Thu. 09/28 – Meta Connect

The Meta Connect keynote was yesterday and they announced a bunch of stuff including AI chatbots, a new Quest 3, and the continuation of those Ray-Ban smart glasses that are actually getting kind of interesting. Looks like OpenAI is serious about working with Jony Ive. A big new open-source LLM available to download now. And the new Raspberry Pi 5.
The Meta Connect keynote was yesterday and they announced a bunch of stuff including AI chatbots, a new Quest 3, and the continuation of those Ray-Ban smart glasses that are actually getting kind of interesting. Looks like OpenAI is serious about working with Jony Ive. A big new open-source LLM available to download now. And the new Raspberry Pi 5.
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Links:
- Facebook and Instagram will soon get a slew of AI-powered creator tools (The Verge)
- Meta is putting AI chatbots everywhere (The Verge)
- Meta Rolls Out Higher-Priced Quest 3 Headset, Just Ahead of Apple’s Vision Pro (Bloomberg)
- Meta’s smart glasses can take calls, play music, and livestream from your face (The Verge)
- OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1bn from SoftBank for AI device venture (FT)
- Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone (TechCrunch)
- Elon Musk Wins US Space Force Contract for Starshield (Bloomberg)
- The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here (The Verge)
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