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Meta's Muse AI agent is very powerful — but not enough to overcome my kids' annoying school apps

I spent a week trying out Meta's Muse AI agent, giving it access to my email, credit cards, and even Apple health data.

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19 minutes ago - 09:22

LSU coach Lane Kiffin was asking ChatGPT for legal advice, friend says

Lane Kiffin's friend and noted sports attorney Tom Mars said the LSU coach would respond to legal discussions with ChatGPT-generated responses.

24 minutes ago - 09:17

Google Gemini Broke Into Real Company Systems After Security Test Domain Mix-Up

Google's Gemini model has become the latest artificial intelligence (AI) system to access the internet and break into other companies during a cybersecurity evaluation. The development was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The incidents occurred in May 2026 as part of a test run conducted by Israeli company Irregular. The evaluation partner was also involved in similar hacks disclosed

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1 hour ago - 07:51

Investors weigh whether Anthropic can sustain surging revenues post-IPO

OpenAI’s resurgence, cheap rivals and safety fears test faith in durability of business model ahead of IPO

5 hours ago - 04:00

Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI

In one particularly odd interview, Norwood seems to malfunction and begin speaking Chinese.

9 hours ago - 24:12

Anthropic brings in Accenture for AI safety testing

CEO Dario Amodei says labs should more deeply embed third-party testers as concerns grow around risks associated with the technology

10 hours ago - 23:38

A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI

UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.

10 hours ago - 23:25

Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments

AI leaders have been promising that AI is the key to curing human disease. Anthropic researchers have also been warning that AI might kill us all.

10 hours ago - 23:13

AI Hallucination Nearly Triggers US Military Operation

“It’s important for service members to understand the uncertainty inherent to LLMs," a GovAI research scholar warns.

10 hours ago - 23:12

AI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says

CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components.

10 hours ago - 22:44

OpenAI expects to burn $280bn by 2030

AI start-up has projected deeply negative cash flows as it invests in infrastructure and faces price pressures

11 hours ago - 22:33

Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?

Accenture is about to take on its most high-risk consulting engagement ever.

11 hours ago - 21:44

OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the "largest theft of labor in human history," and that it […]

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12 hours ago - 21:07

Inside airlines' panic as FAA pushed new AI tool

Airlines are optimistic after confusion over an AI tool that aims to reduce flight delays by predicting airspace congestion, POLITICO reported.

13 hours ago - 20:41

What to expect at Meta Connect 2026: New AI glasses, a mixed reality headset and more

There's a lot for Mark Zuckerberg to cover at this year's keynote.

13 hours ago - 20:35

AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.

13 hours ago - 20:26

British data centre group Nscale files for $35bn US listing

Start-up has won a huge contract to supply computing power to Anthropic

13 hours ago - 20:26

Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced

Even if big AI companies agree to a pause, ensuring that nobody tries to sneak ahead could prove tricky.

14 hours ago - 19:21

FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion

FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.

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14 hours ago - 19:20

A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers

Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence.

14 hours ago - 18:49

Disney hires ex-CEO of AI company it accused of copyright infringement

What's a little IP theft between friends?

15 hours ago - 18:36

Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure […]

15 hours ago - 18:33

We want to hear how you're using personal AI agents

Personal AI agents are the latest hype in Silicon Valley. Business Insider wants to hear from you about how you're using the tools.

15 hours ago - 18:02

Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters

The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer.

15 hours ago - 17:59

Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households

Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.

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16 hours ago - 17:33

US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"

The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.

16 hours ago - 17:28

Disney has a new tech chief — read the memo from CEO Josh D'Amaro

Disney has hired its first tech chief from an AI company it was beefing with last year. Read CEO Josh D'Amaro's full memo to employees.

16 hours ago - 17:19

Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a "kill switch" for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. Newsom's order directs the state to convene a group of experts that will deliver recommendations within two months on how to […]

16 hours ago - 17:12

Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Watch […]

16 hours ago - 17:09

What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings

As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI's potential to destroy humanity, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to stay focused on what's already happening. The Verge reached out to Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Lionsgate, and other studios who have started using AI, as well film startups focused on bringing generative AI into the mainstream […]

16 hours ago - 16:42

Family offices are clamoring for AI investments

Whether it's a permanent shift or part of a familiar cycle is worth asking, though.

17 hours ago - 16:00

The web was built for people. A tsunami of AI agents is changing that fast.

AI agents are rapidly becoming the internet's biggest users, reshaping websites, online services, and digital commerce.

17 hours ago - 15:58

The Pope's AI advisor says the technology can be worse for kids than cocaine

Paolo Benanti, a Franciscan friar and theologian, told the BBC that AI can produce "emotional bending" that affects young people worse than addiction.

17 hours ago - 15:56

Anthropic and the golden rules of business

Shifts in technology and geopolitics mean the ideal of the perfect company is changing

18 hours ago - 15:40

Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI

A team of three independent security researchers at Hacktron says it took less than 72 hours for them to hack into OpenAI employee accounts using Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and 5, the Wall Street Journal reports. They were able to access OpenAI's GitHub repository, called "Monorepo," which reportedly contains "OpenAI's algorithmic secrets," according to the […]

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18 hours ago - 15:30

Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes discuss one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

18 hours ago - 15:30

Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer

Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf.

18 hours ago - 15:22

I’m so mad that I love Orion’s $2,195 AI mattress pad

Sleeping on the Orion is like flipping your pillow to find “the cool side,” except that your whole entire bed is the cool side.

18 hours ago - 15:22

AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race

The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.

18 hours ago - 15:00

If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already

Anthropic’s CEO says that safety hinges on understanding how AI “thinks.” So far the evidence is disturbing.

18 hours ago - 15:00

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