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Apple Introduces New Software, AI Updates, And More Features At WWDC
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager
Apple introduced a new software design, AI updates, and other features at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this Monday. Despite these innovations, the company faces criticism for not meeting expectations for groundbreaking advancements.
In a rush? Here are the quick facts:
- Apple introduced its latest software design, Liquid Glass, which will be available across multiple platforms and devices.
- The new iOS 26 will roll out in fall and will include features such as Call Screening and live translation.
- The tech giant did not meet the innovation expectations that some experts had.
The tech giant unveiled a “Liquid Glass” software design that reflects and refracts images to bring greater focus to content on screens. This update extends and adapts across all platforms and devices with iOS 26, which will be available in the fall.
Thrilled to share the project we’ve been working on for the past year! Liquid Glass is a flexible material that constantly adapts to its size and environment, and lays the foundation for a unified design language across all our platforms. pic.twitter.com/VKGwUlUnIp — Shubham Kedia (@kediashubham) June 9, 2025
Apple also announced new features included in the upcoming iOS 26, such as Call Screening, in which the iPhone answers calls from unknown numbers and requests the purpose before ringing the smartphone owner with a transcription of the caller’s intention with the call. Another feature, live translation, will allow users to interact in different languages, similar to Google Meet’s speech translations announced last month.
Despite the new announcement and innovations, certain features closely resembled those already introduced by other companies, and experts criticized Apple for failing to deliver truly groundbreaking advancements.
“They went from being visionary and talking about agents before a lot of other people did, to now realizing that, at the end of the day, what they need to do is deliver on what they presented a year ago,” said Bob O’Donnell, chief analyst at Technalysis Research, to Reuters .
Last year, at the WWDC 2024 , Apple introduced Apple Intelligence and a Siri integration with ChatGPT. The news agency reported that Apple’s shares closed lower after the WWDC on Monday.
“In a moment in which the market questions Apple’s ability to take any sort of lead in the AI space, the announced features felt incremental at best,” said Thomas Monteiro, senior analyst at Investing.com, to Reuters. “It just seems that the clock is ticking faster every day for Apple.”
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Meta Is Building A New ‘SuperIntelligence’ AI Lab
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager
Meta is building a new dedicated AI Lab to pursue “superintelligence,” also known as artificial superintelligence (ASI), a technology that surpasses human capabilities. Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s founder and CEO, is expected to join the project after the acquisition deal is done.
In a rush? Here are the quick facts:
- Meta plans to build a dedicated AI Lab to pursue “superintelligence.”
- Scale AI’s CEO Alexandr Wang will be part of the team after the acquisition deal is closed.
- The new AI Lab is part of Meta’s reorganization, and Zuckerberg will personally choose the next 50 talents that will join the team.
On Monday, it was revealed that Meta is planning to acquire Scale AI and is offering around $10 billion for the company, the largest private-sector investment in history. With Scale AI, Meta expects to expand its AI efforts and build an advanced AI team to gain an advantage against competitors such as Google and OpenAI in the AI race.
According to the New York Times , four sources familiar with the matter explained that the new AI Lab is part of Meta’s reorganization process as some products haven’t worked as expected, and recent changes in the workforce.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, expects to turn the company into an AI powerhouse, and is pushing the development of AI products such as the latest smart glasses and Meta AI . In February, Zuckerberg described AI as “potentially one of the most important innovations in history” and emphasized that 2025 is a crucial year for its development.
Meta wants to explore “superintelligence,” considered a futuristic goal by leading researchers. This technology, hypothetically, goes beyond Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), as its potential could be more powerful than machines that can perform as well as humans.
Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist, is in charge of Meta’s research efforts. The expert is also a New York University professor and won the Turing Award in 2018. However, Dr. LeCun considers AGI a lofty goal that needs new ideas.
Meta’s recent efforts in AI development have not been as advanced as its competitors, but its open-source model Llama—a strategy to encourage worldwide adoption of its model—is used by over 1 billion people every month.
According to Reuters , Zuckerberg expects to personally hire 50 new talents to join the new AI lab soon, in part driven by his frustration with not meeting expectations with the latest model, Llama 4.
