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Alalam24
5 hours ago
- Alalam24
Meta Launches New Feature on WhatsApp
In a new move to enhance user experience, Meta has announced the launch of a smart feature on WhatsApp that allows users to summarize unread messages and receive suggested written replies—all without compromising chat privacy or encryption. According to TechCrunch, the feature is powered by artificial intelligence and is designed for individual users only. It remains invisible to others in the conversation and is activated through a small icon within the app, without sending any disruptive notifications. The new functionality builds on technologies Meta developed in April and works locally on the user's device, meaning the company does not access message content or the generated summaries. Meta stated in its blog: 'We use local, on-device processing to ensure your summaries and replies stay on your phone only.' Previously, WhatsApp's AI was limited to answering general questions within chats without interacting with the conversation content. Now, it can securely interpret context to provide smart suggestions and summaries. The feature is currently available in English in the United States, but is expected to roll out to more languages and regions in the future. Users can enable or disable the feature through the app settings: Settings → Chats → Private Processing, to choose the AI functions that suit their preferences.
CNET
9 hours ago
- CNET
Neo Humanoid Robot At-Home Training Update
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Ammon
9 hours ago
- Ammon
YouTube's mobile video editor is coming to iOS
Ammon News - Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. The job postings show Google is recruiting software engineers in Bengaluru specifically to build the iOS version. The original Android app debuted in the U.S. and seven other markets in September 2023, then expanded to 13 more markets by February 2024. YouTube Create provides free mobile video editing tools designed for content creators, offering features like stickers, GIFs, and effects for both YouTube Shorts and longer-form videos. Google developed the app after consulting with 3,000 creators to ensure it met their needs. Teach Crunch
TechCrunch
2 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
Why Robinhood's co-founder is betting on solar power from space
As the co-founder of Robinhood, Baiju Bhatt helped redefine how millions of people interact with trading and investing. Now he's setting his sights even higher — literally — with Aetherflux, a new venture aiming to harness solar power in space. In this chat, Bhatt talks about what drew him to one of the most audacious bets in tech, how building in hard science compares to fintech, and why big risks still matter. Bhatt joined TechCrunch at our StrictlyVC Menlo Park event in June 2025, among several other speakers whose discussions you can find here.
The Verge
2 days ago
- The Verge
Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos
For years, Meta's trained its AI programs using the billions of public images uploaded by users onto Facebook and Instagram's servers. But apparently, Meta has decided to try training its AI on the billions of images that users haven't uploaded to those servers. On Friday, TechCrunch reported that Facebook users trying to post something on the Story feature have encountered pop-up messages asking if they'd like to opt into 'cloud processing', which would allow Facebook to 'select media from your camera roll and upload it to our cloud on a regular basis', to generate 'ideas like collages, recaps, AI restyling or themes like birthdays or graduations.' By allowing this feature, the message continues, users are agreeing to Meta AI terms, which allows their AI to analyze 'media and facial features' of those unpublished photos, as well as the date said photos were taken, and the presence of other people or objects in them. You further grant Meta the right to 'retain and use' that personal information. Meta recently acknowledged that it's scraped the data from all the content that's been published on Facebook and Instagram since 2007 to train its generative AI models. Though the company stated that it's only used public posts uploaded from adult users over the age of 18, it has long been vague about exactly what 'public' entails, as well as what counted as an 'adult user' in 2007. Unlike Google, which explicitly states that it does not train generative AI models with personal data gleaned from Google Photos, Meta's current AI usage terms, which have been in place since June 23, 2024, do not provide any clarity as to whether unpublished photos accessed through 'cloud processing' are exempt from being used as training data. Meta did not return TechCrunch's request for comment; The Verge has reached out for comment as well. Thankfully, Facebook users do have an option to turn off camera roll cloud processing in their settings, which, once activated, will also start removing unpublished photos from the cloud after 30 days. But the workaround, disguised as a feature, suggest a new incursion into our private data, one that bypasses the point of friction known as conscientiously deciding to post a photo for public consumption. And according to Reddit posts found by TechCrunch, Meta's already offering AI restyling suggestions on previously-uploaded photos, even if users hadn't been aware of the feature: one user reported that Facebook had Studio Ghiblified her wedding photos without her knowledge.
