Meta Demos Wristband That Reads Your Intentions

Meta has unveiled a prototype wristband that uses EMG sensors to choose up electrical signals from forearm muscles, capturing neural impulses before your fingers even move. AI models, trained on data from 10,000 users, translate these signals into commands: moving a cursor, launching apps, or typing in thin air. Unlike invasive brain implants, it’s non-surgical and works right away.

Originally developed by Ctrl Labs (acquired by Meta in 2019), the device pushes gesture control beyond novelty, turning tiny muscle twitches into precise, real-time input. Beyond AR and VR, researchers see it accelerating text entry and opening up latest assistive tools for users with limited mobility. Meta plans to weave this tech into products like smart glasses, rethinking how we steer digital systems with barely a gesture. Read more.

OpenAI is about to release GPT-5 in August, promising its sharpest reasoning yet because of integrated o3 logic that tackles complex, multi-step tasks with more human-like precision. CEO Sam Altman teased its sharper o3 reasoning on a podcast, saying it nailed complex questions that stumped him, a “weird feeling,” he admitted. Expect GPT-5 to reach with slimmed-down mini and nano versions for API users, too.

GPT-5 will launch alongside streamlined mini and nano variants designed for API deployments, improving response speed and reducing computational overhead. Microsoft has also expanded backend server capability to administer the anticipated surge in demand.

Beyond model development, OpenAI can also be enhancing ChatGPT’s user experience with latest personality modes, including Robot, Cynic, Listenerand Sagegiving users finer control over tone and elegance. Educational tools just like the Study and Learn feature will offer structured, interactive learning paths complete with quizzes and detailed explanations, designed to higher serve students and self-learners.

At a Federal Reserve event, CEO Sam Altman framed these breakthroughs as a part of AI’s march toward “intelligence too low cost to meter,” where expert-level capability becomes near-ubiquitous and inexpensive. Nevertheless, he warned that these gains bring systemic threats and outlined three things that worry him most. Altman also warned of an impending fraud crisis as AI breaks traditional authentication, calling reliance on voice-print verification “a crazy thing to still be doing.”

All eyes now turn to OpenAI’s DevDay on October 6, 2025, in San Francisco, where the corporate will showcase upcoming tools like Sora 2, and research models corresponding to o3-deep-research.

Registration is now open, with places allocated by lottery. Read more.

Lovable, the AI coding platform turning natural language into production-grade apps, has rocketed to $100 million ARR in only eight months, outpacing firms like Cursor and OpenAI. Its newly launched Lovable Agent upgrade swaps a straight-line construct process for an autonomous, iterative system that edits, tests, and improves code very like a senior engineer, cutting error rates by 91%.

The agent can scan codebases, run searches, read logs, and generate assets on the fly, enabling real-world, complex app builds from a single prompt. Backed by a $200 million Series A led by Accel, Lovable now boasts 2.3 million users (180,000 paying).

To mark the milestone, it’s gifting away $100 in free credits plus a 16-page prompt engineering guide, lowering the barrier for anyone to construct and deploy AI-powered apps fast. Founder Anton Osika says this leap could propel Lovable toward $1 billion ARR. Read more.

Figma’s AI-powered app builder, Figma Make, has officially launched for all users, moving beyond its beta limited to Full Seat subscribers. The tool lets designers prototype apps with natural language prompts, much like GitHub Copilot, but uniquely accepts design references, images or Figma files, to shape the ultimate output. Users can tweak text, fonts, and animations via AI or manual edits. Publishing stays restricted to Full Seat users, while others can test in drafts.