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Product Hunt 1 month ago 48
Joy was launched as a free AI business matchmaker that turns business goals into an editable brief without knowing what to build. The service is in an early beta and is welcoming its first builders. Builder work is scoped and priced directly, with introductions coordinated by email.
Simon Willison’s Weblog 1 month ago 51 ● 2 sources
A writer argues that coding agents make software engineering harder despite their ability to do impressive work.
Product Hunt 1 month ago 24
Wand was launched as an AI dictation app meant to help builders turn spoken thoughts into software without stopping to write prompts. It’s shown with “40 followers.” The shift is from typing prompts to dictating/rambling in real time as Wand keeps up and outputs software.
The New Stack 1 month ago 34
Azul announced an Azul Intelligence Cloud AI Assistant that lets teams query their live production Java estate for security risk and licensing issues. The company said median time to exploit known vulnerabilities dropped to about 5 days in 2025 from 32 days historically. The assistant changes reporting by using continuously updated JVM Inventory and Code Inventory (and historical runtime queries) instead of point-in-time static reports that go stale as JVMs and code drift.
TechCrunch 1 month ago 13 ● 33 sources
Meta announced the Muse Charm, a customizable AI character device aimed at making an AI agent feel like a personal fashion accessory rather than a typical gadget. Pop Mart’s Labubu bag charms reached $1.8 billion in 2024, a 7x increase from 2019, illustrating demand for dangling, retro-styled tech and beauty charms among Gen Z. If the Muse Charm catches on, Meta’s push could shift consumer AI toward wearable-style, touch-and-feel hardware with personalized character avatars, with adoption hinging on trust and privacy tradeoffs.
TechCrunch 1 month ago 17
Google Photos has rolled out its AI virtual closet feature that turns photos of outfits into a digital wardrobe to more users. It is available to everyone in the U.S., Brazil, and India starting now on both iOS and Android. The rollout lets users filter wardrobe items by category and mix and match outfits, alongside other Google Photos AI-powered updates.
Google 1 month ago 40 ● 9 sources
Gemini introduced Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, adding near real-time visual presence to its live conversational models for enterprise use. The feature supports seamless transitions across 97 languages. It becomes available starting today in Gemini Enterprise, with enterprises also able to select preset or create custom avatars via allowlisting.
TechCrunch 1 month ago 36 ● 2 sources
Google is testing a new Gemini feature called “Call for Me” that lets Gemini call businesses on a user’s behalf using their own phone number. It initially rolls out to Pixel 11 owners in the U.S. who pay for a Gemini subscription. The feature adds broader, real-time business-calling actions with live transcripts and lets users follow the call and take over at any time.
The Verge 1 month ago 30 ● 9 sources
Google released a Gemini 3.8 Live update that adds a Live Avatar for real-time, conversational responses with animated facial expressions. The feature is available to Gemini Enterprise customers, and Google says it can switch among 97 supported languages without changing video fidelity or causing visual drift. This expands Gemini’s Live experience from text-only chat to an on-screen, lip-synced avatar interface for enterprise users.
Product Hunt 1 month ago 34
Automat Workforce launched Ace, an AI coworker product positioned as a work-focused version of Instinct or Muse. It includes a 14-day free trial for users to try the service. Ace changes hiring by providing an AI worker with its own accounts and the ability to return finished work inside existing tools rather than only status updates.
Ars Technica 1 month ago 51 ● 33 sources
Meta put its Muse AI assistant onto Ray-Ban-style keychain glasses and also launched new VR glasses for consumers. The VR glasses are priced at $1,300 and are scheduled to be available next spring. Meta says Muse will be able to run on the glasses and add features like audio-only interaction and avatar video-call representations, while the move increases scrutiny over privacy, security, and agent errors.
The Verge 1 month ago 49
Meta announced Horizon Create and Horizon Studio to let people build Horizon social-platform games using AI prompts. The tools are set for early access via a waitlist. Published Horizon games made with them will be recommended on Facebook and Instagram and made playable there as well.
