Across 15 stories in the last 7 days. Consensus facts are claims corroborated across multiple sources; disputed claims reflect source disagreements.
Fidji Simo announced on Thursday that she will transition from her full-time position as OpenAI's chief of applications to a part-time advisory role. She had taken medical leave in April due to a chronic illness. Greg Brockman assumed product responsibilities during her absence.
The Neural Engine first appeared in the 2017 iPhone X with the A11 Bionic chip and was initially used for on-device computer vision tasks including Face ID. Its development drew from Apple's earlier self-driving car research. The company plans to skip certain high-end variants of the upcoming M6 chip, with the M7 expected in the first half of 2027.
Meta discontinued a feature in its Muse Image AI model that permitted users to generate images by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts. The company announced the removal in a Friday blog post after an earlier rollout that week and stated the tool had missed the mark following feedback. Two sources, TechCrunch and The Verge, reported the development.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national and construction business owner, was fatally shot by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Houston on a Tuesday around 7 a.m. DHS stated that Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle, while three employee witnesses represented by attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra dispute this account. All available reporting comes from left-center sources, with multiple details remaining unverified and no forensic evidence publicly detailed.
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, stated in a podcast interview that the platform will label AI-generated content but will not offer users an option to filter it from feeds. Other major platforms including TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook already apply similar labels. Meta's Muse image generator has drawn criticism from SAG-AFTRA regarding use of Instagram photos for training.