A free app called Locally AI is turning heads by running powerful AI models like Llama, DeepSeek, and Gemma entirely on-device across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — with no internet, no login, and zero data collection, all powered by Apple Silicon.
A new open-source Chrome extension brings Google's Gemma 4 AI entirely on-device using WebGPU, enabling powerful browser automation, semantic web search, and tab management with zero data sent to external servers.
Claude surges past 200 app integrations, adding Spotify, Uber, TurboTax, and more while introducing mid-conversation connector suggestions and strong privacy protections that keep user data out of AI training.
Google Gemini now generates personalized images using your photos and connected app data — no extra setup required — rolling out to paid US users as Google pulls ahead of Apple in the AI personal intelligence race.
Venice.ai launches two new premium subscription tiers — Pro+ at $68/month and Max at $200/month — featuring a credit banking system that lets power users roll over unused credits for up to three months, all while maintaining the platform's signature privacy-first architecture.
Thousands of gig workers in Nigeria, India, and Argentina are strapping iPhones to their foreheads to record household chores, feeding a booming data industry that trains humanoid robots for companies like Tesla — but experts and privacy advocates are sounding alarms over how this intimate footage is stored, shared, and …
Google launches 'AI Edge Eloquent,' a free iPhone dictation app that uses on-device AI to automatically strip filler words from speech while keeping all voice data completely private.
Meta has indefinitely halted work with AI data firm Mercor following a massive security breach linked to threat actor TeamPCP, who compromised AI tool LiteLLM in a supply chain attack potentially exposing sensitive training data across top AI labs including OpenAI, while a group falsely claiming to be Lapsus$ attempts …
Box launches Box Agent, a generally available AI tool enabling enterprise users to query and act on company data using natural language across OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic models, with a guarantee that sensitive enterprise data never leaks back into the underlying AI systems.
Reddit and Wikipedia are cracking down on AI-generated content through bot removals and strict new policies, even as both platforms simultaneously sell their human-curated data to major AI companies like Google and Meta, creating a paradox that experts warn undermines their own efforts.