💼 Meta Trims 700 Jobs...

AI Makes Shopping Easier on Instagram and Facebook

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Saidul Islam
March 26, 2026

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Today’s Recipes:

  • 💼 Meta Trims 700 Jobs...

  • 🎵 Google Drops Lyria 3 Pro Music AI

  • 🛒 AI Makes Shopping Easier on Instagram and Facebook

  • Samsung Brings Its Browser to PC

  • Attorney Fined After Using AI Fake Case Law

  • Apple Uses Gemini to Build Smaller AI Models

  • AI Tutorial of the Day

  • And More….

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Meta is laying off hundreds across Reality Labs, recruiting, and sales as it shifts billions into AI infrastructure, distancing itself from the metaverse vision.

🔎 Details

  1. Meta announced layoffs affecting Reality Labs, recruiting, social media, and sales teams.

  2. Reality Labs, which builds VR headsets and smart glasses, has already faced major cuts earlier this year.

  3. Meta is investing up to $135B in AI data centers, including new Arm-based CPUs.

  4. The company has scaled back metaverse projects, closing VR studios, halting apps, and reversing Horizon Worlds shutdown.

  5. Meta had ~79,000 employees at the end of 2025, showing the cuts are significant but not company-wide.

💡 Takeaway: Meta is pivoting hard from the metaverse to AI, signaling where its future bets lie, even at the cost of thousands of jobs.

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro, enabling 3‑minute AI‑generated songs with advanced customization, rolling out across Gemini, Vids, ProducerAI, and enterprise tools.

🔎 Details

  1. Lyria 3 Pro extends track length from 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

  2. Offers creative control, users can define intros, verses, choruses, bridges.

  3. Available in Gemini app (paid tier), Google Vids, and ProducerAI.

  4. Integrated into enterprise tools: Vertex AI, Gemini API, AI Studio.

  5. Trained on partner data + permissible YouTube/Google data; avoids direct artist mimicry.

  6. All AI tracks labeled with SynthID for transparency.

  7. Launch follows Spotify and Deezer’s new anti‑AI misattribution tools.

💡 Takeaway: Google is positioning AI music as a serious creative tool, expanding beyond consumer apps into enterprise platforms, signaling AI‑generated music is here to stay.

Meta is testing AI tools to summarize reviews, show product info, and enable one‑tap checkout, making shopping on Instagram and Facebook faster and more seamless.

🔎 Details

  1. Meta announced new AI shopping features at Shoptalk 2026.

  2. AI will summarize product reviews into quick highlights, similar to Amazon’s approach.

  3. Pop‑ups will show brand info, discounts, and recommended products.

  4. Users can add items directly to their cart and checkout with Stripe or PayPal.

  5. Future integrations include Ayden and Shopify for broader payment options.

  6. Meta is expanding affiliate partnerships, Amazon, eBay, Temu, Mercado Libre, Shopee, giving creators more ways to earn.

  7. Instagram Reels creators will gain access to product catalogs in 22 countries.

💡 Takeaway: Meta is betting on AI to make shopping inside its apps effortless, blending product discovery, reviews, and checkout into one streamlined experience, while boosting creator monetization.

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MORE AI & TECH UPDATES

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French AI startup Mistral has unveiled Voxtral TTS, a new open-source text-to-speech model designed for both consumer devices and enterprise applications…

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