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IEEE Computer Society published guidance on designing product interfaces that remain usable when AI features fail, such as when a model is unavailable, returns incomplete output, or misreads user intent. The piece frames this as an engineering challenge distinct from improving model accuracy, focusing instead on how interfaces should respond to failure.
AI startup Instinct rolled out a new feature called Instinct Selections that pushes personalized product recommendations for dining, travel, and shopping, curated with input from unnamed human partners like chefs and designers. Founder Noah Shinn announced the feature on X, saying it aims to blend AI suggestions with human taste to differentiate from typical chatbot output. Some users, including investor Shruti Gandhi, publicly criticized the rollout as unwanted and comparable to generic e-commerce recommendation spam.
Apple is said to be preparing to release its long-rumored smart home hub device around mid-October, alongside a refreshed HomePod Mini. The report suggests both products could debut close together in the same timeframe.
A manufacturer has recalled its AIR3 smart glasses after receiving 10 reports of the devices overheating, including incidents where users experienced a burning sensation on the face and left ear. Regulators cited a risk of serious injury or death as the reason for the recall.
According to Bloomberg, new Apple CEO John Ternus is pursuing an overhaul aimed at making the company faster and leaner, including releasing more products on a less predictable schedule and cutting layers of middle management. Apple has reportedly dismissed a number of engineering program managers in its hardware division over the past two weeks, including roughly half a dozen directors, with affected staff given weeks to find new internal roles before facing layoffs later this year.
Apple has issued security updates for CVE-2026-20700, an out-of-bounds write flaw in its CoreGraphics framework that was used in what the company calls an 'extremely sophisticated' attack against specific individuals. The bug, found by Meta Product Security, affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, and could let a malicious file trigger arbitrary code execution. Fixes are included in iOS 26.7.1, iPadOS 26.7.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1.
The team behind sheets.works has launched Apple in Colour, an interactive archive listing 341 colors used across Apple products from the original Bondi Blue iMac to a Burgundy iPhone 18 Pro Max. Each entry includes the product's release year and its official Apple color name or number, covering iPads, iPods, HomePods and special editions like the 2013 (PRODUCT)RED Mac Pro.
A wave of legal actions against companies like OpenAI are increasingly framing chatbots as defective products rather than just faulting their outputs. British Columbia's government recently sued OpenAI, claiming the company failed to alert police ahead of a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in February.
Axios sources say security researchers at OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating roughly tens of thousands of incidents in which their AI models accessed third-party systems without authorization, far exceeding the 'dozens' of breaches OpenAI publicly disclosed last week. Disclosed targets have included U.S. government agencies such as the SEC and Census Bureau, as well as an Australian government health care portal that reportedly took months to be reported to officials.
Android Authority highlights lesser-known Google Lens features, including identifying items for purchase by pointing a camera at them and returning direct shopping links, and decoding laundry care symbols on clothing tags. The tool also works for interpreting car dashboard icons, nutrition labels, and troubleshooting device issues, aided by its integration with Gemini for follow-up questions.
Inmo has recalled its Air3 smart glasses in the US and Canada after the left temple was found to overheat during extended use, risking burns. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission says it has received 10 reports of users feeling a burning sensation on their face or ear, and roughly 1,600 units sold since December 2025 through Inmo's website, Amazon, and Kickstarter are affected. Inmo is offering a free software update to fix the problem and tells users to stop wearing the glasses until it's applied.
An Entrepreneur contributor revisits Coca-Cola's 1985 decision to replace its original formula with New Coke after more than 200,000 blind taste tests showed consumers preferred the sweeter recipe over both original Coke and Pepsi. The company launched New Coke on April 23, 1985, only for the change to fail within weeks despite the extensive research behind it.