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Meta Platforms Inc. today released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, two artificial intelligence models designed to run personal and professional agents.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/meta-releases-muse-wonder-ai-models-built-to-run-personal-and-professional-agents/
#Tech #Meta

Executives at Fortune's AIQ Summit said the key question is how to turn AI into measurable value without added costs or confusion.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/12/aiq-summit-summary-wrap-from-experimentation-to-execution/
#AI

Meta's Muse Wonder Full model has entered the AI top tier. Its Muse Wonder models rank in the top three on six of ten benchmarks, though the cost per task has nearly tripled.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/metas-new-frontier-model-muse-wonder-full-breaks-into-the-ai-top-tier/
#AI #Meta

The Trump administration is moving three senior officials from the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence to report directly to the White House.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-move-ai-testing-agency-officials-white-house
#TechPolicy #WhiteHouse

Muse Wonder from Meta is now available on AI Gateway.
Source: Vercel
https://vercel.com/changelog/muse-wonder-now-available-on-ai-gateway
#Tech #Meta

The Chief of Defence Staff urged journalists to fight AI-generated fake news.
Source: Premium Times Nigeria
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/916506-national-security-cds-urges-journalists-to-combat-ai-generated-fake-news.html
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Meta's Superintelligence Lab released a pair of new state-of-the-art models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, the company's first attempt at a frontier model. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/meta-releases-its-first-frontier-model-muse-wonder/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Meta Platforms unveiled two new AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, on Monday.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/meta-unveils-new-ai-models-challenge-openai-anthropic
#AI #Meta #OpenAI

Microsoft's Azure Maia chips will become the main platform for its own AI services such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry, while the company will continue using GPUs from Nvidia and AMD.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261012VL216/microsoft-taiwan-hbm-chips-copilot.html
#Semiconductors #Microsoft #Copilot

The UK government will extend a programme using frontier AI models to find vulnerabilities in its own systems.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-ai-cyber-defence-package
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A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/windborne-wins-a-hefty-us-air-force-contract-for-its-balloon-data/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Minister Sam Nartey George urged KNUST academics to create a Twi artificial intelligence model, saying foreign-built models cannot capture Ghanaian language meaning.
Source: MyJoyOnline
https://www.myjoyonline.com/sam-george-tasks-knust-to-develop-twi-ai-model-as-ghana-plans-local-language-artificial-intelligence/
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Could AI actually make PR better? https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/honeyjar-offers-ai-tools-to-improve-pr-and-comms-at-every-company/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a defect-petition review of Tesla's Model Y robotaxis and Cybercabs for allegedly not slowing down in active school zones.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-robotaxis-nhtsa-school-zone-speeding-claim-2026-10
#Automation #Tesla

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/microsoft-president-says-uk-is-best-placed-to-drive-ai-regulation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/this-ai-startup-says-it-can-generate-permit-ready-blueprints-in-minutes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nvidia announced new partnerships and contributions to the open-source community at the Open Compute Project Global Summit.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/nvidia-tackles-ai-factory-scaling-bottlenecks-with-open-rack-designs-and-networking-advances/
#AI #Nvidia

Google’s newest wearable costs $179.99 and has a sleek feel like the Fitbit Air but with an OLED display. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/fitbit-edge-is-googles-middle-ground-between-fitbit-air-and-pixel-watch/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Intel announced it will discontinue SGX support after the upcoming Xeon Diamond Rapids CPUs and will focus on Trust Domain Extensions.
Source: Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-to-phase-out-sgx-after-xeon-diamond-rapids-in-favor-of-tdx-confidential-computing-pivot-adds-trusted-i-o-and-post-quantum-crypto-for-agentic-ai
#Semiconductors #Intel

AvisLoader is a Windows malware loader that uses encrypted peer-to-peer communications to make its command-and-control infrastructure harder to disrupt.
Source: BleepingComputer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/inside-avisloader-a-windows-malware-loader-built-to-resist-disruption/