The Verge 1 month ago 34
Meta’s Muse AI agent “Blorbo” generated an underwhelming health-goals plan when asked for a workout regimen and muscle recovery. The request was for a sub-30 minute 5K workout. The result shifted from routine fitness advice to being memorable mainly for the agent’s cute, cat-shaped face.
The Verge 1 month ago 35
Google is rolling out new Chrome features to help with research across devices and enhance Gemini in the browser. The cross-device tab switching upgrade remembers where you scrolled, so you can resume the same spot after switching devices. This changes tab handoff to preserve scroll position instead of only transferring the webpage.
Product Hunt 1 month ago 26
Parrot launched a free, open-source Smart Meeting Assistant for Mac that records what a Mac hears and transcribes during calls, not after.
The Verge 1 month ago 20 ● 33 sources
Meta’s Muse Charm will be able to recognize and interact with other nearby Charms when it launches later this year. It will include a 2-inch OLED touchscreen. As a result, the handheld device is set up for closer device-to-device interactions and hands-on control of the Muse AI agent.
eweek.com 1 month ago 37
Adobe introduced two enterprise features in Acrobat—Knowledge Base and Analyzer—powered by its productivity agent to help teams query and extract information from large collections of organizational documents. Knowledge Base and Analyzer were announced on Sept. 9. Acrobat now shifts from primarily reading and editing PDFs to an AI-driven workflow where employees can ask natural-language questions, get cited answers, and transform extracted information into analysis and deliverables.
Fortune 38 ● 13 sources
Meta demonstrated its lineup of AI-enabled smart glasses, including prototypes like Orion and updated Ray-Ban models with features controlled by finger gestures and AI chat. In 2025, EssilorLuxottica said it sold 7 million pairs of AI-enabled glasses. As a result, Meta is strengthening its position in the next device platform for accessing AI while privacy and lag/accuracy issues shape competitive design choices.
Fortune 31 ● 13 sources
Meta announced lightweight Meta VR Glasses at its Connect event, positioning them against Apple’s Vision Pro. The glasses weigh 100 grams and are set to ship in spring 2027 for $1,299. Meta also unveiled the Muse Charm keychain device with a real-time voice Muse AI agent and refreshed its smart glasses lineup.
Product Hunt 1 month ago 3
DokBot was launched as an AI chatbot that can answer questions using a user’s PDFs and text files.
Trending Topics 1 month ago 15 ● 33 sources
Meta unveiled Muse Charm, a pendant-style keychain device that talks to its AI agent Muse and is activated via a fingerprint sensor. The company plans to launch it in December, aiming to ship it in time for the holidays. Muse Charm’s release adds an always-with-you hardware interface for using Muse, while leaving open issues like pricing, battery and connectivity, and how users’ accounts and camera use will be handled.
Trending Topics 1 month ago 26 ● 13 sources
Meta unveiled Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first AI glasses with no camera that provide music, phone calls, and a voice-based Meta AI assistant. The audio-only model starts at $349 and ships in mid-October in the United States. Meta is offering a new camera-free option alongside its existing camera-equipped Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) glasses, shifting the lineup toward people who want to avoid camera glasses.
TechCrunch 1 month ago 30 ● 33 sources
Meta unveiled its Muse Charm wearable to embody its Muse personal AI agent. Mark Zuckerberg said it will be ready to ship in time for the holidays in December. The wearable adds a keychain-sized device with a small screen and voice interaction, giving a faster way to talk to Muse without unlocking a phone or opening an app.
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26 October 2026
Today’s biggest thread isn’t a new model release—it’s the bill coming due. Apollo Global Management says that outside the biggest technology firms, most companies still aren’t seeing measurable financial benefits from AI. In Apollo’s analysis of the S&P 493, revenue per worker has hovered at about $550,000 since 2019, a sign that productivity gains are either absent, delayed, or captured elsewhere. The implication is brutally practical: mainstream corporate AI spending is getting reframed from “growth” to “cost center,” and more CFOs are demanding clear returns before scaling experiments into full deployments.
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