People Are Already Lusting After Meta’s New AI Assistant Muse
"some of y'all way too thirsty for muse," wrote Alexandr Wang, head of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, after posting a picture of its rear end.
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government, Prime Minister Says
The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta expanded its AI agent, Muse, and unveiled several new devices. The article Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control appeared first on The Decoder.
Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it's currently only available to Gemini Enterprise customers. A
Gemini can now call businesses for you so you don’t have to wait on hold
Google's launching an "early experiment" feature on Pixel 11 that lets users delegate local business calls to Gemini, like making a reservation, checking if a product is in stock, or rescheduling an appointment. According to Google, you don't even need to start the call to have Gemini handle it for
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS voice models
Google has launched two Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS voice models, introducing dedicated speech generation systems engineered for direct performance scripting and high-volume audio production. The dual release splits vocal synthesis tasks between creative direction and cost-managed infrastructure. Gemini 3.
Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center
The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.
Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta
Anthropic Strikes $12B AI Computing Deal with Akamai
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs urge UN countries to cooperate on AI safety standards
2.5D parallax interactive battle scene by Opus 5.5
Sakana AI hires Jürgen Schmidhuber, inventor of deep learning, world models, and your next ChatGPT update
Tokyo-based Sakana AI has hired Jürgen Schmidhuber as Chief Scientific Advisor. Sakana calls him the "father of modern AI." He'll help lead the company's new RSI Lab, which works on recursive self-improvement, meaning AI that keeps developing itself. His ideas from the 1990s have already shaped Saka
Meta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phone
Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls. The apps will be
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Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
Call for Me—a feature that’s exclusive to the Pixel 11 series—gives robocalls a new meaning.
Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
Anthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRISPR researchers call it routine genome mining
Anthropic's AI model Claude found a previously unknown enzyme system in DNA databases, doing most of the analysis on its own. The article Anthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRISPR researchers call it routine genome mining appeared first on The Decoder.
Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend
Meta’s new AI gadget may look like a Tamagotchi, but its dangling form factor taps into a much broader Gen Z trend around bag charms, retro tech, and turning gadgets into fashion accessories.
It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute
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