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How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026

Downey at home in LA with one of his channel’s frequent guest stars. | Image: The Verge; Shutterstock It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time it was released to hit number one on the App Store's list of top paid apps. It was a surprise success - but what's even more surprising is the app's origin story: it all started with a cadre of friendly neighborhood squirrels and their favorite caretaker. Derrick Downey Jr. built a care...

The Verge AI May 3
AI Applications

AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O'Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started The use of generative AI in pop music started almost as a gimmick. There was a sense of experimentalism to 2018's I AM AI by Taryn Southern and 2019's Proto by Holly Herndon, albums that were created with sign...

The Verge AI May 3
AI Tools

You want to build, not spend hours setting up infrastructure.

Databricks shares on Cursor AI. @databricks (Databricks): "You want to build, not spend hours setting up infrastructure. In this webinar, discover how to go from an idea to a production-ready app faster using modern frameworks, real-time iteration, and serverless Postgres. Join experts from Databricks and @cursor_ai on May 5 (AMER),"

Databricks May 3 via @databricks
AI Tools

You can now run an AI agent on-device, right inside Chrome.

Alpha Signal shares on AI Agents. @AlphaSignalAI (Alpha Signal): "You can now run an AI agent on-device, right inside Chrome. No servers. No data leaving your device. The browser extension uses Gemma 4 E2B, a 2B parameter model with native tool calling baked into its chat template. The model decides when to call tools and which ones, all"

Alpha Signal May 3 via @AlphaSignalAI
LLM Company

Google DeepMind just turned image generators into the best vision model.

Alpha Signal shares on Google / Gemini. @AlphaSignalAI (Alpha Signal): "Google DeepMind just turned image generators into the best vision model. They introduced Vision Banana. It's a single model that treats every vision task as image generation. Segmentation, depth estimation, 3D understanding, all framed as pictures to draw. The approach is"

Alpha Signal May 3 via @AlphaSignalAI
AI Research

. @pmarca explains how cookies work (1995)

Multiple AI voices are discussing AI News & Insights. Accounts including a16z, cursor_ai, pika_labs posted in the last 48h. @a16z (Andreessen Horowitz): "AI isn't the first tech cycle where semis and infra drove early growth More charts: https:// a16z.news/p/charts-of-th e-week-the-fastest-v …" | @a16z (Andreessen Horowitz): ". @pmarca explains how cookies work (1995)"

Alpha Signal May 3 via @AlphaSignalAI
AI CEO/Founder

I built my product in

I built my product in @Replit as a part of 10yr Replit Buildathon! Got Replit free for 24 hrs so why not! Vibe coded my first landing page and mobile app for @UniAmico - a platform to guide high schoolers and their parents to finding best art colleges. Yeah you guessed it right!

amasad May 3 via @amasad
AI Podcaster

Holy shit 5

Holy shit 5.5 in /fast mode with Hermes fuckin flies! Immediate responses! I've never had anything close to this before! This is real time with 30% context full

altryne May 3 via @altryne
AI CEO/Founder

Reminders for everyone building on

Reminders for everyone building on @Replit today Ask agent to build a mobile app as a task You will get a native mobile app for free In the same project You are welcome (Also discussed by @amasad)

amasad May 3 via @amasad
AI Researcher

So much negative thinking and panic about AI when ultimately, just like with pretty much every major technological advance in history, we'll all be more productive once it's settled

So much negative thinking and panic about AI when ultimately, just like with pretty much every major technological advance in history, we'll all be more productive once it's settled. We'll also have more equitable access to goods and services that currently only few people have

RichardSocher May 3 via @RichardSocher
AI CEO/Founder

Going on 14 hours straight building with #Replit

Going on 14 hours straight building with #Replit. Working on four apps simultaneously, multiple agents churning, each nearly flawlessly. What a ride! Progress that would have taken months in only 14 hours. Huge shout out for this opportunity! #replit10buildathon @amasad

amasad May 3 via @amasad