Napster View AI combines a small holographic screen with a suite of avatar‑based assistants that run on MacBooks and other computers. The $99 hardware mounts above a laptop display and shows floating avatars powered by models from OpenAI, Google Gemini and Eleven Labs. Users can share screens, enable webcam analysis, and even create a personalized digital twin by uploading a photo and LinkedIn profile. While the design is praised for its sleekness and the avatars are intriguing, reviewers note the constant visual presence and the need for spoken interaction can feel intrusive. The service costs $49 a month for ongoing avatar and digital twin access. Leia mais →

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan told an audience at TechCrunch Disrupt that artificial‑intelligence assistants will soon let workers shorten their standard workweek. Highlighting Zoom’s new AI‑driven “digital twin” feature—an avatar that can speak on a user’s behalf—Yuan described how the technology is already being used in earnings calls and could handle tasks such as email triage, document collaboration, and even preliminary contract negotiations. He argued that as AI takes over routine communication, employees could move to a three‑ or four‑day workweek within five years, reshaping the future of work. Leia mais →

Napster, the former music‑sharing service now owned by Infinite Reality, has launched Napster View, a hardware‑software suite that adds a holographic AI assistant to MacBooks with Apple Silicon. The attach‑on‑screen device displays a library of around 15,000 AI agents with distinct personalities and skills, ranging from design helpers to well‑being guides. Powered by models from Microsoft, OpenAI and Google Gemini, the system can see the user’s screen and camera feed, offer contextual advice, and even create digital twins that act on the user’s behalf. Pricing starts at $99 plus service fees. Leia mais →

Zoom announced that its upcoming feature will let users generate photorealistic AI avatars from a single photo, enabling a polished virtual presence in video meetings. The avatars can be dressed in various professional outfits and will track the user's movements in real time. Zoom plans to launch the capability for Workplace users in December, accompanied by safeguards such as live camera authentication and on‑screen notices to indicate avatar use. The rollout also includes real‑time voice translation across multiple languages and enhancements to Zoom’s AI assistant. Leia mais →

Zoom announced that its upcoming feature will let users generate photorealistic AI avatars from a single photo, enabling a polished virtual presence in video meetings. The avatars can be dressed in various professional outfits and will track the user's movements in real time. Zoom plans to launch the capability for Workplace users in December, accompanied by safeguards such as live camera authentication and on‑screen notices to indicate avatar use. The rollout also includes real‑time voice translation across multiple languages and enhancements to Zoom’s AI assistant. Leia mais →

Zoom announced that its upcoming feature will let users generate photorealistic AI avatars from a single photo, enabling a polished virtual presence in video meetings. The avatars can be dressed in various professional outfits and will track the user's movements in real time. Zoom plans to launch the capability for Workplace users in December, accompanied by safeguards such as live camera authentication and on‑screen notices to indicate avatar use. The rollout also includes real‑time voice translation across multiple languages and enhancements to Zoom’s AI assistant. Leia mais →

Zoom announced that its upcoming feature will let users generate photorealistic AI avatars from a single photo, enabling a polished virtual presence in video meetings. The avatars can be dressed in various professional outfits and will track the user's movements in real time. Zoom plans to launch the capability for Workplace users in December, accompanied by safeguards such as live camera authentication and on‑screen notices to indicate avatar use. The rollout also includes real‑time voice translation across multiple languages and enhancements to Zoom’s AI assistant. Leia mais →

Zoom announced that its upcoming feature will let users generate photorealistic AI avatars from a single photo, enabling a polished virtual presence in video meetings. The avatars can be dressed in various professional outfits and will track the user's movements in real time. Zoom plans to launch the capability for Workplace users in December, accompanied by safeguards such as live camera authentication and on‑screen notices to indicate avatar use. The rollout also includes real‑time voice translation across multiple languages and enhancements to Zoom’s AI assistant. Leia mais →

IBM and NASA have unveiled Surya, an AI‑driven digital twin of the Sun built on data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and other solar missions. The foundation model processes raw solar imagery and magnetic‑field measurements to predict flares up to two hours in advance, improving accuracy by about 16 percent over traditional methods. Surya’s architecture, which leverages a long‑range vision transformer and spectral gating, can also integrate data from the Parker Solar Probe and SOHO, offering a versatile tool for heliophysics and potentially other Earth‑observation fields. Leia mais →