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Meta’s ex launches agent rival to Meta’s Muse
Manus’s relationship with Meta It’s complicated. Just months after they called off their merger, they find themselves competing in the market for agentic AI platforms. Awkward! The company has just…
OpenAI pulls the plug on GPT 6.1 Astra as agents keep crossing lines
OpenAI has scrapped the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal testing found the model did not meet the company’s safety and alignment standards. GPT-6.1 Astra was being developed…
AMD agrees to buy World Labs to fill out its AI stack
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to buy World Labs, a developer of AI “world models” that incorporate knowledge of the physical world, to extend the AI ecosystem around its…
Apple patches CoreGraphics zero-day already exploited in targeted attacks
Apple has patched a CoreGraphics zero-day after warning that attackers may already have used the bug to compromise a small number of carefully chosen targets. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-86950,…
OpenAI benches GPT-6.1 Astra for overstepping the mark
OpenAI has killed off the planned release of GPT-6.1 Astra after the model got better at doggedly pursuing tasks but worse at knowing when it should stop. The decision means…
What happens when the cloud blows up?
I’ve covered cloud computing for a long time, and one of the most persistent myths I encounter is that public clouds exist above the laws of physics that govern everything…
Why faster AI coding can mean harder engineering
We keep asking whether AI can make developers more productive, but that’s the wrong question. We should instead be asking what happens when it does. All those productivity gains can…
Nvidia releases Open Agent Safety Platform to monitor and govern agentic AI
Nvidia on Monday rolled out an agentic governance system called the Open Agent Safety Platform that combines software with out-of-band DPU-based silicon in a reference system design that it says…
Elon Musk teases final look of SpaceX’s Starship test vehicle
It’s no secret that SpaceX has been constructing its Starship test vehicle — it’s easy for curious onlookers to snap photos. But what will it look like when it’s finished?…
Facebook reportedly building cryptocurrency for WhatsApp money transfers
Facebook is building a cryptocurrency designed to make it easier to transfer money on WhatsApp, according to Bloomberg. The currency will reportedly be focused on India and allowing Indian workers…