Outsourcing bedtime stories to AI
Meta's StoryKit was first spotted in the App Store by 9to5Mac, and Meta then confirmed to TechCrunch it's piloting the app in a limited number of countries. Put the phone down for a second — here's how it works: you photograph a toy or a person, describe the world the story happens in, pick a value like “kindness” or “courage,” and the app generates a personalized story and music. Meta's spokesperson calls it “a creative storytelling app”; no social features, AI safety filters built in, and the account holder has to be 18 or older.[1]
Seen from the street, here's the difference: this isn't something that kills a kid's imagination on its own — it's a shortcut for the nights a parent has no energy left to tell a story. But a shortcut used every night turns into the habit. My advice: use it together with your kid, pick the characters together, don't just generate the story and hand it over — that way the story stays yours, both of you.[1]
Buzz: one more AI agent joins your meeting room
Jack Dorsey released Buzz, positioning it as an alternative to Slack and GitHub: free on macOS, Windows and Linux, source code open on GitHub. The idea is simple — human teammates and AI agents share one chat, and GitHub projects get managed without leaving it. Dorsey calls it “model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign, and open source,” saying the goal is to “reduce our dependency on Slack and GitHub.”[2]
On July 19 I wrote that even Gemini goes quiet when the power does — that the smartest tool still has a limit. This week a story app walked into your bedroom and a chat agent walked into your office, and both teach the same lesson: the tool joins the room, you still make the call. My advice: try Buzz with your team for a week before you delete Slack; that week will show you which conversations actually need an agent, and which still need a human.[1], [2], [3]