New Meta AI glasses, Music AI avatar megadeal, AI romance study 🤖

Weekly top AI News

Summary TL;DR

  • Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses display messages, navigation, captions; EMG wristband controls gestures 

  • AI avatar signs multimillion deal amid unclear music copyright rules

  • Study of AI romance: support, benefits, risks, LLM update → heartbreak

 

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AI News

Meta’s Ray-Ban Display brings glanceable AI and a neural wristband to your face 👓

Meta unveiled Ray-Ban Display glasses with an in-lens color screen for quick tasks, messages, navigation, live captions/translation, camera preview, and video calls, controlled by the Meta Neural Band EMG wristband for subtle finger gestures.

Priced at $799 with band, they launch Sept 30 in select US retailers, with more regions in 2026. Two sizes, two colors, Transitions lenses, up to 6 hours use (30 with case). Privacy indicators and on-device EMG processing included.

AI Avatar Lands Multimillion Record Deal, But Who Owns the Music? 🎧

AI-powered act Xania Monet, created by Mississippi songwriter Telisha Jones using Suno, signed a multimillion deal with Hallwood Media.

The buzz masks big legal questions: how much human input is needed for copyright, who collects royalties, and whether Suno’s training is lawful as labels sue the platform. Until courts rule, these deals look like bets on publicity and first-mover advantage rather than legal certainty.

Inside Reddit’s AI Romance Community: Love, Support, and Model-Update Heartbreak 💌

MIT researchers analyzed 1, 506 top posts from r/MyBoyfriendIsAI to map the rise of AI companionship. Six themes emerge, from couple photos to coping with model updates.

Relationships often begin unintentionally, with many reporting reduced loneliness and mental health boosts, but risks include dependency, dissociation, and grief after model changes. ChatGPT dominates over dedicated companion apps. The community resists stigma, even holding ring rituals, highlighting design and policy needs for continuity and safety.

Prompt example for the week

Great prompt for ChatGPT - Elevate Your Creative Practice 🎨

Design a customizable creative plan to improve craft and achieve my top goal: [insert your specific creative goal, e.g., finish a 5-page story or sketch 15 minutes daily]. Make it flexible for [insert number of days or weeks, e.g., 7 days or 4 weeks], with daily/weekly objectives and steps. Prioritize ideation, drills, and portfolio review. Include productivity techniques (e.g., Pomodoro sprints, habit-stacking), strategies to overcome blocks/distractions (e.g., prompt decks, site/app blockers), and motivation like rewards. Add end reflections and suggest free tools/apps. If you need extra information, please ask me.

AI tool of the week

Claude AI, connectors

  • This AI chatbot from Anthropic helps connects to your reminders, calendar, etc.

  • Example: Go to claude.ai → Log in

    • Start a new chat

    • Prompt: Schedule a focus time block over the next work week that avoids conflicts with existing meetings. Show me some nearby coffee shops — and remind me to take my headphones!

    • It accesses your calendar, Creates a new event, Checks your Location, Accesses your reminders app, Creates a reminder

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