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Mark Zuckerberg has said in recent interviews that Ray-Ban Meta glasses signal photo-taking more clearly than smartphones do, since the glasses light up when capturing an image while phones typically do not. Journalist Joanna Stern countered that holding up a phone is itself a visible cue, even without a light indicator.
A hobbyist scientist reorganized a cluttered home lab, building new shelving and desks to sort equipment by function. While cleaning, they compiled a detailed inventory of tools, probes, and chemical samples, intending to feed the list to Claude so they could locate items quickly and plan experiments around what they already own rather than buying new supplies each time.
After users discovered yesterday that Meta's Muse AI chatbot would reveal its underlying filesystem when prompted, Meta executives clarified this was deliberate design rather than a leak. Meta Superintelligence Labs' David Singleton said each Muse session runs on a genuine cloud-based Linux virtual machine users can operate freely, and the product now offers a clickable file browser with root access instead of yesterday's more limited text-file download.
Vonder, founded by Viture executives and chief brand officer Guillaume Hamon, has introduced audio-only smart glasses priced $299-$399 that use bone conduction to distinguish the wearer's voice from other speakers in a room. The glasses require a monthly AI subscription, use onboard microphones to summarize conversations via an app, and do not store audio recordings or include cameras.
Amazon has cut off Meta's newly launched Muse AI agent from its e-commerce platform, saying the tool accessed the site and handled user credentials without disclosing that it was an AI agent acting on a shopper's behalf. Amazon says it asked Meta to withdraw Muse from Amazon's store, but Meta refused, prompting Amazon to now show users a pop-up blocking Muse's shopping attempts. Amazon says similar action will apply to shopping agents from Google and OpenAI.
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses offer up to 9 hours of battery life (versus 8 for Gen 2) and up to 50 hours with the charging case (versus 48). The Gen 3 also gains a sixth microphone with a redesigned array for better noise reduction, and inherits an action button from Meta's other glasses lines that can trigger Meta AI, capture photos, or be customized for other shortcuts, unlike the Gen 2's capture-only button.
At its annual Connect conference, Meta introduced the Muse Charm, a keychain-like pendant giving quick access to its Muse AI assistant, without disclosing a price. The company also said more than 100 styles of AI glasses would be available by the end of 2026, positioning Muse as central to its hardware push, an event held a week ahead of OpenAI's developer conference.
Lawyers suing Meta over alleged harm to teens' mental health say a newly unsealed document shows the Instagram Teen Accounts team, internally called Project Nido, ordered baseball caps reading 'a/c priv' in 2024. The plaintiffs cite this as evidence that Meta has broadly and improperly invoked attorney-client privilege to shield internal research on teen harm from disclosure. A federal judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, has already ruled some of Meta's privilege claims 'entirely inappropriate' in a prior order.
Instinct, an invite-only AI assistant that operates through iMessage and WhatsApp and connects to users' email and calendar, is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, which would value the company at $10 billion, according to The Information. The startup, which has already raised $350 million since its February private beta launch, is gaining traction in the Bay Area as a more accessible alternative to complex AI agents. Meanwhile, Meta's own assistant Muse has become Apple's most-downloaded free app despite reports of a serious security flaw that could have let attackers control users' Macs.
Meta demonstrated a New York Times Cooking integration for its AI and display glasses at its Connect developer event. A new 'hands-free mode' will deliver audio cues restructured from recipe steps, while the Ray-Ban Display version will show short, swipeable instruction cards. The Times' AJ Chavar said hands-free mode will roll out later this fall, without giving an exact date for the glasses integration.
Meta has introduced Muse, a new AI agent, paired with a small wearable device called a Charm, both designed with an intentionally cute, kawaii-style aesthetic. The design choice comes as Meta positions Muse as consumer-friendly AI hardware meant to appeal to everyday users rather than tech enthusiasts.
Meta has announced Muse Charm, a small dangling AI device resembling a Tamagotchi, drawing mixed reactions online. The product arrives amid a broader consumer trend of clip-on bag accessories, following crazes like Rhode's lip gloss cases and Pop Mart's Labubu figures, the latter helping push Pop Mart's revenue to $1.8 billion in 2024.