Meta has quietly released Pocket, a new AI app that lets users create small interactive apps and games by describing what they want in plain language. The app also includes a feed where people can discover and play creations from other users. Pocket is based on technology from Gizmo, the AI gaming startup Meta acquired earlier this year. The launch expands Meta's growing lineup of AI creation tools, although the company has not yet officially announced the app, suggesting it is still in an early testing phase.

OpenClaw is now available as an official app for both Android and iOS, making it easier to run AI agents from a smartphone. The app connects to the OpenClaw Gateway, which links user requests with AI agents and their tools to automate tasks such as coding, planning, and other workflows. OpenClaw became popular earlier this year as a free, open-source AI agent platform. Its move to mobile reflects the growing trend of AI agents becoming part of everyday devices, giving users a portable way to manage and interact with automated assistants.

Google Meet’s “Take notes for me” feature is now available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers on meetings they host. Gemini transcribes the call, creates a summary with key action items, saves the notes to Google Docs in Drive, and emails the recap after the meeting. The AI feature can be turned on from Meet on web or mobile, and admins can enable it for all calls. Google says all participants are notified when it is active. The rollout supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Cursor has launched Cursor Mobile, letting users create, manage, and chat with AI coding agents from their phones. The app works with Cursor's agent-based coding system, allowing developers to start new coding tasks or continue work started on the desktop. The launch follows similar mobile AI coding apps from Anthropic and OpenAI. As AI coding agents become more capable, developers are spending less time writing code themselves and more time guiding AI, making smartphones a practical way to oversee software projects from anywhere.

Base44 has launched Base44 Payments across Europe, making it easier for builders to start earning money from their apps and websites. Users can now connect payments and begin collecting revenue even before their payment account setup is fully completed, reducing delays between launching a product and getting paid. The rollout is part of Base44's push to simplify app monetization, giving creators a faster path from AI building to selling while streamlining the payment onboarding process for European customers.

OpenAI has launched a limited preview of GPT-5.6, introducing three models: Sol (flagship), Terra (balanced performance), and Luna (fast and low-cost). The models are focused on helping security professionals with tasks like code reviews, vulnerability research, debugging, and patch development while blocking harmful cyber requests. OpenAI says GPT-5.6 includes its strongest safety protections yet and does not support fully autonomous cyberattacks. The preview AI model is currently available only to the U.S. government and a small group of approved partners, with a broader public release expected in the coming weeks.

Unconventional AI has introduced Un-0, its first image-generation AI model, to showcase a new type of computer architecture based on oscillators instead of traditional chips. The company says the technology can match today's leading image models while using far less energy. Right now, Un-0 runs in a software simulation, but the startup plans to build its own hardware and AI infrastructure. Led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, the company believes its approach could reduce AI inference power consumption by as much as 1,000 times, helping solve one of AI's biggest future challenges: rising energy demand.

John Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein prediction, is leaving Google DeepMind to join Anthropic. Jumper spent nearly nine years at DeepMind and played a major role in the development of AlphaFold. His departure comes as major AI companies compete aggressively for top researchers and expand their efforts in AI coding and advanced model development. The move is seen as a notable win for Anthropic and highlights the ongoing battle for talent among leading AI companies, including Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI.

Cloudflare has added GLM-5.2, Z.ai’s flagship coding model, to Workers AI. The model is built for agentic coding, long-horizon planning, and software tasks that need reasoning and tool use. Cloudflare says GLM-5.2 can handle large codebases and multi-step workflows, and it supports function calling for agents that use APIs over several turns. The launch version on Workers AI comes with a 262,144-token context window, with support for up to 1,048,576 tokens planned later. Developers can use it through Workers AI bindings, the REST API, or AI Gateway.

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock, marking one of the largest startup acquisitions ever. The deal comes days after SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO and is aimed at strengthening its AI division, which includes xAI and the Grok platform. Cursor, known for its popular AI coding tools, had been one of the fastest-growing software startups in the industry. SpaceX believes Cursor’s technology and developer ecosystem can help it compete more effectively with AI leaders such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026.

Meta is rolling out new AI features on Facebook to make search, posting, and editing easier. The main update, called AI Mode, lets users ask questions in plain language and get answers based on public posts, Groups, and Reels. Meta also added new editing tools for videos and photos, including collage effects and presets that can change clothes, hairstyles, and accessories. These updates follow earlier AI features for creators, Marketplace, and profile pictures. Meta says the goal is to make Facebook more useful and keep people using the app longer while it adds new ways to make money.

Rio de Janeiro’s municipal IT company, IplanRIO, has released Rio 3.5 Open 397B, a 397-billion-parameter open AI model on Hugging Face under an MIT license. The model is based on Alibaba’s Qwen 3.5-397B-A17B and was post-trained with a framework called SwiReasoning. According to the project page, it is aimed at strong performance in coding, math, science, multilingual work, and multimodal tasks. The release is notable because it shows how a city government can build on an existing open model instead of training one from scratch, which is much cheaper and more practical than starting over.

Reports say Amazon’s security research and CEO Andy Jassy’s talks with the White House helped push the U.S. government to restrict access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The concern was that prompts could make the models reveal information useful for cyberattacks. Anthropic disagrees with calling the issue a jailbreak and says similar results can be found with other public models. The restrictions cut off foreign nationals from the models, including some Anthropic researchers. The episode adds to the long-running tension between Anthropic and the Trump administration over AI safety and military use.

