Meta acquires AI pendant maker Limitless for its $99 conversation-recording device technology as the social media giant accelerates into wearable AI hardware to compete with OpenAI, while Limitless shuts down operations and offers customers free service before closure.
Google unveils Gemini 3 Deep Think mode exclusively for Ultra subscribers, delivering groundbreaking AI performance with 41.0% on Humanity's Last Exam and 45.1% on ARC-AGI-2 benchmarks while offering enhanced reasoning for complex mathematical, scientific, and logical problems.
Meta hires Apple's top UI designer Alan Dye to lead a new Reality Labs creative studio developing AI-powered smart glasses and VR headsets, as Zuckerberg's company aggressively recruits talent from competitors to challenge Apple and OpenAI in the emerging AI consumer device market.
ChatGPT drives 28% more Black Friday shopping referrals as AI traffic to retail sites explodes 805%, with Amazon dominating at 54% of referrals while Walmart surges from 2.7% to 14.9% share, and AI-driven shoppers show 38% higher purchase rates than traditional visitors.
OpenAI prepares to introduce advertising to ChatGPT despite CEO Sam Altman previously calling AI ads 'uniquely unsettling,' with code discovered in the Android beta version revealing features for targeted ads potentially based on user chat history and memory.
Apple AI chief John Giannandrea retires in spring 2026 following major Siri delays that force the company to postpone Apple Intelligence features until 2026, with former Microsoft researcher Amar Subramanya taking over as Apple partners with Google for advanced capabilities amid an AI team exodus.
Apple reportedly plans to unveil its first AI-centric product, Apple Glasses, in 2026 with shipping expected in 2027, featuring advanced Siri integration and positioned as a mainstream iPhone accessory at a lower price point than competitors.
Google's NotebookLM AI assistant eliminates hallucinations by grounding responses exclusively in user-uploaded documents, transforming PDFs, websites, and videos into AI-generated podcasts, mind maps, flashcards, and other interactive content formats for personalized research and preparation tasks like job interviews.
Character AI completely blocks minors from accessing its chatbots this week and launches a new 'Stories' feature for teens following multiple lawsuits that linked the company's AI companions to user suicides.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive reveal a screen-free AI device prototype that could revolutionize personal technology within two years, promising smartphone-sized simplicity without intimidating interfaces.