Since first introducing its generative AI assistant, Snap has been steadily ramping up the amount of AI in its app. Now, the company is adding a new slate of AI-powered features as it begins testing a larger redesign of the app. Snap often brings new AI features to its Snapchat subscribers first, and the company is continuing the trend with a new feature called "My Selfie." The feature uses selfies to create AI-generated images of users and their friends (if they also subscribe) in creative poses and situations. The company is also rolling out a new "grandparents lens" that uses AI to imagine what you might look like as a senior citizen.

When I first reviewed the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, I wrote that some of the most intriguing features were the ones I couldn't try out yet. Of these, the most interesting is what Meta calls "multimodal AI," the ability for the glasses to respond to queries based on what you're looking at. For example, you can look at text and ask for a translation, or ask it to identify a plant or landmark. The other major update I was waiting for was the addition of real-time information to the Meta AI assistant. Last fall, the assistant had a "knowledge cutoff" of December 2022, which significantly limited the types of questions it could answer. But Meta has started to make both of these features available (multimodal search is in an "early access" period").

The AI craze is in full swing in the technology industry, and Microsoft is no exception. After debuting the "Copilot" system in Windows 11 preview builds and Bing's AI-powered search and chat tools, recent rumors indicate that artificial intelligence may be integrated into more fundamental Windows programs. A recent report says that the company's software division is hard at work adding AI features to long-standing default apps like Paint, Photos, the Snipping Tool, and the Camera application. According to an unconfirmed report from Windows Central, internal builds of these programs are starting to emerge with new capabilities, some of which require specialized hardware. A lot of them are playing catch-up to what's already available on some other platforms.