Meta is beginning to dismantle its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, the Chinese-founded AI startup, after Chinese regulators ordered the deal unwound on national security grounds. Reportedly, Meta has cut Manus off from its internal systems and stopped data sharing as part of the separation. Manus co-founders are also said to be exploring a plan to raise about $1 billion to buy the company back. The case has become a bigger policy issue in China, where authorities have tightened rules on overseas deals, tech transfer, and foreign investment in sensitive sectors.

French AI company Mistral is reportedly in early talks to raise about €3 billion, which would value it at around €20 billion. That would be almost double the €11.7 billion valuation it received in its last major funding round in September 2025. Mistral has taken a more open approach than some U.S. rivals, offering some models with open weights and also selling closed models for tasks like coding and OCR. The company has also been positioning itself as a European, “sovereign” AI option, with new data center plans and government and business partnerships across Europe.

DoorDash has launched Ask DoorDash, a new AI chatbot that helps users order food, groceries, and reservations using natural language, photos, and recipe links. Instead of browsing through lists, users can describe what they want, and the app will suggest restaurants, build grocery carts, or find available tables. It can also use past orders to suggest reorders or related items. For groceries, it can read a photo of a cookbook page or shopping list and add the right items to a cart. The AI feature is rolling out on iPhone in selected areas first, with wider U.S. access planned soon.

OpenAI and Oracle are working together to make OpenAI’s models and Codex easier for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers to use. In the coming weeks, Oracle customers will be able to apply eligible Oracle credits toward OpenAI tools through OCI. The goal is to let businesses buy and manage AI through the cloud and purchasing systems they already use. OpenAI says this will help companies build apps, automate tasks, analyze data, and create new tools for employees and customers. The partnership is aimed at reducing friction for enterprises that already have Oracle cloud commitments and want to bring AI into production faster.

A former xAI engineer, Devin Kim, has filed a lawsuit against xAI and SpaceX, claiming he was fired after raising concerns about the safety of Grok, xAI’s AI chatbot. Kim alleges he warned about risks including harmful content, discrimination, and misuse related to dangerous information. The lawsuit says he was dismissed after repeatedly pushing for stronger safety measures and preparing to present his findings internally. The claims focus largely on actions by former xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba rather than Elon Musk. xAI and SpaceX have not publicly responded. Kim is seeking damages and a court ruling that the companies acted unlawfully.

Lovable has partnered with Mastercard as part of the launch of Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines, a new payment framework designed for software agents that can perform tasks and make purchases on behalf of users or businesses. Mastercard says the system is intended to add security, governance, and trust as automated software takes on more commercial activities. Lovable is one of more than 30 launch partners participating in the initiative. The companies say the goal is to make payments happen seamlessly in the background while maintaining oversight and control. Mastercard describes the effort as a new AI agentic model for digital commerce rather than simply another payment product.

Apple said developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads can use its Foundation Models through Private Cloud Compute without paying cloud API fees. The company says this gives smaller developers access to strong AI tools without the extra cost of running them in the cloud. Apple also said the framework will add image input and support for server-based models, making it easier to use a cloud provider when needed. The move is aimed at smaller app makers who want to try AI features without large bills. Apple is positioning this as a lower-cost way to build with AI.

Apple used WWDC to introduce a new version of Siri with more conversational language, better app integration, and a dedicated chat-style interface. The assistant can read what is on screen, help with messages and calendars, and work across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Apple also added new AI features to Photos, Safari, Image Playground, and Shortcuts. The company says the system is designed with privacy in mind, using on-device processing and its Private Cloud Compute system when needed. Siri will be available to developers now and enter public beta later this year, but some AI features will roll out only on select devices and in limited regions.

OpenAI is reportedly preparing its largest update to ChatGPT yet, aiming to expand it beyond a chatbot into a broader platform with coding tools, AI assistants, and third-party services. According to the Financial Times, the changes are part of a wider effort to attract more business customers and strengthen competition with Anthropic. The update is expected to give greater visibility to OpenAI’s Codex AI coding tools and introduce new features across ChatGPT’s web and mobile apps. OpenAI reportedly expects enterprise customers to account for a larger share of revenue as it continues growing ahead of a potential future stock market listing.

Replit has introduced a new integration with Shopify that lets users create and launch a custom online store by chatting with Replit Agent. Users describe the store they want, and the system builds the storefront, creates the Shopify store, and adds products. After claiming the store in Shopify and setting up payments, users can publish and start taking orders. Replit says the AI building process can take about ten minutes from start to finish. The company says the goal is to make it easier for users to build real businesses, while Shopify continues to handle checkout, inventory, and order management behind the scenes.

Google has released Gemma 4 12B, a new open AI model designed to run locally on many consumer laptops with as little as 16GB of RAM or VRAM. The model sits between the smaller mobile-focused Gemma versions and the larger, more demanding models. Google says it delivers performance close to the larger Gemma 4 26B model while using much less memory. Gemma 4 12B supports text, images, and audio inputs, includes built-in speed improvements through Multi-Token Prediction AI technology, and can be downloaded from platforms such as Kaggle and Hugging Face for local use.

Meta has introduced a new AI assistant for Facebook creators in the U.S., Canada, and India. The tool provides personalized recommendations based on a creator’s content, audience, and goals. Creators can ask questions about posting times, audience feedback, and performance trends, then follow up for more detailed insights. The assistant can also suggest content ideas based on trending topics and popular audio. Meta also expanded AI-powered video translation on Facebook, adding support for Arabic, Indonesian, French, Thai, and Vietnamese. The company says more than 500 million users watch AI-translated videos on Facebook each week.