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  • Google is sending an AI satellite into space next week
    The Verge [ai] - 14:15 Sep 24, 2026
    Google is getting ready to launch a satellite with its AI processors to test how well they perform in space, as reported earlier by The New York Times. The move is part of Google's Project Suncatcher, the company's experimental initiative that could eventually put AI data centers into orbit. The satellite, equipped with Google's Tensor […]
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  • The vibes are bad for Flock in Washington
    The Verge [ai] - 14:15 Sep 24, 2026
    Flock is in the hot seat in Washington, even if its CEO declined to actually face senators at a hearing about its "AI Surveillance Network" on Wednesday. "There's many players in this industry, but there's one name that really stands out above the rest, and that is Flock," Senate Judiciary crime and counterterrorism subcommittee chair […]
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  • I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
    The Verge [ai] - 14:15 Sep 24, 2026
    It’s a big week for Meta. The company just kicked off its big Connect conference on Wednesday, and the new Muse AI agent appears to be an early hit. I’ve been using it — it is surprisingly good.  CEO Mark Zuckerberg has obviously been out there taking a victory lap and participating in a lot […]
  • Meta’s Muse AI Charms can interact with each other
    The Verge [ai] - 13:31 Sep 24, 2026
    Meta's handheld AI gadget, called the Muse Charm, will be able to recognize and interact with other nearby Charms when it launches later this year. That's according to a report from Bloomberg, which includes more details about the device that the company teased during its Meta Connect keynote on Wednesday. The Muse Charm houses the […]
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  • Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out
    The Verge [ai] - 13:30 Sep 24, 2026
    Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of whatever's going on around you. The privacy blowback was immediate and inevitable: Experts warned of the legal risks of using the features, especially in nonpublic spaces and states […]
  • OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data 
    The Verge [ai] - 11:52 Sep 24, 2026
    OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites. The attack appears to be the first confirmed instance of a rogue AI agent breaching a government website, adding fuel to rapidly intensifying concerns about the safety of advanced AI systems and the responsibility of the […]
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  • Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief
    The Verge [ai] - 09:04 Sep 24, 2026
    Google is reportedly nearing the launch of its long awaited Gemini 4 model, after dawdling behind rival developers on flagship AI releases. Speaking with The Information during his first media appearance as the leader of Google's DeepMind division, Koray Kavukcuoglu said that Gemini 4 is currently in its refinement stage, and that the company is […]
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  • Meta is making a standalone Muse AI gadget
    The Verge [ai] - 00:15 Sep 24, 2026
    Meta is building a dedicated hardware device for its new Muse AI agent. The product, called Muse Charm, was briefly shown off by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the end of tonight's Meta Connect presentation. It looks almost like a chunky smartwatch without the strap - just a big screen, plus a little lanyard for […]
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  • Muse is coming to Meta smart glasses
    The Verge [ai] - 23:40 Sep 23, 2026
    Just a couple of weeks after launching Muse, Meta announced that it's "working on" bringing the agent to its smart glasses, including the new glasses it unveiled at Meta Connect. Users will be able to activate Muse from their glasses by saying its name and ask it to handle tasks like guiding a workout, logging […]
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  • Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses
    The Verge [ai] - 23:37 Sep 23, 2026
    Walking around Meta Connect 2026, everyone's sporting smart glasses in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. It's a marked difference here, a tech bubble where "pervert glasses" are not a concern. Outside Connect, the public backlash against wearable surveillance tech - a catchall term that encompasses not just smart glasses, but also smartwatches and […]
  • Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too
    The Verge [ai] - 23:19 Sep 23, 2026
    Meta is quickly iterating on its new Muse AI agent, announcing a bunch of updates today that make the bot more capable and able to chat with you in more ways. Muse agents are getting their own email addresses that they can use for accomplishing tasks. You'll also be able to communicate with your Muse […]
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  • Meta Connect 2026: The biggest news and announcements
    The Verge [ai] - 22:45 Sep 23, 2026
    It’s about time for Meta Connect, the company’s annual product launch event. This year, given the company’s major focus on AI and wearables like smart glasses, it seems likely that we’ll see updates from CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his team on those categories. The company has been facing significant scrutiny because of how some users […]
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  • Meta Connect 2026 live blog: On the ground at Mark Zuckerberg’s next big product launch
    The Verge [ai] - 22:30 Sep 23, 2026
    It's time once again for Meta's annual September product launch event, and The Verge is on the ground in Menlo Park to cover the show live. Meta says that today's keynote by Mark Zuckerberg will be about how "Meta is building a future for everyone" - something he wrote at length about in a recent […]
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  • Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money
    The Verge [ai] - 19:00 Sep 23, 2026
    Modern life comes with an unending, auto-populating to-do list. It never ceases to amaze me how I can be doing nothing at all, minding my own business, and suddenly something needs to be taken care of. You're telling me a tree branch fell in the backyard and now I have to figure out what to […]
  • Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that 
    The Verge [ai] - 18:22 Sep 23, 2026
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday that could finally give communities better data - and more say - on how data centers impact their electricity bills and water supply. As data centers invade a growing number of communities across the US, they've triggered protests over how the infrastructure underpinning AI […]
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  • Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
    The Verge [ai] - 18:00 Sep 23, 2026
    Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's newly-launched wet lab and an early test of Claude's usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. The company says Claude found the enzyme system after […]
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  • Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison
    The Verge [ai] - 16:23 Sep 23, 2026
    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence - a technology the bill describes as capable of the "destruction or disempowerment of humanity," including by overthrowing the government. Under the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, AI leaders would face up to 20 years […]
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  • YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for them
    The Verge [ai] - 14:30 Sep 23, 2026
    Part of the job of a content creator is to figure out how to get their work in front of the most people. Cracking - or fighting - the algorithm has historically been a frustration for creators, but YouTube is increasingly simply telling creators what they should do. At the annual creator-focused Made on YouTube […]
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  • OpenAI nabs key Patreon execs ahead of upcoming announcement
    The Verge [ai] - 11:02 Sep 23, 2026
    OpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators. After starting the creator subscription platform 13 years ago, co-founder and technology chief Sam Yam announced on X that he's joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product. He's also bringing Patreon's former product head Drew Rowny and engineering head Shannon Ma with […]
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  • OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again
    The Verge [ai] - 00:17 Sep 23, 2026
    After turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis, OpenAI is consulting human mathematicians to help it figure out a less disastrous path forward. On Monday, the company announced a new independent panel of mathematicians tasked with advising it and other AI companies on their interactions with mathematical research and the wider […]
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