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AI agents, including OpenAI's, tried to hack UNM's digital library, Data USA, and an Australian government site in May and June using the urlquery.net service — Jack Cable*,2, Daniel Chiu*, Francisco Pernice*,3, Selena Zhang*,1, James Anthony1, Tetiana Bas4, Gary Shen4, Conrad Stosz1, Jacob Steinhardt1
More: Wired, Insurance Journal, Time, Axios, and New York Times
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Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a public-facing Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated …
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LinkedIn: Ruth Marshall, Emma Dunn, and Tim de Sousa
| New York Times: |
OpenAI says its AI agents “took actions we did not intend” when they tried to hack government and university websites, and it is working with the organizations — In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts Meta VR Glasses, a ~100g VR headset with an external compute pack, three-hour battery, and ~2.5K resolution per eye, coming spring 2027 for $1,299 — Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday launched $1,299 virtual-reality glasses that undercut Apple Inc. in price and size while putting its headset line on track for profitability.
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| Hamish Hector / TechRadar: |
Meta VR Glasses hands-on: supremely comfortable to wear, excellent for multitasking, immersive content looks beautiful, and relatively low cost — Meta Connect just ended, and the biggest announcement of the night for me was easily the debut of Meta's VR Glasses — even if they were leaked ahead …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta unveils Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first pair of glasses without cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life, starting at $349 and shipping October 13 — Meta Platforms Inc. is expanding its smart-glasses lineup with camera-free models, support for the popular new Muse assistant and a hearing-aid mode.
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| Anna Washenko / Engadget: |
Meta announces new features for Meta Ray-Ban Display, including expanded heads-up navigation tools, a new Explore app, and Dolby Atmos audio support — The smart glasses are also arriving in five new markets this fall. — Today's Meta Connect 2026 conference shared a lot of news … | Wired: |
Meta plans to bring Private Processing to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, letting their AI assistant fulfill users' requests without Meta accessing their data — The company is bringing its Private Processing encryption service to its much-maligned smart glasses. — Meta knows you probably have some privacy concerns about its smart glasses.
More: Engineering at Meta, The Economic Times, Mashable, Business Standard, T3, Unite.AI, Vogue, and Mashable
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta previews Muse Charm, a palm-sized Tamagotchi-like device for using Muse, with a ~2" OLED screen, front and rear cameras, and 5G, on sale by the end of 2026 — Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a palm-sized, dedicated gadget for using Muse, the company's popular new artificial intelligence assistant …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta says users will be able to video chat with Muse, agents will get their own email addresses, and Muse will get computer use on Mac and smart glasses support — Muse started as a chatbot but will soon be an AI avatar you can talk with over video.| Bloomberg: |
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tell the UN Security Council that governments and industry should coordinate on AI safety standards and critical decisions — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei urged world leaders to work together on artificial intelligence …
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| Joanna Stern / The New Things: |
An interview with Mark Zuckerberg on the products announced at Connect, camera-free Ray-Bans being in the works before the “pervert glasses” backlash, and more — There are a LOT of questions to ask when Mark Zuckerberg unveils new products. How do the glasses work?| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab — It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover the ‘novel enzyme system.’
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Sources: DeepSeek's annualized revenue run rate hits $1B, up from less than $500M a few months ago, as it aims to finalize a ~$7.5B fundraise by late October — DeepSeek's annualized revenue run rate has hit $1 billion, more than double from less than $500 million a few months ago … | Reuters: |
A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular detail on officials' job assignments on China, Russia, cartels, cyber, and other issues — FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials' job assignments …
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| Laura Bratton / The Information: |
Google DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in the early phase of post-training and hopes it will be released “much earlier” than the end of 2026 — Google is nearing the release of its newest flagship model, Gemini 4, the head of its DeepMind division said Wednesday … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas, including via JVs with private companies — The Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote the use of dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas …
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, and The Crypto Times
| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismisses the idea of joining Meta's multistate child safety settlement, saying YouTube already has measures to protect young users — YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismissed the idea of joining Meta's multistate settlement agreement around child safety … | Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon plans to invest $1B into its Indian quick commerce operations by the end of 2027, and another $2B by 2030, as it battles local rivals — US e-commerce retailer Amazon (AMZN.O) will invest $3 billion to expand its India quick commerce business by 2030, two sources said … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft unveils the $1,149+ Surface Pro 12-inch and the $1,199+ Surface Laptop 13-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus, and a new Surface Mouse with built-in haptics — If you're a fan of Microsoft's smaller and lighter Surface PCs, we've got some good news! During Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit event …
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X: @daniel_rubino, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @zacbowden, @surface, @zacbowden, @tomwarren, and @surface. Forums: r/Surface
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for audio wearables, with up to 2x greater on-device AI performance and up to 40% lower power consumption — Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 as a substantial chipset for upcoming audio devices, with a massive focus on better AI performance for audio wearables.
More: Qualcomm, Tom's Guide, eeNews Europe, Moneycontrol, SamMobile, HotHardware, and The Shortcut
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Dallas-based enterprise browser security startup Island raised $400M led by Evolution Equity Partners at a $6.4B valuation and plans to grow its staff to 1,500 — The scramble to secure businesses against swarms of rogue artificial intelligence agents is fueling demand for new security tools.
More: Reuters
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, raised a $311M Series E at a $2B valuation, double its valuation a year ago — Enveda, a biotech startup that uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, has raised a $311 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation.
More: Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, and Endpoints News
| Callum Borchers / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies are increasingly using AI benchmarking services to aggregate public job listings and other payroll data to identify under- and over-paid employees — New services allow employers to pinpoint who is being paid too much or too little — A lot of us worry artificial intelligence … | Priyanka Salve / CNBC: |
VFX company DNEG's AI unit Brahma, whose customers include Warner Bros. and the NBA, raised $150M led by Indian PE firm Multiples at a $2B post-money valuation — Brahma AI, an Indian start-up that makes artificial intelligence-generated audiovisual content for enterprise customers … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to invest $10B+ through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, including a $7.9B investment in the UAE that it announced in 2025 — Microsoft Corp. pledged about $2 billion in additional spending in the Middle East, providing the first significant update on its business … | Wall Street Journal: |
Industry group TechNet files a comment with the US DHS urging the White House to withdraw its proposal to charge $103,265 for most new H-1B visa applications — Clash over proposed DHS rule to charge $103,265 fee reignites spat over highly skilled immigration| Christian Robles / Nextgov/FCW: |
During a Senate hearing, US lawmakers criticized automatic license plate readers amid concerns about Flock; the CEOs of Flock and others declined to attend — Members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Wednesday criticized the use of automatic license plate readers … | Bloomberg: |
Tencent launches TenPayGo, a payment app for foreign visitors to China that lets them pay tens of millions of merchants via Visa, Mastercard, and Apple Pay — Tencent Holdings Ltd. launched a standalone payment app for foreign visitors to China, stepping up competition against rival Ant Group Co.
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