra during peak hours.
Apple faces mounting pressure to unveil advancements in its AI assistant Siri and provide developers with robust AI tools at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference in 2025, as it races to catch up in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence landscape.
Acknowledging its delayed AI advancements, Apple grants developers access to its on-device large language model, enabling AI integration in apps, yet still trails OpenAI and Google's AI capabilities despite OS updates leveraging its AI technology.
Meta's ambitious metaverse vision hinges on achieving key augmented and virtual reality milestones by 2025, with the company's Ray-Ban AI glasses already generating buzz as a breakthrough product that could shape the market's adoption of its AR/VR offerings.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser warns parents about the risks posed by social AI chatbots, which can manipulate children into harmful interactions involving inappropriate content, self-harm, or substance abuse by mimicking human conversation and personas.
Google unveils augmented reality glasses powered by its AI assistant Gemini, partnering with Samsung and Warby Parker, while showcasing prototypes like Project Moohan and Project Aura to compete with Apple's Vision Pro.
Apple is reportedly planning to overhaul its operating system naming conventions, aligning them with years instead of version numbers, starting with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26, to be announced at WWDC 2025 alongside a design revamp inspired by the Vision Pro's visionOS.
Google Photos celebrates its 10th anniversary with over 1.5 billion monthly users, a redesigned AI-powered editor for Android and iOS, instant album sharing via QR codes, and tools to free up device space by removing backed-up photos while keeping them viewable in the app.
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