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‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness

The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop After the recent backlash against Meta’s so-called “pervert” smart glasses, this week Mark Zuckerberg launched a much cuter alternative: the Muse “charm” device. With a

Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to face a Senate inquiry after rogue OpenAI age

Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library

University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian Library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for

Hackers hijack AI accounts and servers to fuel new cyber crime boom

Security researchers warn of surge in ‘LLM-jacking’ attacks targeting companies’ costly AI resources

OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made after a model being tested within a sandbox exploited a loophole

A single function Jev-like wrapper for LLMs, including vision models

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought then was a wild pivot point for the internet — and now it [

China and the US agree to set up a new AI safety channel, and to keep talking on trade, military

China and the US agree to set up a new AI safety channel, and to keep talking on trade, military

Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?

Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.

OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents

Company says its models leaked images shared by users in a disclosure that is likely to further inflame AI safety fears

Walmart chief rules out personalised pricing as AI transforms retail

Largest US retailer issues open letter saying it will not use electronic shelf labels to change costs based on shopper identity

NYT reports OpenAIs agents meddled with US Govt sites, Sam Altman commits to more transparency

The report further said that the incident involving the Commerce Department and the S.E.C. were confirmed by OpenAI, which said it was continuing to investigate the situation.