Meta unleashes AI chatbots that send unsolicited messages to users on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, aiming to increase engagement but raising safety concerns as the company explores monetizing AI companions.
Apple launches an affordable A18-powered MacBook with vibrant color options like silver, pink, and yellow, aiming for 5-7 million unit sales in 2026 through an aggressive pricing strategy.
Google's Doppl, an experimental app, revolutionizes virtual fashion fitting, allowing users to upload photos of outfits and see AI-generated videos of how they look on a digital avatar, enabling interactive style exploration on smartphones.
Xiaomi introduces its AI smart glasses equipped with a 12MP camera, Qualcomm's AR1 chip, voice assistant, and 8.6-hour battery life, entering the competitive AI glasses market led by Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses.
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.