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05/27/2026

The professional social network is now one of the most-cited sources for AI chatbot answers, especially for business-related queries.

A new report from Meltwater shows that LinkedIn content is highly cited by AI chatbots, especially posts from personal profiles.

05/25/2026

Today, we pause to remember the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom. 🇺🇸

Their sacrifice is the reason we gather with family, celebrate traditions, and enjoy the everyday moments that matter most.

Wishing everyone a meaningful Memorial Day as we honor those who served and never made it home. ❤️

05/20/2026

It’ll be interesting to see how that impacts the company’s process, and whether Meta can, in fact, automate significant amounts of its internal workflow with AI, and what these reassigned staff will actually be doing to support the shift.

The company is looking to replace workers with AI systems as it continues to lean into the advancing technology. 

05/18/2026

As explained by Meta: “Consumers don’t think in channels. They think in questions." But where they go for answers has fundamentally changed. Google searches per US user are down nearly 20% YoY.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram published a three-part series examining how shopper behavior has shifted away from Google searches.

05/13/2026

As explained by LinkedIn: “This new feature lets you offer paid 1‑on-1 consultations directly from your LinkedIn profile. You can manage bookings, secure payments, and host video consultations all in one place. For consultants, coaches, and creators, it removes friction right where clients discover you and helps you get paid for what you already know.”

Consultants will now be able to add an in-app link to book a session with them, which will also facilitate payment in-stream.

05/11/2026

So if a user is scrolling through Reels and sees a cool t-shirt, they could ask the system, then and there, to find it online, find the best price, then have it sent to them, all without leaving the Reels stream. I'm not sure how I feel about giving AI the ability to buy things...

Meta's agentic tools would introduce users to a new phase of automation, in which AI tools can act on their behalf.

05/06/2026

This could be a little concerning in regards to potentially misrepresenting what people have or have not said. But xAI said it has a process in place to limit misuse, and ensure that its voice replicants are only applied in approved ways. It remains to be seen how that works in practice.

The feature will allow users to generate audio samples that replicate their own voices, offering new capabilities in digital audio.

05/04/2026

It looks like artificial intelligence-powered robots are going to be the next big battleground for the tech billionaires.

It’s the latest move in a race to add artificial intelligence to consumer-facing home technology, with xAI and Amazon also competing for future category dominance.

04/29/2026

How that works in practice is another question, but at this stage, Meta is seemingly trying to take a responsible approach to AI development, which should limit the impact on everyday consumers.

A new partnership with Overview Energy will reduce downtime for solar facilities, while a deal with Noon Energy is designed to expand storage capacity.

04/27/2026

Part of the challenge here is that the topic categories are extremely broad, so if a teen is looking up health-related subjects, that could be a major concern, a minor query, or even an unrelated question, depending on how the tool categorizes each.

The company updated its teen supervision tools to provide broad category overviews of the types of questions being asked, though not specific content.