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Pool launches iOS app that turns your screenshot pile into a searchable archive
The Lisbon startup, backed by a $2M-plus pre-seed from General Catalyst and Kima Ventures, uses AI to categorize and resurface saved images.
DoorDash launches Ask DoorDash chatbot for prompt and photo ordering
The assistant builds grocery carts from cookbook photos and books reservations as DoorDash sinks several hundred million into its AI stack.
Deezer opens its AI music detector to Spotify and Apple Music users
After rivals declined to license the tech, Deezer is letting listeners scan playlists across 20 platforms for synthetic tracks.
Astrophysicist uses OpenAI's Codex to simulate black holes
Chi-kwan Chan is pairing Codex with general relativity code to model extreme physics and stress-test Einstein's predictions.
Apple turns Shortcuts and Safari extensions into natural-language vibe coding
iPadOS 26 lets users type what they want their phone to do — the best AI idea Apple showed at WWDC 2026, if it works.
Apple lets Safari users vibe-code their own extensions with Apple Intelligence
Safari is closing its extension gap by letting users describe what they want and having Apple Intelligence build it on the fly.
Apple adds AI Reframe, Extend, and Cleanup to Photos app
WWDC 2026: Apple Intelligence now rewrites perspective, expands edges, and erases distractions inside the stock Photos app.
Apple rebuilds Image Playground with natural-language editing and private cloud compute
The iPhone's overlooked AI image generator gets a WWDC 2026 overhaul aimed at closing the quality gap with rival tools.
Google rebuilds NotebookLM on Gemini 3.5 with a cloud computer per notebook
Each notebook now runs on Google's Antigravity coding platform and can output PDFs, Excel files, and Nano Banana images.
Amazon lets shoppers design custom merch with AI prompts in Alexa
The Shopping app now turns text prompts into print-on-demand T-shirts, hoodies and tumblers — squeezing Redbubble, Bonfire and Spring on price and reach.
Fitbit Air ships at $100 with a chatty Gemini-powered Health Coach
Google's screenless $100 tracker nails the basics, but its always-on AI Health Coach hallucinates workouts and buries the off switch.
Quilty bets AI can predict box-office hits — and gets Sinners wrong
The startup's script-scoring tool rated flop Christy above Sinners, which grossed $370 million and won an Oscar.
Google Labs launches Dreambeans, an AI app that turns your data into daily cartoons
The iOS and Android app pulls from Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and Search History to generate 10 to 14 illustrated stories a day.
Amazon's search bar now generates AI images of products you can't buy
The in-app feature surfaces invented clothing and home goods as you describe them, letting shoppers tap an image to find real lookalikes.
Amazon will show AI-generated product images in search results
The retailer is inserting synthetic product photos beneath autocomplete to help shoppers translate vague queries into visual search filters.
Reddit fans build Claude-coded tools to undercut FIFA World Cup ticket prices
A subreddit of 140,000 soccer fans is using Claude Code to scrape FIFA's marketplace, expose scalper markups, and route resales through WhatsApp.
Microsoft unveils Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for local AI development
The mini Surface PC packs 128GB of unified memory and runs 120B-parameter models locally, filling the gap left by Qualcomm's canceled Snapdragon Dev Kit.
Microsoft open-sources ASSERT, an AI tool that writes its own behavior tests
The framework turns plain-English policies into scored test cases, targeting the gap between generic model evals and application-specific behavior.
Microsoft ships Agent Control Specification to rein in AI agent behavior
The open-source ACS lets developers define what agents can and cannot do, with policy checks at multiple points in a workflow.
Google's Gemini Spark agent plans trips using Gmail, Docs, and your personal data
Spark is rolling out on Google's $99/month AI Ultra plan, pulling from across a user's Google footprint to draft itineraries, emails, and bookings.
Google's Gemini Spark agent handles errands, but stumbles on Keep and prices
Hands-on testing of Google's 24/7 cloud-based assistant shows it can plan trips and summarize inboxes, but trips over basic integrations.
Wispr Flow's $144/year voice-to-text faces free open-source rivals
Spokenly, MacParakeet, and VoiceInk replicate the AI dictation stack using Whisper, Parakeet, and local LLMs — without the subscription.
Google opens Gemini Spark agent beta to $100/month AI Ultra subscribers
The always-on agent reads Gmail, Docs, and Calendar to plan tasks — and ships with a prompt injection warning from Google itself.
Adobe's Firefly AI Assistant handles edits in Photoshop, Lightroom — like a novice intern
The beta chatbot drives Adobe's design apps through plain-English prompts, explains its steps, and produces results that look amateur on close inspection.
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