Google shuts down the Tenor API, affecting GIF pickers on platforms like Discord, WhatsApp, and Bluesky; Nikita Bier says X has migrated elsewhere
Google shuts down the Tenor API, affecting GIF pickers on platforms like Discord, WhatsApp, and Bluesky; Nikita Bier says X has migrated elsewhere
GIFs are a huge part of the modern web, with Tenor being one of the libraries that powers a variety of apps including Twitter/X. Google acquired Tenor …
Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky in 2026 plans to add “communities”, smaller spaces to “go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff”
They're set to launch sometime this year. They're set to launch sometime this year.
Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app built on the AT Protocol, making it the first private messenger natively available in the Bluesky app
Here's something that you've never seen on Big Tech social platforms: The decentralized open social network Bluesky has integrated …
Bluesky says it is working to make feeds more “live”, interactive, and timely during live events, and teases improvements to posting and follow suggestions
The Bluesky 2026 roadmap teases updates for feeds, follows, posting, and real-time features.
X unveils Bluesky-like “Starterpacks” to help users find accounts that match their interests, curated by X and rolling out in the coming weeks
Bluesky's “Starter Packs,” the curated lists of suggested users to follow, have proven a popular way to help people connect with others …
A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court system to provide aid in the probate process, which has been plagued by delays and hallucinations
A yearlong effort to build an AI probate assistant reveals the limits of government chatbot development. X: @napoleonmedia . LinkedIn: Georg Zoeller . Bluesky: @ianmoody and @wowbaggert Forums: r/nott...
Some LLM takeaways for 2025: reasoning as a signature feature, coding agents were useful, subscriptions hit $200/month, and Chinese open-weight models impressed
It's that time. It's been a hell of a year. — At the start we barely had reasoning models. X: Simon Willison / @simonw : Here's my enormous round-up of everything we learned about LLMs in 2025 - th...
A look at the rise of AI companion apps; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with 220M+ total downloads as of July 2025
The technology is changing the way many people meet and form relationships but some experts believe it may do more harm than good LinkedIn: Kieran Smith . Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app LinkedIn:...
A reflection on AI advances in the past decade and how scaling and time-horizon trends might point to far greater capabilities in the decade ahead
Zhengdong Wang : X: @zavaindar , @sparshagarwall , @justinbullock14 , @theamberyang , @firstadopter , @curl_justin , @pracheeac , @samuelalbanie , @sebkrier , @basavasagar18 , @zhengdongwang , and @s...