Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Gemini Spark is Google’s new AI agent announced at I/O 2026, and it can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf.
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AI warfare is already here
Lethal autonomous weapons are the focus of a battle between the Pentagon and Anthropic. But many of the red lines in military AI use have already been crossed.
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
The company debuted a suite of new AI agents, like Gemini Spark, as well as changes to Search at Google I/O this year.
Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders | TechCrunch
Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills | TechCrunch
Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows.
Meta employees are reportedly “miserable” between looming layoffs and AI push.
Meta recently began tracking employees’ computer activity to train its AI models, plans to cut 10 percent of staff later this month, and is pushing “employees to make so many A.I. agents that others had to introduce agents to find agents, and agents to rate agents,” sparking “anger and anxiety,” reports the New York Times: > Some said they no longer saw Meta as a place for a long career. Others were looking for new jobs or trying to signal that they wanted to be laid off so they could receive severance pay, the current and former employees said.
OpenAI is reportedly launching a phone for ChatGPT
OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch a phone powered by a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600, with a potential launch sometime next year.
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its GenAI tools
Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May. That means approximately 8,000 people will see their jobs cut.
India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains
Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.
Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too
Google’s AI notetaker that uses Gemini to generate meeting transcripts and summaries now supports in-person meetings and works on Zoom and Teams.
Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games
The new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.
Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work
The software giant’s new Firefly AI Assistant allows users to describe what they want to change by typing their own words into a conversational interface.
Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive
Gemini’s task automation feature on the Samsung S26 and Pixel 10 series is an impressive glimpse at what the future of AI assistants could look like.
Sam Altman's thank-you to coders draws the memes | TechCrunch
Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.
Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company | TechCrunch
These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.
Facebook Marketplace adds AI auto-replies for annoying ‘Is this still available?’ messages
Meta is bringing several new AI tools to Facebook Marketplace, including the ability to auto-reply to messages that ask questions about availability.
Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns your spare Mac into an AI agent
Perplexity is positioning Personal Computer as a more secure version of OpenClaw that runs on a Mac.