Jess Weatherbed

Grammarly is launching specialized AI agents that can predict essay grades, detect plagiarism and AI-generated text, and guide student writing improvement.

“Author of "Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper" in The Verge”

Adobe Acrobat Studio now uses generative AI to enable users to edit PDFs via chat prompts, generate podcast-style audio summaries, and automatically create presentation decks from documents.

“Author of "Adobe Knows You're Not Reading That PDF"”

Tinder is testing an AI-powered 'Chemistry' feature that analyzes users' camera roll photos and asks interactive questions to improve match compatibility and reduce swipe fatigue.

“Author of "Chemistry"”

A major AWS outage in the US-EAST-1 region caused by DNS resolution issues disrupted multiple services including ChatGPT, Fortnite, Snapchat, and Alexa for several hours on Monday morning.

“Author of "Major AWS Outage Disrupts Multiple Services"”

Microsoft launches Copilot Portraits, an experimental feature using VASA-1 technology to provide 40 stylized human avatars with natural expressions for voice conversations, available to limited users in the US, UK, and Canada.

“Author of "Microsoft Thinks Your AI Needs a Makeover"”

Figma has expanded its Model Context Protocol server to support Figma Make, allowing AI models to directly access the underlying code of designs and apps instead of relying on visual recognition.

“Author of "Figma Expands MCP Server to Support Figma Make"”

OpenAI is developing a family of AI devices including a smart speaker, glasses, voice recorder, and wearable pin with Jony Ive, targeting late 2026/early 2027 launch using Apple's suppliers and poaching Apple hardware talent.

“Author of "OpenAI might be developing a smart speaker, glasses, voice recorder, and a pin" in The Verge”

OpenAI is developing a family of AI hardware devices including a smart speaker, glasses, voice recorder, and wearable pin in partnership with Apple's former design chief Jony Ive, with first products targeted for late 2026 or early 2027.

“Author of "This is the AI device Apple didn't build"”

Google reduced Veo 3 pricing by 47-62% and added 1080p resolution and vertical video format support for mobile and social media platforms.

“Author of "Veo 3's 1080p upgrade is all we ever wanted"”

NexLawn announced the Master X Series Concept, the first robotic lawnmower equipped with a fully functional mechanical arm capable of debris removal, trimming, weeding, fruit picking, and pet interaction.

“Author of "NexLawn Unveils the Master X Series Concept Robotic Lawnmower"”

Grammarly is launching nine specialized AI agents for students and educators, including tools for plagiarism detection, AI content identification, grade prediction, and writing feedback, available at no extra cost to Free and Pro users.

“Author of "Grammarly Rolls Out AI Agents for Students and Educators"”

“Journalist who wrote article about Google launching Universal Cart shopping tool.”

“Author reporting on Anthropic's IPO filing showing $42 billion net loss and $2 trillion valuation target.”

“Byline author reporting on Slack's launch of Slack Code feature for AI agent collaboration.”

“Author reporting on EU's new AI transparency rules and disclosure labels for deepfakes and chatbots.”

“Reported on nearly 200 utilities and data-center companies signing Trump's voluntary rate payer protection pledge to shield consumers from AI power costs.”

“Reported on the hacking incident that revealed Suno scraped millions of songs for training data.”

“Authored article covering Figma's new AI design and coding tools announced at Config 2026.”

“Wrote article about ElevenLabs adopting Google's SynthID watermarking technology for audio detection.”

“Authored article about AI-generated influencers at Coachella posting fake festival content.”

“Byline author reporting on OpenAI indefinitely pausing plans for an adult-mode erotic chatbot.”