Andrew Tulloch, Meta’s star AI recruit, is leaving after less than a year
Andrew Tulloch, Meta’s star AI recruit, is leaving after less than a year

Andrew Tulloch is leaving Meta less than a year after he joined. His reported pay offer from the company had made him a symbol of the AI talent war. Reed Albergotti first reported the departure for Semafor on Wednesday, citing a person briefed on the m…

Zuckerberg tells Sources labs holding back AI models is ‘quite dangerous’
Zuckerberg tells Sources labs holding back AI models is ‘quite dangerous’

“I personally am much more worried about a small number of labs or people having control of something that is so capable.” That was Mark Zuckerberg, speaking to Alex Heath on the Sources podcast, published on Wednesday. Heath recorded the interview at …

Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out

Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company’s first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The company says its AI agent can “take the busywork off your plate” by helping you with online shopping, emails, trip-planning, and more. I decided to try out the new tool and see how well it performed – […]

A Polish developer built an app that detects nearby Meta smart glasses over Bluetooth
A Polish developer built an app that detects nearby Meta smart glasses over Bluetooth

A 30-year-old Polish software developer has built an iPhone app that detects Meta smart glasses in the vicinity and estimates how far away they are by reading the Bluetooth signals the glasses broadcast. It has around 5,000 users a month after launch. …

Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that books, buys and negotiates for you
Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that books, buys and negotiates for you

Meta has launched a personal AI agent that will read your email, book your travel, fill in your forms, negotiate on your behalf, and pay for the results with your card. The company that built the world’s largest behavioural advertising business also sa…

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?

Meta’s new personal AI agent Muse wants access to users’ email, calendars, payments, health services, and more — making the company’s biggest consumer AI bet yet a major test of whether people still trust Meta with their data.

Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race

Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the hands of virtually anyone. The product is the latest step in a multi-billion-dollar strategy overhaul designed to revitalize the company’s ailing position in the AI race and help it catch up […]

EU tech chief says AI guardrails are coming to the US anyway
EU tech chief says AI guardrails are coming to the US anyway

Henna Virkkunen told Axios at the G20 innovation ministerial that the US and the EU keep arriving at similar AI protections, Europe by regulating in advance and America through courts and state law. She made the argument at the summit where Washington …

Every binding AI review Washington has proposed has come back voluntary. Zuckerberg reportedly rang Trump about the latest one.
Every binding AI review Washington has proposed has come back voluntary. Zuckerberg reportedly rang Trump about the latest one.

Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about a proposed national AI regulator in a previously unreported call with Donald Trump in mid-August, Politico reports. The two options still on the table are a FINRA-style body funded by the firms it would oversee and…

Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)

Instagram’s visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the system has gone haywire. They say Meta has been automatically applying an “AI Content” label to images that they didn’t create or edit using generative AI […]