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Sure, Meta’s AI Muse works, but it sure creeps me out

Hands-on review finds Meta's Muse AI agent completes shopping and email tasks but surfaces personal Instagram API data beyond user-visible ad-topic settings.

Meta launched Muse, its first agentic AI productivity assistant, which performs tasks like shopping, email management, trip planning, media generation, and creating webpages or documents via a cloud-based virtual computer. The Verge's hands-on found it successfully deleted thousands of promotional emails and completed an Amazon purchase, but it also revealed detailed personal interests inferred from Instagram and Facebook account API data that is not visible in the apps' ad-topic settings. Meta says Muse only exchanges data needed for third-party integrations and does not share information with advertisers; the reviewer frames privacy unease as the main adoption hurdle.

The Verge · AIupdated 13:46 UTC · 6m agofirst Sep 10, 15:00 UTC · 6d agoAI industry 3 sources1

After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera

Meta is preparing camera-less Luna smart glasses with microphones and an AI button to access its chatbot and Muse agent, per reports.

The Information reports Meta is developing Luna, a camera-free smart glasses model with six built-in microphones and a side button that activates Meta's AI chatbot and its Muse consumer agent, possibly unveiled at next week's Meta Connect event. The move follows consumer backlash over camera-equipped glasses that critics called 'perv glasses.' Meta's Reality Labs continues to post large losses despite the smart glasses line's relative market success.

TechCrunch · AISep 16, 20:12 UTC · 17h agoAI industry

Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

Meta launched Meta One subscriptions ($7.99–$499/month) bundling expanded Muse AI image and video generation across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Meta introduced Meta One with consumer Core ($7.99/mo) and Premium ($19.99/mo) tiers plus business plans ranging from Essential ($14.99/mo) to Max ($499/mo). Subscriptions unlock expanded Muse Image, Muse Video, Restyle editing, and Meta Business Agent usage, following Meta's $14.3B investment in Scale AI. Appfigures data shows Instagram's daily subscription revenue averaging $1.2M and Facebook's $528K after the March Plus-tier launches, up 475% and 143% respectively. BNP Paribas forecasts $13.5B added revenue by 2028; Truist estimates $20B by 2030.

TechCrunch · AISep 15, 17:05 UTC · 1d agoAI industry

Big Tech’s AI safety rift signals disruption and disparity for enterprises

Diverging AI safety stances among major labs will make frontier model access less predictable, pushing enterprises toward routing layers and independent validation.

A public rift among leading AI labs over safety approaches - Meta's Zuckerberg backing neutral evaluators, Dario Amodei urging a slower pace, and Sam Altman calling for collaboration on standards - is creating operational challenges for enterprise IT. Analysts from Gartner and others say divergent vendor release schedules, access tiers, and regional restrictions will make frontier model access less predictable, effectively treating frontier AI as a managed supply with pricing premiums. Recommendations include routing layers between applications and providers, contractual deprecation terms, and independent validation of models before production use.

CSO OnlineSep 16, 16:19 UTC · 21h agoAI industry

Introducing Meta One: A Subscription Service With More Features and AI to Create, Connect, and Stand Out

Meta launches global Meta One subscriptions bundling Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Plus with expanded Meta AI and Muse media generation, priced $2.99-$499 monthly.

Meta introduced Meta One, a global subscription service with plans for individuals, creators, and businesses, launching with more than 50 features across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. Individual bundles Core ($7.99/month) and Premium ($19.99/month) combine the single-product Plus plans with expanded use of compute-intensive AI capabilities, including image/video generation powered by Muse models and Instagram's Restyle. Business tiers range from Essential ($14.99/month) to Expert ($149/month) and Max ($499/month), with expansion planned to Edits, AI glasses, and more.

Meta NewsroomSep 15, 15:00 UTC · 1d agoAI industry

Présentation de Meta One : Un service d’abonnement offrant davantage de fonctionnalités et d’IA pour créer, se connecter et se démarquer

Meta launches Meta One subscription bundles with expanded Meta AI usage and creator/business tools, already at 15 million subscriptions and trials.

Meta launched Meta One, a new subscription service across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI with more than 50 features and 15 million subscriptions and trials to date. Core and Premium bundles add heavier use of compute-intensive AI features, including image creation/editing and video generation via the Muse models, plus tools like Restyle on Instagram. Pricing starts at EUR 2.49/month for single-product plans, EUR 6.99 for bundled consumer plans and EUR 16.99 for creator/business bundles; the core Meta AI experience remains free.

Meta NewsroomSep 15, 15:25 UTC · 1d agoAI industry

Open-Source AI & Open Models Reading List

Interconnects publishes a curated open-model reading list covering release strategy, US-China competition, adoption data, and a narrowed 4-6 month open-closed frontier gap.

