7 local AI news items from regional sources.
Meta has launched One subscription bundles shortly after releasing its all-purpose AI assistant Muse, pairing its standalone apps with social products. The move puts a direct price on AI features and tests whether consumers will pay for AI bundled with social media.
DIY home security company SimpliSafe is bringing its AI-powered proactive security feature to the front door with the new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2, which lets a human security guard watch your door remotely. The move combines AI detection with human response, raising privacy and liability ...
Meta now lets AI agents handle the tedious parts of setting up WhatsApp Business, helping merchants complete the configuration process. The move extends AI agents from conversation into onboarding and setup, shifting developer competition toward automation and merchant operations.
MiniMax's H3 Max video model reportedly topped Sora and Veo in evaluations, after which its price quadrupled. The shift puts the trade-off between top performance and cost front and center, forcing AI practitioners to reassess inference costs and vendor lock-in.
Reps. Lawler and Gottheimer introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at stopping rogue AI agents and keeping people in control. The legislation targets autonomous agent behavior and writes human-in-the-loop into its regulatory goals, signaling that agent permissions, auditing and compliance will matter fo...
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Amodei's AI slowdown plan never says open weights. It doesn't have to.