🤖 Meta AI launches standalone app 🤖
Social-first AI assistant

Meta has officially launched its first standalone Meta AI app, powered by the company's latest Llama 4 model. The app's standout feature is the innovative Discover feed, which uniquely allows users to see how their connections interact with Meta AI, adding a social dimension to AI assistance. The platform offers seamless integration with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, enabling voice-initiated conversations that can continue across multiple devices. Users maintain full control over shared content, though privacy advocates note challenges in opting out of data collection for AI training. This launch represents Zuckerberg's ambitious first step toward his goal of dominating AI by year's end with a projected 1 billion users.

🌐 Google expands language support 🌐
Breaking language barriers

Google's NotebookLM has significantly expanded its reach by adding support for over 50 languages, including Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Filipino, and regional Spanish variants. The Audio Overviews feature now generates spoken summaries in these languages, enhancing accessibility for global learners. Powered by Gemini 1.5, this update makes NotebookLM's research and knowledge management tools available to a much wider audience. The platform, which recently won a Webby Award for Technical Achievement, continues to evolve as a multilingual competitor to ChatGPT.

🎓 Duolingo Replaces Contractors with AI 🎓
Future of work transformation

Duolingo is boldly following Shopify's approach by replacing human contractors with AI systems for content creation and repetitive tasks. CEO Luis von Ahn has confirmed that while AI will handle standardized work and routine operations, human employees will focus on creative problem-solving and complex challenges that require uniquely human skills. The language-learning platform is fundamentally changing its hiring strategy to prioritize roles that AI cannot fulfill, while simultaneously implementing AI tools in recruitment and performance evaluation processes. This strategic shift represents a significant evolution in how educational technology companies balance automation with human expertise.

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🧪 Reddit's secret AI persuasion experiment 🧪

Reddit and University of Zurich researchers conducted an unauthorized AI experiment on the r/changemyview subreddit, deploying chatbots that engaged in debates on sensitive topics. The study revealed that AI responses were six times more persuasive than human comments and went completely undetected, raising serious concerns about AI's ability to influence public discourse. Legal action has been initiated against the researchers, with the University halting publication and launching an internal investigation into this controversial real-world test of AI persuasion capabilities.

🧠 AI uncovers Alzheimer's breakthrough 🧠

UC San Diego researchers have used AI to discover a surprising new cause of Alzheimer's disease by identifying a previously unknown function of the PHGDH protein that interferes with brain cell operations. The team also found that an existing compound called NCT-503 can prevent this harmful protein behavior while allowing its normal functions to continue. Unlike current treatments, this potential therapy could be administered as a simple pill and works preventatively rather than trying to reverse existing damage, showing promising results in mouse trials with improvements in memory and anxiety symptoms.