Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts

AI-powered app development is really taking off, and smartphone maker Nothing seems intent on capitalizing on the bandwagon: the company on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps. Currently all Playground lets you build are widgets, like a flight tracker, a next meeting brief, or a virtual pet, from scratch using text prompts, or customize an existing app on the Essential Apps platform to your purposes. More technical users can modify the code to fine-tune how an app works. Nothing says it is not yet letting developers build full-screen apps, as the technology is not currently mature enough. A nothing phone screen with a screen time monitor and an Art curator…

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