Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages

When buyers inquire about an item’s availability, sellers can use Meta AI to automatically draft replies using information from their listing, such as the description, availability, pickup location, and price.

Tinder tries to lure people back to online dating with IRL events, virtual speed dating

Tinder just got a major revamp as it attempts to re-engange its user base and attract younger daters. This includes in-person events, AI enhancements, and even virtual speed dating.

Webflow buys AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite

Founded in 2024, Vidoso uses large language models to help organizations generate marketing collateral like images, presentations, video clips, blog posts, and social media content.

Bumble to launch an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’

Bumble’s new AI assistant Bee will move the dating app beyond the swipe by matching people based on compatibility and goals.

Anthropic’s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now
Anthropic’s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now

Anthropic’s latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations during your conversation. If Claude determines a visual is useful based on the context of your chat, it will insert the image in-line, rather than in its side panel. As an example, Anthropic says a conversation about […]

Disney+ is rolling out its TikTok-like ‘Verts’ short-form video feed

Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Verts is designed to boost daily engagement and reach mobile-first viewers, all while increasing discovery across Disney+’s catalog.

Google Maps is getting an AI ‘Ask Maps’ feature and upgraded ‘immersive’ navigation

The tech giant says the “Immersive Navigation” launch is the biggest update to Maps in over a decade.

Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more

The updates indicate that Google is focused on transforming Google Play into an enhanced gaming hub.

Ride-hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s Krave Mart to bolster grocery delivery

inDrive has closed its acquisition of KraveMart, expanding grocery delivery in a market dominated by Foodpanda.