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Meta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agent
Meta announced Muse, a cross-platform personal AI agent for everyday tasks, currently only available in the United States though dedicated iOS and Android apps as well as within WhatsApp. Meta says Muse is “a secure, private personal AI agent that proactively helps with people’s goals and suggests ideas.” Users have the option to manually connect external apps, like email, calendars, and smart homes, and also connect to things without a public API through a web browser. Meta asserts data processed within Muse are separated from the company’s ad systems. The proactive part of Muse comes from it continuing to work when not actively open and it will make suggestions to aid ongoing projects. Muse is free to use, with a usage tracking meter, and will prompt users to join a monthly subscription plan before it tops out. The Power tier is $20/month and Maximum is $100/month.
Source: TechCrunch and Meta
OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades
On Tuesday, OpenAI claimed to have solved a the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. A professor at New York University, Tristan Buckmaster, went public with claims that OpenAI accelerated work on the problem once the company heard that he, alongside an Anthropic researchers, were gearing up to announce their breakthrough. Buckmaster expressed concern about the timing of OpenAI’s announcement as his work was stored in OpenAI’s Codex model, making the work potentially visible internally at OpenAI. The company said it could not rule out that this data “helped improve our models.”
Source: The Guardian
Netflix becomes latest in stream of Florida AG tech targets
On Wednesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed suit against Netflix, alleging the company misleads parents on how data collection affects minors and also harms children through features leading to “binge watching” content. The suits asks for a judge’s order to remedy several Netflix data issues the state has, including: forcing Netflix to delete all “deceptively” obtained data, not use data prior to the introduction of its ad model, improve disclosure to parents for data collection of children, and purge all collected data from kids up to this point. Florida Attorney General said as part of the announcement, “And so, in this lawsuit, we will be seeking billions of damages.” Politico says Netflix has not yet responded.
Source: Politico
OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized comms, researchers say
Reuters reports OpenAI’s AI agents used more than ten previously undisclosed websites for “unsanctioned communications” in 2026, according to six sets of independent investigations. Reuters reviewed the collected investigation data showing the “rogue activity” from the AI agents was much wider than officially noted, and notes this behaviour was closer to spam than any hacking. Reuters says “OpenAI did not directly answer a question about whether it was reaching out to the site owners”.
Source: Reuters
Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults
Microsoft is adding an age-awareness API to Windows 11, using information in a Microsoft account to return age ranges under 10, 10-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18+. Microsoft says apps will be able to automatically adjust features for minors without parents needing configure every app individually, though they will still be able to. Windows Age APIs are currently available to any Windows Insiders and will roll out to all Windows users soon.
Source: Bleeping Computer
Media watchdog to investigate X over age verification, parental control concerns
Ireland’s media regulator opened an investigation into X concerning whether the company’s parental controls and age assurances meet the country’s online safety code. The code aims to ensure children do not see content types including pornography, gratuitous violence, or acts of cruelty. Sanctions could reach up to €20 million or 10% of relevant fiscal turnover. Previously X lost a High Court challenge to the online safety code in July 2025, was granted leave to appeal in January 2026, and thus the current investigation is taking place under the code currently being contested.
Source: RTE and The Next Web
Chrome is now shipping updates every 2 weeks as AI changes the security landscape
As announced earlier this year, Google is now patching Chrome every two weeks, up from the monthly schedule it was running since 2021, beginning with the launch of Chrome 153. The higher frequency schedule increases security in order to compete with any developing AI threats, and also enables Google to implement more AI tools more frequently. Mozilla, Microsoft, and Brave also patch every two weeks.
Source: TechCrunch
Riot, after 17 years, finally adds team voice chat to League of Legends
17 years after the launch of League of Legends, Riot announced voice chat will be available to all players in North America and Oceania. Previously, voice chat was limited in availability only to those who queued up in a premade group. Riot says that if this rollout goes well, it could expand to other regions like Korea, Latin America, and Brazil (which has a dedicated region separate from Latin America). Riot has not mentioned any specifics on how it plans to step up moderation for what is likely to be a hotly used feature.
Source: Engadget