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Mistral AI's consumer-facing Vibe product and its Studio/API services now use customer conversations, documents, and other input/output data for model training unless users actively opt out. Enterprise customers on Vibe are opted out by default, with admins controlling the toggle, while individual users must manually disable data sharing through account settings or an admin panel.
Google is reportedly preparing to launch Gemini 3.8 Flash imminently, a model DeepMind's internal testing found outperforms Anthropic's Opus on coding tasks. The release would follow Gemini 3.7 Flash, launched just weeks earlier, and comes as Google shelves plans for a separate Gemini 3.5 Pro model, pushing the next Pro-tier release to Gemini 4.0.
An Entrepreneur contributor describes using vibe coding, building software through natural-language prompts to AI, to run their solo business more efficiently. They report automating repetitive workflows, launching products faster and creating interactive marketing tools without hiring developers, turning tasks that once took weeks into hours-long projects.
Meta has launched Pocket in the US, a mobile app built by the former Gizmo team that lets users create interactive game prototypes—called 'gizmos'—simply by typing text prompts, with no coding or code visibility involved. Finished creations can be shared in a TikTok-style feed with likes, comments and reposts, but users have no way to export or use them outside the app.
Paul Sutter, an astrophysicist and science communicator, wrote in Nautilus that he used AI 'vibe coding' to build a faster, more sophisticated update to his void-detection algorithm. Ten minutes into presenting it to collaborators, a colleague flagged that its handling of survey edges was fundamentally wrong, meaning every result built on it was also incorrect.
XGIMI has launched the Vibe One, a battery-powered, Google-certified Full HD LCD projector priced under $250. The compact 3.1-pound device rotates on its own handle to project onto walls or ceilings without a tripod, and doubles as an LED lamp and Bluetooth speaker. It sits below XGIMI's pricier MoGo lineup and the Nebula Capsule 3, offering fewer features but a lower cost.
Jotform's CEO, a 20-year software veteran, describes how AI tools that generate functional code from plain-language prompts are letting non-programmers build working prototypes quickly. He argues this approach is especially powerful for creating minimum viable products and automating repetitive coding tasks, though it still requires oversight from someone who understands the underlying logic.
A writer reflecting on using AI with Obsidian argues that while the app's open Markdown format makes it easy to hook up AI agents, flooding a personal vault with AI-generated summaries is a mistake. He recommends using the Obsidian CLI for faster agent-based search and file access, but cautions against letting generated text blend in with one's own notes.
Meta has rolled out its Pocket app to all users, letting anyone create simple games, interactive gizmos, and other small digital experiences by typing a description instead of writing code. A ZDNET writer tested it by requesting a cookie-baking game for increasingly impatient customers, and the app generated a working, if quite difficult, version in under a minute.