Meta Unveils Muse AI Agent with Video Avatars and Mac Control
Meta expanded its Muse AI agent at Meta Connect 2026, adding video avatars, email addresses, and Mac app control capabilities.
AI performance costs have dropped 13x annually since 2023, according to Epoch AI, outpacing all prior technologies.
Anthropic's AI model Claude identified an unknown enzyme system in DNA databases, using 950 agents to analyze over 200,000 reverse transcriptases.
Sakana AI has hired Jürgen Schmidhuber, the inventor of deep learning and world models, as its Chief Scientific Advisor.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent accessed non-public Medicare files in June, with the breach only disclosed in September.
New Jersey fined DataOne $1.1 million after satellite images exposed 62 gas generators operating without permits, exceeding state limits by over 50 times.
Lovable’s annualized revenue has crossed $600 million, up from $500 million in June, as enterprise adoption accelerates.
Shield AI’s Nathan Michael, Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun, and General Motors’ Mikell Taylor will discuss AI safety at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, emphasizing the need for rigorous testing and validation in real-world applications.
TechCrunch announced five new venture capital judges for Startup Battlefield 200, set to take place October 13–15 in San Francisco, with the final $100,000 prize on the line.
Oracle has issued a force majeure notice to its New Mexico Stargate data center project, citing potential delays to its 2028 completion timeline.
Aderant’s Intelligent Ticket Analyzer achieved 96% routing accuracy in its first 2.5 weeks of use, reducing engineering hours by 8–14 per week.
AWS announced a new architecture that lets AI agents query data across multiple AWS accounts without replicating or centralizing it. The solution uses AgentCore Gateway and MCP to enable secure, distributed access to line-of-business data.