# AI Storytelling, Creator Tools, and AI-Native Workplace Platforms

**Podcast:** TechCrunch Daily Crunch
**Published:** 2026-07-23

## Transcript

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Meta's working on an AI storytelling app called StoryKit, which creates AI-generated children's stories with custom characters, settings, lessons, and music.
As the App Store listing assures parents, you don't need to write a single word.
At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime, using our imaginations.
Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is piloting StoryKit in select countries to see how parents like it.
A Meta spokesperson described StoryKit as a creative storytelling app used to craft personalized, imaginative storybooks for children and noted that it uses AI safety filters with no social features and is only available to users over the age of 18.
Now, to generate a story in the app, you first select a character, which you can create by snapping a photo of their favorite toy or person to bring them to life, according to the description in the App Store.
Then, you describe the world of your story and choose a lesson so that you can weave in values like kindness, courage, or empathy without it feeling like a lecture.
On Tuesday, Instagram announced that users can now swap out the music on their published feed posts and carousels.
You see, until now, users could only change the music on a post by deleting it and then re-uploading it.
Who has time for that?
With a newly launched Replace Audio tool, users can update the music on their post at any time while keeping the post's existing likes, comments, shares, and reach intact.
The meta-owned company says the new feature is another step in its efforts to build tools that give creators more creative control over their content.
The update removes a limitation that forced creators and brands to choose between keeping a post's engagement and updating its soundtrack.
In some cases, changing a song can help keep content aligned with trends.
Other times, people may want to refresh old posts to reflect their evolving music tastes.
Now the new feature is accessed by navigating to the post where you want to change the audio, then tapping the two-line menu in the top right corner of the post.
You'll then need to scroll down to edit, after which you'll see the option to swap out the audio.
Instagram has come under fire over the years for introducing controversial features that many users never wanted, so it makes sense for the social media giant to now add a small but meaningful feature that people may actually find useful.
Twitter and Block co-founder Jack Dorsey announced a new app on Tuesday called...
Buzz.
Positioned as a challenger to Slack and GitHub, Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversations.
Now, according to its website, Buzz was built by Dorsey's company Block, which also operates products like Square, Cash App, Afterpay, and Tidal.
As startups increasingly rely on AI agents to get work done, it can be challenging for employees to collaborate on various tasks across different platforms.
Buzz's utility is that it merges several different workflows into one workplace.
It looks a lot like Slack, but with native AI agents and the ability to manage GitHub projects all from the same window.
Since the platform is open source, developers can make their own Buzz instance feel more customized to the needs and workflows of their specific team.
If a team needs a new feature, they can build it and deploy it on their own, since they have full access to the source code.
Dorsey isn't the only entrepreneur trying to pursue AI-native alternatives or additions to Slack.
Paradigm partner and CTO Giorgios Constantopoulos recently unveiled a similar open-source product called Centaur, which he describes as a virtual employer that runs either inside of Slack or via an API.
Now, for newer startups that are using AI agents and don't have an established presence on Slack, Buzz or its competitors could be worth investigating.
But Buzz itself admits that it is in its early stages, so it's probably not a good idea to port your team over just yet.
And folks, that's your Daily Crunch.
Today's stories were reported by Amanda Silberling, Aysha Malek, and more awesome TechCrunch journalists.
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