Google launches powerful on-device AI Mac app, Microsoft plans to make users addicted to AI, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch gets AI health overhaul, Amazon Ring hit with $5M facial recognition privacy lawsuit

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Google has expanded its push into on-device AI with the release of Google AI Edge Gallery for macOS, allowing users to run GEMMA models locally on their Macs. Unlike cloud-based tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, local models run directly on a user's computer, offering improved privacy and offline access. While typically smaller than their cloud counterparts, local models can still perform well, especially on powerful machines with sufficient memory. Google's Mac version of AI Edge Gallery currently supports five of its own in-struct-tuned models, rather than offering broad third-party compatibility.
Leading the line-up is the newly released GEMMA 412b, a 12 billion parameter multimodal model designed to deliver agentic capabilities on consumer laptops. Google says the model rivals the performance of larger systems, while remaining efficient enough to run on devices with 16GB of RAM. GEMMA 412b handles text, vision and audio tasks, and also offers strong coding capabilities for on-device data analysis. Alongside the Mac app launch, Google introduced GEMMA 412b and released Google AI Edge Eloquent for macOS. Eloquent is a free on-device dictation app that transcribes and refines speech in real time, supports custom vocabulary and keeps all processing local for added privacy.

**Carly Wilson** (1:27)
An internal Microsoft document obtained by 404 Media reveals the company wants to make people addicted to its new AI assistant, Scout.
The document outlines a three-phase strategy for embedding a mainstream version of its open-claw AI agents into the Microsoft 365 Suite, with the first phase explicitly labeled, Make People Addicted. It calls for continuing to ship the standalone ClawPilot experience, expanding the user base, and building tools that make users depend on it daily. The plan claims that dependency is already happening organically. Anonymous employees expressed mixed reactions, with one calling the language very troubling, and warning that no product should treat addiction as part of its build strategy.
Another employee argued that making software addictive is an unspoken goal across the tech industry, joking that Microsoft has historically lagged behind rivals in that regard. The document says more than 1,000 employees, including CEO Satya Nadella, are already using the tool internally, and describes it as one of the most requested tools within the company. It also notes that the document itself was co-created with AI. As concerns grow about emotional dependence on conversational AI systems, critics say openly framing addiction as an objective is at best tone deaf and at worst a cynical strategy that disregards potential mental health risks.
Samsung is rolling out one of the biggest updates to its Samsung Health Platform in years, aiming to make the Galaxy Watch a more proactive and personalized health companion. The update begins June 8th and is expected to fully debut alongside the upcoming Galaxy Watch 9 lineup, which is rumored to launch July 22nd in London. Samsung says the redesigned experience shifts focus from simply collecting data to delivering AI-powered insights that explain what the numbers mean and what actions users should take. A headline addition is a new vitals feature that analyzes five overnight signals, including heart rate, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood oxygen, then compares them to a user's personal baseline to flag meaningful changes. The company says this approach will help users detect fatigue, illness or recovery needs without overwhelming alerts. Samsung is also replacing its vascular load metric with a new heart health score, combining sleep, stress, activity and body composition into a single daily rating. New tools such as daily cardio load and fitness index aim to measure cardiovascular strain and overall fitness levels, offering guidance on training intensity and highlighting strengths and weaknesses. The Samsung Health app itself is being redesigned around five main categories, sleep, activity, nutrition, mindfulness and vitals, with AI generated insights featured prominently. Additional upgrades include enhanced tracking for antioxidant and AGS metrics, plus a new hearing health feature that monitors ambient noise through the Galaxy ecosystem. Samsung says these changes preview a broader AI driven future for its health platform, likely to be fully realized with the next generation of Galaxy watches.

**Adam Nagus** (4:25)
A Virginia man has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit against Amazon Ring, alleging its facial recognition feature violates the privacy of millions of Americans. The complaint filed in Seattle Federal Court centers on Ring's familiar faces tool, which uses artificial intelligence to identify people captured on its cameras and video doorbells. While marketed as a way to recognize friends and family, the software scans and categorizes every face that passes within view, including neighbors, delivery workers, and strangers. The lawsuit argues that this widespread facial scanning occurs without consent and involves the collection and storage of sensitive biometric data. Ring retains captured facial data for up to 30 days, raising questions about how that information may be used or whether it could help train future AI systems.