👓 Meta explores 'super-sensing' glasses

Welcome back, Superhuman. Sorry, what was your name again? Meta is reportedly working on a feature that would make the question obsolete — by essentially giving everyone around you a virtual name tag. And: What OpenAI’s new hire means for the future of the company.

Today’s Insights

• OpenAI’s new hire, Apple’s Google snub, and a new coding agent

• Meta could soon give its smart glasses ‘super senses’

• Tutorial: How to turn your long videos into clips

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• News, memes, what’s trending on socials, and more

TODAY IN AI

1. OpenAI’s new hire hints at what’s next: The startup has named Fidji Simo, the current CEO of Instacart and a longtime Meta exec, as its new CEO of Applications. It’s yet another sign that the company is moving into a new phase — one where it’s just as focused on keeping users happy and engaged via apps like ChatGPT as it is on reaching AGI. This all comes as OpenAI continues to wrestle with its corporate structure and the balance of power between its nonprofit board and for-profit ambitions.

2. Apple snubs Google as it looks for new AI partners: Google has been Safari’s default search engine for over two decades, but an Apple exec just told a judge that could soon change. Safari searches have started declining for the first time in 22 years, and to turn things around, Apple wants to add AI-powered search tools like Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Claude into the mix. That revelation caused Google’s stock to plummet 7%, but its big I/O conference is right around the corner, which could help it get back in the game.

3. New coding tool claims to be the ‘world’s fastest’: Open-source coding platform Zed has been around since 2023, but a new agentic editing feature supposedly now makes it the “fastest in the world.” You can use it for just about anything, “from asking questions about your code base to having it directly make changes and write new code.” It’ll work in the background and send you a notification when it’s finished. Unlike Cursor and Windsurf, which both tap into Microsoft’s popular VS Code, Zed uses the Rust programming language, which is built around speed and performance.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

Meta could bring AI-powered facial recognition to its smart glasses

If you’re bad with names, Meta might soon have a sci-fi solution for you. The social media giant is reportedly working on an experimental, AI-powered software that can scan the faces of the people around you and detect exactly who they are.

The “super-sensing” feature could eventually land on Meta’s popular Ray-Ban smart glasses, although there are a lot of security and privacy concerns the company would have to navigate first.

Meta’s live AI tool can already record you as you go throughout your day, letting you ask questions about your surroundings in real-time. With a 30-minute battery life, the feature is more of a tech demo at this point. But if Meta can keep refining it, it could definitely come in handy for things like helping you find your misplaced keys.

Apple’s not far behind: It’s allegedly getting closer to having its own specialized chips for upcoming smart glasses, AI servers, and next-gen MacBooks. It also wants to add cameras to its AirPods and smartwatches so they can tap into more AI features.

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How to turn your long videos into clips

• Go to HeyGen and log in.

• Click on ‘Labs’ section and find the ‘Instant Highlights’ tool.

• Add your video by pasting a link or dragging and dropping a file.

• In the settings, add description, choose clip length, aspect ratio, and turn captions on or off.

• When you're done, click ‘Confirm’.

• Once your highlights are ready, preview the clips.

• Download individual ones or hit ‘Download all’

• You can share highlight list to collaborate with teammates before choosing what to post.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

🔄 Full Circle: Meta has appointed a familiar face to head FAIR, its AI research lab. Computer scientist Robert Fergus, who co-founded FAIR back in 2014, is returning to Meta after a stint as DeepMind’s research director.

🪙 Thrifty Thinker: Google rolled out a feature called “implicit caching” that makes Gemini 2.5 up to 75% less expensive for repetitive tasks. It automatically kicks in when you enter a prompt that you’ve already used in the past.

😩 Subscription Fatigue: An eagle-eyed X user discovered hints in ChatGPT’s latest build that OpenAI might be considering a “lifetime subscription” that would grant you permanent access to the chatbot. No word yet on how much it would cost.

🔍 Perfect Fit: LinkedIn released a new AI-powered search tool that lets premium users describe their dream job and find listings that match it. Netflix followed suit with a feature that helps you find new shows with natural language prompts.

🐴 Horse’s Mouth: Chinese tech giant Baidu has reportedly submitted a patent for a system that would use AI to translate animal noises into human language.

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SOCIAL SIGNALS

What’s trending on socials today

🧮 Not Adding Up: Founder Harsh Dwivedi is trying to wrap his head around the complicated calculus that went into OpenAI’s supposed Windsurf acquisition. As one commenter put it: “The math is not mathing.”

🤖 On the Horizon: Nvidia’s director of AI just explained everything you need to know about “digital twins, digital cousins, and digital nomads” — including why passing the “physical Turing Test” could lead to an explosion of new humanoid robots and apps.

🧲 Unsung Heroes: AI researcher Jack Morris makes the case that physicists might be the most underrated professionals in AI, since they’ve been responsible for some of the field’s biggest breakthroughs.

🫰 Price is Right: Builder Anirudh Kamath just paid $6 for the domain “dotcom.chat.” Sure, it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but it’s much cheaper than the $15M+ that OpenAI paid for “chat.com.”

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