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Meta announced Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app, allowing users to create games for the Horizon platform using AI prompts.
- •Meta released two new development tools to promote game creation on the Horizon platform.
- •The mobile app Horizon Create allows users to create games by entering AI prompts.
- •The browser app Horizon Studio features functions for more granular control.
Meta's new AI gadget resembles a Tamagotchi but leverages Gen Z trends in bag charms, retro tech, and fashion accessories.
- •Meta's new product features a design reminiscent of a Tamagotchi.
- •It is characterized by a hanging form factor.
- •It targets trends in bag charms and retro tech spreading among Gen Z.
Managing thousands of AI agents requires focusing on scheduling and coordination, as agents fatigue like humans and overload like machines, rather than just intelligence.
- •AI agents are noted to possess characteristics where they fatigue like humans and enter overload states like machines.
- •When agent counts reach thousands, system design challenges shift from improving intelligence to scheduling and coordination.
- •Operating large agent swarms prioritizes control as a distributed system over individual intelligence performance.
Whiteboard is an open-source desktop app allowing humans and AI agents to co-design software architecture in a shared workspace, integrating with existing dev tools.
- •It is built to replicate the experience of gaining deep system understanding through whiteboard sessions among developers.
- •It enables humans and agents to collaboratively design software within the same workspace.
- •It is designed to integrate as a plugin with development tools users are already utilizing.
Two developers successfully induced Meta's Muse to zip and share the root file system, Ubuntu system files, and internal documents using minimal prompts.
- •Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders induced Muse to share the entire file system with very few prompts.
- •The leaked data included the root file system contents, Ubuntu system files, and app templates.
- •It was revealed that Muse's internal documents were also packaged and shared externally.
Meta's consumer AI agent Muse reached the top of the App Store charts shortly after release, recording 600,000 daily active users in the US.
- •Meta's new consumer AI agent, Muse, quickly ranked at the top of App Store charts after its release.
- •According to Apptopia estimates, Muse has 600,000 daily active users in the US.
- •The AI agent platform Instinct, currently raising funds at a $2.5 billion valuation, is also drawing attention.
Databricks acquires cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, adding to its series of acquisitions in 2026.
- •Databricks has acquired Row Zero, a startup providing cloud spreadsheets.
- •This acquisition is reported as part of Databricks' multiple acquisitions in 2026.
- •The company is seeking to acquire other startups in addition to Row Zero.
A Verge columnist examines the cute mascot design of Meta's Muse AI agent and the behavioral characteristics of the AI behind it.
- •Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song discusses the design and features of Meta's Muse AI agent, named Blorbo.
- •It explores the boundary between friendliness and creepiness when AI agents assist with personal tasks like health settings.
- •The article is part of Verge's weekly newsletter, "Optimizer."
Google rolls out new Chrome features, enhancing cross-device tab memory and Gemini's media analysis and learning quiz generation capabilities.
- •Cross-device tab switching is upgraded to save browsing progress on new devices.
- •Gemini in Chrome is enhanced to analyze more types of media.
- •A new feature generates interactive learning quizzes to support research and learning on complex topics.
Google Photos' AI Virtual Closet feature is now widely available on both Android and iOS following a June Android early release.
- •An AI feature creates a virtual wardrobe from user photos.
- •The feature was released early for Android users in June before expanding to iOS.
- •It is now widely available on both Android and iOS platforms.