Meta's Muse AI Agent Faces Website Access Barriers
Meta's Muse AI agent is blocked by major retailers like Amazon and Walmart, with users reporting failed purchases due to anti-bot measures.
Meta's Muse AI agent is blocked by major retailers like Amazon and Walmart, with users reporting failed purchases due to anti-bot measures.
Deepseek is nearing a $12 billion funding round, with potential to reach $15 billion, as it prepares for an IPO in early 2027.
South Korea plans to invest $3.49 billion in a homegrown frontier AI model, aiming to rival China's leading models. The funding is part of the proposed 2027 budget, pending parliamentary approval.
Microsoft published a bearish AI forecast from Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu, predicting just 1.5% GDP growth over a decade.
Anthropic announced on October 6, 2026, that startups can access a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in API credits.
Mirror Particle, a San Francisco-based startup, is developing a world model to predict human behavior, competing with AI firms like Humans& and Aaru.
Anthropic employees donated over $660 million in shares to charities between October 2025 and March 2026, surpassing major firms like BlackRock and Truist Financial.
Meta and Microsoft sharply cut internal use of Anthropic's Claude, reducing Microsoft's annual spending by over a third and Meta's Claude Code users by half.
A new MITTR report reveals that only 34% of enterprise AI projects make it to production due to knowledge gaps, with data fragmentation cited as a top challenge.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature 200 Startup Battlefield finalists, with 20 advancing to pitch on the Disrupt Stage from October 13-15.
TikTok announced new AI shopping tools that let users buy directly from brands, with the features expected to boost in-app transactions.
Mistral and HUMAIN announced a strategic collaboration to advance sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with an investment of hundreds of millions of Euros.