Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network’s audience.

Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs

Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it’s the “most capable US open-weight model to date.” But the company also says that it’s the “the first model in its class” that can “run on your desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework.” Meta and Apple, […]

Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends October 16

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Bring your toughest questions and mak…

Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents
Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents

There’s a growing trend in the consumer tech world: gadgets designed to spy on everything and everyone around you, regardless of whether or not anyone else actually consented to it. Now, with the advent of “AI personal assistants” like Meta’s Muse, you’re being cheerfully asked not just to give up your own data, but also […]

AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars

We’ll likely learn more about how this will work at the company’s upcoming “AI & Autonomy Day” event in December.

Smartglasses Privacy Fears Focus On Cameras. Voice Is The Bigger Risk

As AI-powered smartglasses move toward mainstream adoption, continuous audio recording and voice recognition present significant privacy concerns.

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear […]

Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US

The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.

5 ChatGPT Prompts To Improve Employee Training Programs

Tomorrow’s opportunities demand new skills. How can leaders close the gap? These ChatGPT prompts can help you build smarter, more effective employee training programs.

Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes
Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes

In hindsight, the post on Instagram should have raised more red flags. The image purported to show actress Mia Goth, just days after filing for divorce from actor and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf, posing in a T-shirt with a pointed message: MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN. To really drive home the point, the song “Single […]