Meta is rolling out a new AI-powered Creator Assistant on Facebook, giving creators a more personalized way to understand their content performance and plan what to post next. Built directly into Facebook’s creator dashboard, the tool is designed to help creators move beyond charts and basic analytics by answering questions in a conversational way. Instead of manually searching through dashboards, creators can ask things like when they should post, why a specific reel perform

Apple is preparing for one of its most important AI moments yet as it gets ready to reveal a major Siri overhaul at WWDC 2026. The company’s virtual assistant, first introduced in 2011, has fallen behind newer AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini. While Apple has added features through Apple Intelligence, such as speech translation, custom emojis, and screen-based search, many analysts say the company has not yet delivered an AI feature that truly stands out. This

Google is expanding its Gemma 4 family with Gemma 4 12B, a new open model designed to bring powerful multimodal AI directly to laptops and everyday devices. The model sits between Google’s smaller edge-friendly E4B model and its larger 26B Mixture of Experts model, offering stronger reasoning and agentic abilities while keeping memory requirements low. Google says Gemma 4 models have now passed 150 million downloads, showing strong interest from developers building everything

Microsoft is entering the next phase of workplace AI with the launch of Microsoft Scout, an always-on personal assistant built to work across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Inspired by the open-source OpenClaw project, Scout is designed to move beyond the basic question-and-answer style of most AI tools. Instead of waiting for users to prompt it every time, Scout can stay active in the background, learn how someone works, and help carry tasks forward across apps like Teams, Out

Amazon is pushing deeper into warehouse automation with a new version of its Proteus robot, a machine designed to respond to workers using normal conversational language. Instead of needing technical commands or a programming interface, employees can simply tell the robot what needs to be moved, and Proteus will figure out the priority, route, and timing. The robot was introduced at Amazon’s Delivering the Future event in England, showing how quickly AI-powered machines are b

Hello Robot is taking a different path in the race to bring robots into people’s homes. While many robotics companies are focused on flashy humanoid machines and big promises about replacing human labor, Hello Robot is building something more practical. The Martinez, California-based startup recently released Stretch 4, the latest version of its home assistance robot designed to work safely in real homes with real people, especially those with mobility challenges. Founded in

Google’s Gemini Spark is being introduced as a 24/7 personal AI agent designed to help people manage their digital lives with less manual effort. Unlike a regular chatbot that only responds when opened, Spark can work in the background, even when a phone or laptop is turned off. Google says users stay in control by choosing when to turn it on, and Spark is designed to check before taking major actions. The goal is to give people an assistant that can handle complex digital ta

Tech leaders are being warned about a growing problem in the artificial intelligence boom: “AI psychosis.” The phrase, used by Box CEO Aaron Levie, describes the way some executives become overly convinced that AI agents can quickly replace human work after seeing impressive demos or simple prototypes. Levie argues that CEOs are especially vulnerable because they are often far away from the “last mile” of real work, where AI outputs must be checked, corrected, integrated, and

Apple is preparing one of its biggest Siri upgrades yet as part of iOS 27, with the company reportedly redesigning the iPhone experience around a more powerful AI assistant. After years of delays and criticism around Apple Intelligence, the new Siri is expected to become the centrepiece of Apple’s next software updates for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The overhaul is expected to be introduced at WWDC 2026, with a consumer release possibly arriving as early as September. The new Sir

Samsung Electronics workers are set to receive major bonuses after approving a landmark profit-sharing agreement tied to the company’s booming memory chip business. The deal comes as artificial intelligence demand continues to reshape the global semiconductor industry, pushing memory chips from a once-cyclical business into one of the most valuable parts of the tech supply chain. For many Samsung chip employees, the agreement could mean payouts worth hundreds of thousands of

Google is taking another major step in generative AI with the launch of Gemini Omni, a new family of AI models designed to “create anything from any input.” The first model in the lineup, Gemini Omni Flash, focuses on video creation. It can take a mix of text, images, audio, and video, then turn those inputs into a polished video that feels connected and consistent. Instead of simply combining different media together, Omni is built to reason across all of them, using Gemini’

Amazon’s latest Alexa+ update is turning the voice assistant into a personalized podcast creator. The new feature, called Alexa Podcasts, allows users in the United States to generate podcast-style audio episodes on almost any topic in just minutes. Instead of searching for a show, writing a script, or uploading documents, users can simply ask Alexa+ to create an episode about something they want to learn, follow, or explore. The process is designed to be simple and conversat

Google is bringing smart glasses back into the spotlight with a new generation of AI-powered eyewear built around Gemini and Android XR. At Google I/O 2026, the company showed how its upcoming intelligent eyewear could make everyday tasks more hands-free, combining voice assistance, real-time information, navigation, translation, photo capture, and phone-connected apps into one wearable device. While Google’s first attempt with Google Glass became known for privacy concerns a

Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that even many experts find difficult to fully comprehend, and few recent predictions have captured that sense of acceleration more dramatically than those made by Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark during a lecture at Oxford University. Clark argued that within the next 12 months, an AI system working alongside humans could contribute to a Nobel Prize-winning scientific discovery, marking what could become one of the most significa

Ian Crosby is returning to the accounting software world with a bold new startup called Synthetic, a company built around the idea of a fully autonomous AI bookkeeper. Crosby, who previously co-founded Bench Accounting in 2011 and later launched Teal in 2023, is now taking his third major attempt at improving business accounting. This time, his goal is even more ambitious: creating an AI system that can complete bookkeeping and generate accrual-based financial reports without

Google is taking a major step into the future of personal computing with the launch of Googlebook, a new category of laptops built around Gemini Intelligence. More than 15 years after introducing Chromebook as a cloud-first laptop, Google is now rethinking laptops for an AI-first world. Instead of focusing only on apps, browsers, and operating systems, Googlebook is designed to act more like an intelligent assistant that can understand context, help with tasks, and connect mo

Google is making a major move back into the wearable market with the launch of the Fitbit Air, a new screenless fitness tracker designed to be lighter, simpler, and more affordable than many smartwatches. Priced at $100 and available for pre-order now, the Fitbit Air will officially go on sale May 26. Unlike traditional fitness watches, it has no screen, no buttons, and no ability to show notifications or tell time. Instead, Google is focusing on comfort, health tracking, and

Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes alliance are warning organizations to be careful with agentic AI, especially when these systems are connected to sensitive data or critical systems. Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence tools built on large language models that can plan steps, make decisions, use external tools, and carry out actions with limited human supervision. While these systems can help automate tasks and improve productivity, government cyber agencies

Blackstone Inc. is making a significant organizational shift as it deepens its commitment to artificial intelligence, consolidating its growth-focused investing operations into a new West Coast division designed specifically around its AI and high-growth technology portfolio. The new unit, called Blackstone N1, will be based in San Francisco and will centralize the firm’s AI strategy, including investments in major companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. This move reflects th

Taylor Swift has taken a significant legal step in response to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence by filing new trademark applications designed to protect both her voice and her image from unauthorized digital replication. The filings, submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, include two “sound marks” featuring recorded audio clips of Swift speaking and a trademark for a stage photograph from her Eras Tour. According to trademark attorney Josh Gerben