Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon's head of devices described ambient AI devices that work in the background and anticipate what users need instead of waiting for commands. In that vision, apps become less necessary.
Meta's engineering team explains how it built Forum, a new app for deeper discussion in Facebook groups, by bringing an AI agent into the development cycle. The post shares lessons from that change in how the team worked.
OpenAI launched the Rosalind Academic Plan, which gives eligible university labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and related tools. The program targets life sciences research.
Bluesky is adding what it calls social vibe coding to Attie, its experimental AI app, so users can build games, quizzes and websites. The creations can tap into the social network's audience.
Wired's Uncanny Valley podcast discusses an unexpected feature in Meta's Muse, opaque spending by the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men's tendency to overstate what they know about AI.
Startup Vinci4D, which came out of stealth in December, has built software that uses physics-driven AI to speed up hardware simulation. Orchestrating such simulations has typically required specialized skills and a lot of time.