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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Meta's CTO: We'd 'love' iMessage on Ray-Ban glasses, but Apple won't allow it

This week, Meta, at its annual Meta Connect, introduced several new products, including its second-generation Ray-Bans, a neural wristband, Meta Ray-Bans Display, and sports-centered glasses in collaboration with Oakley. There's one key integration that the AI-powered glasses won't be able to manage, however: sending iMessages. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said Apple's tight controls of its API were to blame for that.
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fromCreative Bloq
1 month ago

Big tech lured creatives in with free AI. Now comes the catch

AI companies will hook users with mostly free tools, build dependence, then hike prices and restrict outputs, repeating streaming services' monetization playbook.
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