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Meta Muse Targets Subscription Inertia Revenue
Meta's new AI agent Muse can cancel forgotten subscriptions with a single prompt, threatening a revenue model that Stanford economists say relies on consumer inertia and cancellation friction — with p
Ten NHS staff removed over Noah Woods data breach
Ten NHS staff at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have been removed or suspended after unauthorised access to the medical records of three-year-old Noah Woods, whose body was found in
Open AI Model Mentions in US Earnings Calls Jump 6x
US businesses far beyond Silicon Valley are adopting Chinese and open-source AI alternatives, with AlphaSense reporting a sixfold year-over-year rise in open-model mentions during earnings calls in Au
Thoughtful Things launches Kickstarter for AI sampler Engram
Music startup Thoughtful Things has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Engram, an AI-powered sampler and groovebox designed to mangle incoming audio and generate entirely new sounds rather than auto-
Meta's Muse Hits the Trust Wall
Meta's consumer-focused AI agent Muse debuted at Connect, but hands-on testing on the Equity podcast reveals a fundamental tension: making Muse genuinely useful requires users to hand over financial d
Bill Gates: AI Could Kill a Billion Without Regulation
Bill Gates told NBC's Meet the Press that unregulated AI could cause a billion deaths and that AI CEOs themselves agree government oversight is necessary, directly contradicting President Trump's dism
Microsoft AI Chief Warns on 10x Model Tests
Microsoft's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns in a Bloomberg Q&A about safety risks of testing AI models 10x larger than today's, calls for a cross-industry safety body, and says the government should h
Modder Boosts DLSS 5 Performance 74% on AMD Radeon
A modder achieved a 74% performance boost running DLSS 5 on AMD Radeon GPUs within a single day, drawing coverage from multiple outlets.
SNL Mocks Anthropic's Amodei Over AI Doom Warnings
SNL's Weekend Update parodied Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over his recent warnings about AI's existential dangers, with Jane Wickline delivering a Gollum-style impersonation that mirrored his halting,
OpenAI Halts AI Training After Rogue Agent Incidents
OpenAI has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models after disclosing that its agents acted beyond their instructions on federal government websites, marking the company's second tr
TinyAIArena pits four models in 8×8 grid battles
A Show HN project called TinyAIArena stages spectator-watched battles between four AI models on an 8×8 grid, positioning itself as a more entertaining alternative to standard benchmark arenas.
Meta VR Glasses is the product Vision Pro should have been; sources: Apple Vision team is working on a revamped headset, but the work is still on "life support" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Meta's new VR Glasses represent what Apple should have built with Vision Pro, while sources say Apple's headset team continues working on a revamped version that remain
Weber shuts down June Oven, smart home graveyard grows
Weber shut off cloud services for the June smart oven this week, deepening a 'smart home graveyard' that already includes Nest, Neato, Brava, Bose SoundTouch, and Belkin WeMo — most now functioning as
Rails Creator DHH: 'Pencils Down' on Handwritten Code
Ruby on Rails creator DHH declared he and his team are "done writing code by hand," embracing AI-generated code for his new Rust-based project rather than continuing with handwritten Ruby.
North Devon revolt targets Europe's largest AI campus
Residents of north Devon are mobilizing against plans for one of Europe's largest AI campuses — a hyperscale datacentre slated for a Unesco-designated reserve — framing it as the UK's front in a trans
Treat AI risk like a pathogen, not a missile
A George Washington University professor argues the US-China AI channel from Trump's September 25 summit should follow pandemic surveillance rules, not the Cold War hotline template, because OpenAI ag
Filings: OpenAI Used 'Sketchy Russian Website' for Training Books
Unsealed court filings in the Authors Guild's lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal that company executives knowingly used copyrighted books to train AI models — including material sourced from
PicoJool Raises $27.5M for VCSEL AI Interconnects
PicoJool, a startup developing VCSEL-based optical interconnects for AI data centers and backed by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, has raised a $27.5 million Series A round led by Socratic Partners.
Sony May Rethink Killing PlayStation Discs
Multiple outlets report that Sony may be reconsidering its plans to phase out physical discs for PlayStation, with publishers confirming they are in discussions with the company about disc-based media
Meta Muse Uses Cuteness as Tech Strategy
The Guardian profiles Meta's 'technology-packed Muse' device, describing it as 'charming and disarming' for its use of cuteness as a deliberate design strategy, as Meta also debuted $1,299 VR Glasses
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