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Google Gemini 3.8 Live Gets an Animated Face — But Only for Enterprise Customers
Google's Gemini 3.8 Live update adds a real-time animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows facial expressions during conversations — currently locked to Enterprise subscribers.
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Disney Hires Former Character.AI CEO as Its First-Ever CTO — After Sending the Startup a Cease-and-Desist
Disney has appointed the former CEO of Character.AI as its first chief technology officer — the same startup Disney previously accused of copying its characters. The hire signals how seriously the studio is betting on AI.
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Harvard's $699 HBS Foundry Bootcamp Uses AI Avatars of Real Instructors to Coach Startup Pitches
Harvard Business School's HBS Foundry program charges $699 and replaces live instructor time with AI avatars that critique practice pitches and simulate board meetings — a live test of AI companions in high-stakes professional education.
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Why Zuckerberg's AI-Companion Vision Is Failing to Win Over Users
Mark Zuckerberg's bet that AI will replace human connection is running into a wall of public skepticism — and the backlash has direct implications for anyone building with or around Meta's AI tools.
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Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word AI Manifesto Argues Personal Superintelligence Should Replace Human Connection
Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay arguing AI will become every person's 'personal superintelligence' — and critics say his vision misunderstands what people actually want from life.
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OpenAI's First Hardware Device Is a Screenless, Moving Smart Speaker Designed to Feel Like a Companion
OpenAI's debut hardware product is a screenless smart speaker with mechanical moving parts and a camera — designed to "feel like a companion" and physically embody ChatGPT.
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Meta Revives Facebook Creator Studio as a Standalone AI Companion App
Meta has relaunched Creator Studio as a standalone AI companion app, centering it on an AI Creator Assistant built to help Facebook creators grow their audiences and manage content.
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Facebook Tests a Standalone AI Companion App Built for Creators
Meta is piloting a dedicated AI companion app for Facebook creators, with the platform's recently launched AI creator assistant baked directly into it.
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