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    Zuckerberg takes a shot at OpenAI.

    He mentions how “closed” AI labs have been cutting costs since Meta released its Llama model for free and says he thinks open-source AI will win. (Of note: OpenAI rolled out its advanced voice mode to all of its paid subscribers last night, just before Meta rolled out its voice mode today.)

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    We are getting a live demo of the AI video calling feature Meta is developing for creators.

    You’ll be able to video chat with a creator’s AI persona. I’ve tried this, and it’s wild. We’re getting a demo of it now onstage. The crowd is into it.

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    Mark Zuckerberg is onstage at Meta Connect.

    We’re live at Meta’s headquarters at Menlo Park, where Zuckerberg (sans gold chain) and his team are expected to announce new hardware and AI updates.

    “We have a lot of stuff to show you,” he says. “A lot of the stuff we’ve been building for a long time — glasses, mixed reality, AI — is happening.”

    You can follow along below for more news from the keynote.

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    Evan Spiegel is demoing Snap’s new Spectacles live onstage.

    Here at Snap’s annual Partner Summit in Santa Monica, he’s asking for suggestions from the audience as he generates AR effects with AI while wearing a pair. (You can read my full impressions of the hardware here.) Bring back more live tech demos like this, please!

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    Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR

    Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream?

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    Live from Snap’s Partner Summit.

    I’m here at Snap’s annual conference in Santa Monica where the company just announced its biggest redesign to Snapchat in years. You can read more about that below. They keynote is still going and I hear there’s some other big news coming, so stay tuned for more.

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