Breaking news

Meta’s AI Vision Faces Growing Scepticism Over What Users Really Want

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has outlined an ambitious vision for an AI-powered future in a 6,500-word essay titled “The Future is for Everyone.” He argues that AI will give people access to highly capable personal agents that understand their goals, interests and daily needs.

Meta’s Push For Personal AI

Zuckerberg’s vision focuses on AI assistants that can manage schedules, draft messages, organise files and operate across devices, with users able to choose how they interact with the technology.

Meta’s latest AI model, Glimmer, is part of this strategy. The company is also developing more powerful models through Muse Spark for users and businesses that need greater computing capacity.

A More Optimistic AI Vision

Zuckerberg’s approach differs from the more cautious messaging coming from some other AI companies, which have increasingly focused on safety and the risks associated with increasingly capable systems.

Instead, Meta argues that slowing AI development could limit individual access to the technology and weaken the U.S. position in competition with China.

The vision, however, raises questions about how accessible these tools actually are. Some of Meta’s newest AI capabilities require specific hardware, making them less available to ordinary users than the “for everyone” message suggests.

The Challenge Of Winning Users

Much of Zuckerberg’s argument centres on AI’s potential to boost creativity, innovation and personal empowerment. Yet these promises remain largely abstract, while more concrete ideas such as AI personal assistants and coaches may appeal to some users but leave others questioning their practical value.

For Meta, the bigger challenge may be turning Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision into AI products that people genuinely want to use.

Eurobank Plans €1 Billion Investment In AI And Digital Banking By 2028

Eurobank plans to invest about €1 billion in technology from 2025 through 2028, its largest technology investment program to date. The Banking Forward strategy focuses on digital banking, artificial intelligence, customer experience and a “phygital” model combining digital services with face-to-face support.

Digital Banking Dominates Customer Activity

Digital channels already account for 96% of Eurobank transactions, with 61% completed through the Eurobank Mobile App. Among customers aged 35 and under, digital adoption reaches 94%.

Customers make about 574 million annual logins across e/m-banking and more than 1 million digital transactions each day. During the first half of 2026, one in three banking products was acquired digitally.

AI Moves Into Everyday Banking

Eurobank is expanding the use of AI through tools including EVA, its digital customer assistant, and myEVA, an AI-powered voice assistant for employees. The technology is also being applied to mortgage assessments, customer feedback analysis and contractual documents.

The bank’s technology architecture is built around five areas: digital channels, customer experience orchestration, data and AI, core banking, and infrastructure and cloud. About 50% of its applications and digital channels are already cloud-based.

Investment Extends Beyond Technology

The program is intended to reshape how Eurobank operates, combining automation and AI with employee development and human support. The bank says the approach is designed to improve services while maintaining access to face-to-face banking when customers need it.

Aretilaw firm
The Future Forbes Realty Global Properties
Uol
eCredo

Become a Speaker

Become a Speaker

Become a Partner

Subscribe for our weekly newsletter