Meta’s experimental Pocket vibe-coding gaming app is rolling out to everyone in the U.S. after a quiet test launch in Brazil last month. Pocket lets users generate and share small interactive “gizmos” from AI prompts, and it expands Meta’s push to make AI creation tools mainstream with more standalone apps to build and scale ideas faster.
Meta announced a new Mac app for Meta AI that adds system-wide dictation and lets the assistant use what’s on your screen to answer questions with context. The dictation feature is described as working across all apps, and the launch was dated August 20, 2026. The update expands Meta AI for business owners by connecting Instagram, Facebook, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace accounts so merchants can ask for campaign insights and have the assistant generate decks and documents.
Mark Zuckerberg published a letter outlining how Meta plans to broaden access to AI and distribute its benefits “for everyone,” then six AI observers criticized the claim. The letter appeared on August 10. They argue that access alone won’t fix unequal digital power, citing limited local economic gains from data centers, exclusion of people at the margins, and missing trust and accountability details—so Meta’s approach may widen digital divides rather than make AI broadly beneficial.
Meta introduced Muse Code, a terminal-based coding agent that uses Muse Spark 1.2 to plan changes, write code, and check results step by step. Meta priced the standard tier at $1.25 per million input tokens (with separate cached/output rates), while offering a lower contributor tier for prompts and outputs used for training. Developers can now choose between the two API prices, and Meta gains the coding-session data flowing through the agent to train on if they opt in.
Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses were used in a Target store prank where customers repeatedly requested a $20 price check while recording. The incident involved repeated price requests despite confirmation that the item cost $20. Retail staff say the glasses and filming create harassment and workplace disruption, changing store responses through more frequent manager involvement.
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