Google's AI Shopping, David Bridal's AI Wedding Tech

Meta is merging all of its AI work into a new unit called Meta Superintelligence Labs and pledging to build systems that can match or surpass human performance. Mark Zuckerberg announced the overhaul in a company-wide memo on Monday.

The unit will be led by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of data-labeling firm Scale AI, who joins Meta as chief AI officer. Zuckerberg called Wang “the most impressive founder of his generation” and said he will oversee the company’s entire AI roadmap.

Centralizing every AI initiative under one leader marks Meta’s largest internal reorganization around AI so far. The move underscores Zuckerberg’s intent to intensify the company’s pursuit of advanced AI talent and capabilities.

Google Labs launched Doppl, an experimental iOS and Android app that lets users see clothing on an animated version of themselves. The tool is available today in the U.S.

Doppl builds on Google Shopping’s virtual try-on tech by letting users upload photos or screenshots of any outfit and apply to their avatar. It also turns static images into AI-generated videos and allows saved or shared looks.

By extending virtual try-on beyond retailer catalogs to any image, Google moves deeper into the discovery phase of online fashion shopping. The company flags the app as early-stage, warning that fit and detail accuracy can be inconsistent.

David's Bridal has debuted Pearl Planner in closed beta, an AI platform that builds personalized wedding plans by analyzing brides' visual selections. The system automates timelines, vendor matching and product recommendations, replacing the 300-plus manual tasks that overwhelm customers.

The retailer avoided liquidation in its 2023 bankruptcy when CION Investment Corporation bought its assets and injected $20 million. CEO Kelly Cook enlisted former eBay executive Elina Vilk to run a distributed tech team and spin Pearl Planner into a standalone unit funded by vendor subscriptions of $20 to $300 per month.

The move flips the company from selling dresses to monetizing a data-driven marketplace that connects high-intent brides with service providers. This platform revenue delivers EBITDA the thin-margin retailer struggled to find and, as the company notes, creates an advantage e-commerce rivals cannot easily copy.

University of Tokyo researchers deployed a high-speed frequency-division multiplexed microscope coupled with AI to watch platelets clump in real time. The method tracks clot formation in coronary artery disease patients using only a routine arm-vein blood sample, avoiding invasive catheter draws.

The AI sorts thousands of images per second to distinguish single platelets, aggregates, and white blood cells in flow. In tests on over 200 patients, those with acute coronary syndrome displayed more platelet aggregates than chronic cases, confirming the system's diagnostic sensitivity.

The images expose substantial variability in how patients respond to standard antiplatelet drugs, explaining why some still experience clots or bleeding. This evidence comes from simple venous samples, removing the need for catheter-based arterial draws to gauge clot risk.

Grantham Research Institute finds AI could eliminate up to 5.4 billion metric tons of climate pollution a year by 2035, exceeding the emissions from running AI data centers. The peer-reviewed work appears in npj Climate Action and examines practical applications in energy, transportation and food.

Researchers calculate that AI operations may emit 0.4 to 1.6 billion metric tons of CO2 over the next decade, yet targeted AI deployments can offset that by as much as fivefold. Use cases include smarter renewable integration, battery improvements for electric vehicles, and designing protein alternatives to meat and dairy.

The authors say government action on energy-efficient models, renewable-powered data centers and equitable AI infrastructure is essential to realize these gains. They note that optimizing power grids alone can yield cuts larger than the entire European Union’s annual emissions.