Instagram is testing a potentially major change to the app: making Reels the home tab of the app. As part of an opt-in test in India, Meta is making Reels and DMs the first two tabs on the app, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Mosseri says that Reels and DMs have been a key […]
Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company’s Sora app fits in with its broader mission.
Today, the same day that Meta announced that it will soon use your AI chats to personalize the ads it shows you, Instagram head Adam Mosseri made a “myth busting” video attempting to set the record straight on a persistent rumor about Meta: “I swear, we do not listen to your microphone,” he says. Meta’s […]
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Instagram is testing a new Reels-first UI in India and South Korea to give short videos more prominence in the app.
This is Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Building humanoid robots is Meta’s next “AR size bet,” a top executive told me recently. That suggests the company plans to spend billions of dollars on the effort. During a recent conversation […]
When knew that Aaron Sorkin was working on a follow-up to The Social Network, and now we know what the movie will be called and when Sony plans for it to debut in theaters. Deadline reports that The Social Reckoning has been given an October 9th, 2026 premiere date. Along with Succession’s Jeremy Strong, who […]
On Thursday, Meta AI launched a new feed of short-form, AI-generated videos called Vibes. The feed is designed to encourage users to remix AI-generated videos that come from “creators and communities,” the company said. Users can post their own AI-generated videos to Vibes or cross-post the videos across Meta’s platforms for friends and followers to […]
