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At the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced an addition to its Firebase platform that aims to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Go support coming soon.

Firebase Genkit is an open source framework, using the Apache 2.0 license, that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications.

Some of the use cases for Genkit that the company is highlighting Tuesday include many of the standard generative AI use cases: content generation and summarization, text translation and generating images.

“Powerful large language models put AI-powered app features within reach, but building and refining these features beyond a prototype is hard,” Google product manager Chris Gill and developer…

Sources indicate that Meta is on the verge of introducing the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, featuring AI capabilities. The social media giant’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently showcased the glasses’ AI functionality in an Instagram video. In the demonstration, Zuckerberg highlighted the multimodal AI technology, allowing the device to both visually perceive and audibly interpret its surroundings.

Revolutionizing Wearable Tech: Meta’s AI-Enabled Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Unveiled

The video illustrated the impressive AI performance as the “Hey Meta” virtual assistant, accessible to select US users, offered commentary and evaluations on objects within the user’s field of vision through the glasses’ camera and microphones.

Zuckerberg emphasized the AI’s versatility, indicating…

Mark Zuckerberg intends to integrate AI into Meta’s products, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Metaverse.

Vision of the future

He shared his vision of a future where AI isn’t a singular product but a practical tool integrated across the board.

He has ideas of using AI in advertising, aiding social interactions, and even simplifying complex tasks in the Metaverse.

A different approach

Zuckerberg’s vision represents a shift in how people and businesses interact online.

This includes AI chatbots serving as social assistants to AI tools helping brands negotiate advertising deals.

This concept differs from the “one-size-fits-all” approach in favor of personalized AI experiences.

Advertising with AI

He spoke about an AI that creates ad units based on simple user…

Claims that a US Air Force-trained artificial intelligence (AI) powered drone “attacked” its human operators and communication towers when it was supposed to target enemy weapons have been shared widely on social media. 

One tweet, shared hundreds of times, says: “The Air Force trained an AI drone to destroy SAM [surface-to-air-missile] sites.

“Human operators sometimes told the drone to stop.

“The AI then started attacking the human operators.

“So then it was trained to not attack humans.

“It started attacking comm towers so humans couldn’t tell it to stop.”

This text is accompanied by a screenshot, which gives a further description of how in a simulation the trained AI drone had “killed the operator because that person was keeping it from…