Meta is training the AI avatar on Zuckerberg's image, voice, mannerisms, tone, and public statements, with the CEO personally involved in its development, according to Financial Times sources. The project sits inside Meta's multibillion-dollar personal superintelligence push to compete with OpenAI and Google. If the experiment succeeds, Meta plans to extend AI avatar creation to outside creators, building on an existing Instagram feature that lets creators deploy AI versions to reply to follower comments.

SOURCE: THE VERGE

Multiple G2 robots are now running quality checks on Longcheer's factory floor, integrated into mass production in just four months without custom tooling. Longcheer plans to scale to 100 robots by Q3 2026, with automotive and semiconductor lines next.

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The new connector lets ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini pull verified property records, climate risk, and market intelligence on demand—closing the gap that has driven AI hallucinations in real estate. It is built for production underwriting, valuation, and risk workflows.

SRC: NATIONAL MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL

Farmers can ask questions about pests, disease, and crop management—or upload a field photo of a symptom and get an instant diagnosis with treatment guidance. It puts agronomist-grade advice in every farmer's pocket at virtually no cost.

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The platform handles all the back-end plumbing teams previously had to build themselves, letting developers ship working agents up to 10x faster. Notion, Rakuten, and Asana are early customers—Rakuten rolled agents out across product, sales, marketing, finance, and HR in under a week each.

SRC: AI BUSINESS

Tested on 72,000 NHS patients and published in JACC, the tool reads early warning signs in the fat around the heart that doctors cannot see by eye. Patients flagged as highest-risk were 20 times more likely to develop heart failure, opening a five-year window for prevention.

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Users can now link bank accounts, credit cards, loans, and investments across 12,000+ institutions, then ask Perplexity to build live net worth dashboards, budget trackers, and debt payoff plans from their real numbers.

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The new system blends point-of-sale data, curated music, and AI-generated ads to deliver localized, real-time messaging tailored to each store. The move turns Dollar General's rural footprint into a measurable advertising channel for brand partners.

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The Dreamina model produces realistic video with synchronized audio and keeps products looking consistent across every clip, eliminating the manual cleanup that has slowed AI ad production. It pushes Symphony from a scripting helper to a full creative engine as TikTok chases Meta for advertiser dollars.

SRC: SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY