The AI revolution is rapidly becoming our new Caribbean reality. From smarter food delivery to advanced image generation and regional agentic AI assemblies, these tools are here to stay. We are tracking this shift so you can command the future instead of being sidelined by it.
AI Joins Takeaway
DoorDash is launching a new AI chatbot that lets users order food, groceries and restaurant bookings using text prompts, photos or recipe links.
The feature, called Ask DoorDash, is designed for people who know they’re hungry, but do not have the emotional strength to scroll through 47 menus. Users can describe what they want, upload a grocery list, share a recipe, or ask for a table at a specific time.
DoorDash can then suggest restaurants, build grocery carts, add the right quantities, and check whether users already have basics like sugar or butter. For food orders, users can ask for something like a filling dinner for four, then narrow results by budget, diet, group size or past orders.
For reservations, they can ask for a table for two downtown around 8:00 PM and refine the search from there.
In brief:
- Users can search with prompts, photos and recipe links.
- DoorDash can build grocery carts and suggest restaurant orders.
- The feature is part of a wider race to make shopping feel more conversational.
DoorDash is joining a wider AI push in food delivery and shopping, with Uber Eats and Instacart also adding AI-powered assistants. Ask DoorDash is rolling out on iOS in select regions for restaurant search, groceries and reservations, with more US users getting access in the coming weeks.
Meta has launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator built by Meta Superintelligence Labs
The tool is now available for free in the Meta AI app, Instagram Stories and WhatsApp. Muse lets users create and edit images with text prompts. People can use it to make filters, remove objects from photos, place themselves in new locations, or build images from ready-made prompt ideas, but one feature is already raising privacy concerns.
Muse can use photos from another person’s public Instagram profile to create AI images. Users only need to tag that person. Meta says people can turn this off in their settings, but they will not be notified if someone uses their content with Meta’s AI tools.
Muse is not only aimed at casual image creation. Meta is also positioning it for practical uses, including:
- creating custom ads
- testing home design ideas, such as seeing how furniture might look in a room
- adding new AI-powered effects and filters to Instagram Stories
One example shows a user previewing how a secondhand couch could look in their garage, with the feature designed to work alongside Facebook Marketplace.
That has worried some users, especially because Meta has faced major privacy issues before, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and concerns over facial recognition.
Meta says Muse is free for everyday use, though heavy users may need a subscription. The company also confirmed that an AI video tool, Muse Video, is already in development.
Future Caribbean Hosts its Inaugural Agentic AI Assembly
Future Caribbean will host its inaugural Agentic AI Assembly from July 10–12 in Barbados, bringing together leading Agentic AI builders, founders, investors and researchers for three days of hands-on collaboration focused on the future of open-source Agentic AI. The event will also be live streamed, allowing a global audience to participate virtually with Satellites being held throughout the region.
The Assembly marks the next milestone for Future Caribbean, which has rapidly grown into a global AI initiative in just six weeks. Since launching its Global Open-Source Agentic AI Buildathon, the initiative has attracted nearly 700 builders, founders, investors, advisors, judges and ecosystem partners from around the world, with applications and participant recruitment continuing as judging takes place on a rolling basis.
Hosted at the Inter-American Development Bank Barbados Country Office, the Assembly will feature technical workshops, live demonstrations, collaborative build sessions and discussions focused on deploying AI agents to solve real-world challenges across industries including finance, energy, healthcare, tourism and climate resilience.
The event will be led by Lily Dash, Founder of Future Caribbean and Co-Founder of ACTAI Advisors, alongside Steven Echtman, Founder of ClawCamp, with special guest Ajay Yadav, The Vibe Founder on Instagram
This technology was made for distributed markers, the Caribbean is a stark example of a distributed market, multiple currencies, legal systems, languages, regulations, this is about coordinating technologies around that distribution. If it works in the Caribbean, a complex distributed market and also one the best deployment environments for companies, it can scale globally in other distributed environments. The Caribbean is not unique in its distributed nature, much of the world is a distributed market.
Future Caribbean has brought together an international network of partners including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), IDB Invest, ACTAI Global, ACTAI Advisors, Cayman Enterprise City, Export Barbados, ClawCamp, Highrise AI, MiniMax, OWC, The OECS, DMZ and numerous global private sector and regional technology and government organizations.
The Assembly builds on the ongoing Global Open-Source Agentic AI Buildathon, where applications from around the world continue to be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis ahead of the finals at the New York Stock Exchange later this year.
By connecting world-class builders, investors and institutions, both in person and online, Future Caribbean aims to establish the Caribbean as a launchpad for the next generation of open-source Agentic AI companies with global impact.
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