Meta Invests $191B in AI Race as Apple Buys Q.ai for Wearables

Meta is investing $191 billion into the AI arms race, fueled by increasing ad revenue, as it aims to outpace rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Elon Musk's xAI, reports SmartCompany.

Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai, signaling a move toward hands-free AI wearables using "silent speech" technology that could be integrated into future AirPods and smart glasses.

A new Android malware campaign is exploiting the Hugging Face platform by hosting thousands of variations of an APK payload designed to gather login credentials for popular financial and payment services, according to a security report.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Fujitsu have developed benchmarks to assess the safety and effectiveness of AI agents in autonomous business operations, highlighting that current models like Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7, Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o scored poorly in accurately detecting safety rule violations and deviations in field environments (AAAI Conference, 2026).

Nvidia's success as the world's largest company by market capitalization is driven by over 30 years of engineering and strategic decisions, providing lessons for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Sarawak, Malaysia, looking to capitalize on artificial intelligence.

Text to Speech and AI Voice Generator technology is transforming audio content creation for various applications, from podcasts and video narrations to online courses and voice assistants, according to Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

Sources:

• Digit

• The Santa Clarita Valley Signal

• Bleepingcomputer

• Smartcompany

• Sarawak Tribune

• Robotics