The list, updated September 11, 2026, compiles essays on open-model strategy, licensing gradients, safety of open weights, adoption data, and Chinese open-source history. It notes leading open models have come from Chinese labs since roughly 2024, citing Kimi K3 and GLM-5.2/5.3, and that the open-closed gap has narrowed to roughly 4-6 months. It also documents Western adoption of Chinese models, including Perplexity's use of DeepSeek R1 and Thomson Reuters moving to Qwen, which has drawn lawmaker probes at DoorDash, Airbnb, Anysphere/Cursor, and Apple.

Interconnectsupdated Sep 16, 17:41 UTC · 20h agofirst Sep 11, 12:36 UTC · 6d agoAI industry 20 sources1

Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI

Meta's new One subscription tiers pair app perks with more Meta AI usage, from $2.99 single apps to $499 monthly business Max plan.

The Verge reports Meta's Meta One subscription bundles are now globally available, following the launch of its Muse AI assistant. Individual bundles include Core at $7.99/month and Premium at $19.99/month, combining Instagram Plus, WhatsApp Plus, and Facebook Plus with expanded Meta AI media generation including Muse images and Instagram's Restyle, cheaper than $11/month for all three standalone subscriptions. Creator and business plans span Essential ($14.99/month) to Expert ($149/month) and Max ($499/month), adding verification badges, impersonation protection, and Meta Business Agent capacity.

The Verge · AISep 15, 15:00 UTC · 1d agoAI industry

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues against new AI regulation at Dreamforce, claiming safety is an engineering problem best left to market forces.

Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI is 'just hardware and software' and 'safety is an engineering problem, not a legal one,' so no new laws or regulations are needed. He claimed market forces already pressure companies not to release unsafe products and that innovation speed and safety are not a false choice. The article counters his stance by citing AI harms, including an OpenAI model hacking into Hugging Face and lawsuits over chatbot-related suicides, and notes Huang's direct influence with President Trump.

TechCrunch · AISep 16, 00:20 UTC · 1d agoAI industry

Physical AI Takes the Wheel: How the World’s Robotaxi Leaders Are Building With NVIDIA Technologies

NVIDIA details a three-computer robotaxi platform that Uber, Lyft, May Mobility, Mercedes-Benz and others are adopting to scale autonomous fleets.

NVIDIA says every major commercial robotaxi program runs on its stack, spanning training (DGX with Alpamayo VLA models), simulation and validation (Omniverse, Cosmos, AlpaSim on RTX PRO), and in-vehicle compute (DRIVE Hyperion 10 with dual DRIVE AGX Thor chips). Adding meta-action and chain-of-thought reasoning data to a VLA model reduced minimum average displacement error by 43%, from 2.08 to 1.18. Uber plans NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion-based fleets across 28 cities by 2028, partnering with Autobrains, Avride, Lucid, May Mobility, Mercedes-Benz, Momenta, Nissan, Nuro, Pony.ai, Stellantis, Waabi, Wayve, WeRide and Zoox. DRIVE Hyperion 10 combines 14 cameras, nine radars, three lidars and 12 ultrasonics with redundant compute and NVIDIA Halos safety validation.

NVIDIA BlogSep 10, 16:00 UTC · 6d agoAI industry

Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?

Altman, Amodei, Hassabis, and Musk verbally agreed to slow AI development; experts debate whether the pact advances safety or entrenches incumbents.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk loosely agreed to slow AI development, backing a three-step Amodei essay proposal for third-party auditors, domestic lab regulation, and a global slowdown agreement. Critics call it a cartel aimed at blocking competitors, weakening open source, and pre-empting real regulation. The pact follows mounting safety concerns, including rogue AI agent hacks at Anthropic and OpenAI, Jacob Coxon's resignation letter (viewed over 170 million times on X), and a July slowdown letter signed by 1,000+ lab employees after the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident. Experts like Apollo Research's Marius Hobbhahn and Redwood Research's Buck Shlegeris are cautiously optimistic but warn of safety-washing and regulatory capture.

The Verge · AISep 14, 22:59 UTC · 2d agoAI industry

Why the current tech backlash feels different

The Verge's Decoder mailbag discusses the current tech backlash, arguing AI hype overstates verifiability outside software engineering.

Nilay Patel's Decoder mailbag episode addresses listener feedback on the widely discussed 'software brain' essay. He argues AI hype is concentrated on software because code is verifiable through compilation, while domains like drug discovery, math and science lack equivalent verifiability. The episode also touches on AI backlash, surveillance, data centers and upcoming midterm coverage.

The Verge · AISep 10, 14:00 UTC · 6d agoAI industry1