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Users might not like bots in meetings visibly taking notes, but a lot of them don’t mind if an app on someone’s computer is doing the transcription. That’s the core reason behind Granola’s popularity,

Meta is launching Meta Small Business, a new company wide initiative focused on supporting entrepreneurship and driving AI adoption, Axios reported on Wednesday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a mem

Meta is looking to leverage AI’s ability to inform and potentially influence shoppers to increase sales on the company’s social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram. At the Shoptalk 2026 confe

The cry of “atoms, not bits!” — a phrase capturing Silicon Valley’s growing obsession with physical manufacturing over digital products — reached a fever pitch last week with word that Jeff Bezos is p

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model, a month after Lyria 3’s release. The new model will let users create tracks up to three minutes long, as compar

Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin

French AI company Mistral released a new open source text-to-speech model on Thursday that can be used by voice AI assistants or in enterprise use cases like customer support. The model, which lets en

Microsoft is taking a major swing at health AI. The company announced on Thursday that it's introducing Copilot Health, a new experience inside its chatbot that will bring together all your medical re

Google is introducing a new Gemini AI feature to the Google Maps app on Thursday called Ask Maps. Described as a "conversational experience," the feature allows users to interact naturally with the ap

Adobe has reached a deal with the US Department of Justice to settle the government's case alleging the creative software giant made it purposefully difficult to cancel its services in violation of co

Meta's Avocado isn't ripe quite yet. The company has reportedly delayed the release of its next-generation foundational model until May, according to The New York Times, citing unnamed sources. The mo

A new Spotify feature promises to let you review and customize your Taste profile, Co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced during a session at South by Southwest Friday.Right now, Spotify's Taste Profile i

China's ByteDance is delaying the global rollout of its Seedance 2.0 video-generating AI model, according to a report from The Information. When it debuted in China in February, Seedance 2.0 caused a

As a lifelong Apple fan, I was excited to finally upgrade to a newer iPhone after my beloved but worn iPhone 11 died. There's a lot to like about the newer models, including the iPhone 16, with one ma

I wear Meta's Ray-Bans off and on when I travel to snap photos, take phone calls and listen to music. The technology is fascinating, fun and convenient.I also knew that Meta's privacy policies might b