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September 24, 2026, 2:30 AM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta debuts Meta VR Glasses, a ~100g VR headset with an external compute pack, three-hour battery life, ~2.5K resolution per eye, on sale 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 …
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 …
The Age:
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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta previews Muse Charm, a palm-sized Tamagotchi-like device for using Muse, with a ~2-inch OLED screen, front and rear cameras, and 5G, on sale by year's end  —  Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a palm-sized, dedicated gadget for using Muse, the company's popular new artificial intelligence assistant …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.’
Joanna Stern / The New Things:
An interview with Mark Zuckerberg on the products released at Connect, camera-free Ray-Bans being in the works before the “pervert glasses” backlash, more  —  A first look at Meta's new audio-only glasses, Muse voice and more … There are a LOT of questions to ask when Mark Zuckerberg unveils new products.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube rolls out tools for microdramas, an AI storytelling assistant for script analysis, video A/B-testing, and more, as it battles Netflix over top creators  —  Google-owned platform rolling out better tools for digital producers that could help it keep more of their content exclusively
Reece Rogers / Wired:
At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveils Custom Feeds, an LLM-powered feature that lets users generate and save tailored homepage video feeds, for US users
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 …
Google:
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, its “most expressive audio generation models yet”, with support for more than 100 languages  —  Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS are our most expressive audio generation models yet.
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 …
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.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to invest more than $10B through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, including a $7.9B UAE investment it announced last year  —  Microsoft Corp. pledged about $2 billion in additional spending in the Middle East, providing the first significant update on its business …
Christian Robles / Nextgov/FCW:
During a Senate hearing, 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 …
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 …
More: CBS News
Bloomberg:
India's food regulator initiates penal action against Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy Instamart, Bigbasket, and Zepto over alleged misbranding and misleading claims  —  India's food regulator has initiated penal action against online retailers Amazon and Flipkart India, as well as quick-commerce …
More: Inc42
Tomoko Wakasugi / Nikkei Asia:
Analysis: total net profit at ~190 chipmakers listed in mainland China rose 620% YoY in H1 2026, driven by the AI boom and China's self-sufficiency campaign  —  SHANGHAI — Earnings at Chinese chipmakers have grown more than 600% during the first half, buoyed by the artificial intelligence boom …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Modal Labs is in funding talks at a ~$15B valuation, up from $4.65B in May; Baseten is in funding talks at a $26B valuation, up from $13B in June  —  Two startups that provide platforms to help businesses run artificial intelligence models are in funding talks to double their valuations …
More: RuntimeWire

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CNN:
Source: UFC CEO Dana White has declined Trump's offer to become press secretary

Washington Post:
Sources: Trump ally Laura Loomer was paid, including via wire transfers worth ~$60K, for political social media posts without publicly disclosing the payments

Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Elvis Presley music rights holders and the publisher of many of Eminem's records file new federal lawsuits against Suno, adding to the AI company's legal woes

More News

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
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OpenAI releases MentalHealthBench, an open benchmark to evaluate AI responses in realistic mental health conversations, developed with 80+ licensed experts

Earlier Picks

@openai:
OpenAI says ChatGPT Voice can now be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, use plugins like email and calendar, and be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Pilgrim, whose device combines air sampling and genomic sequencing to detect biological threats, raised a $25M seed led by Buckley at a $150M valuation
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney raises Disney+ and Hulu prices, the fourth price hike in as many years; the ad-free tiers will each cost $21.49/month, an increase of $2.50
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Q&A with Jensen Huang on AI creating more jobs than it destroys, pushing back against AI doomerism, Chinese open models, the Hugging Face acquisition, and more
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
At its Accelerate conference, Amazon says it is opening its seller tools to third-party AI agents, starting with Claude, in beta for US merchants
Sana Pashankar / Bloomberg:
Seattle-based Hubble, which is building a 60-satellite low-Earth orbit network for global Bluetooth connectivity, raised a $200M Series C at a $1.6B valuation
Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Bessemer raised $5.75B, allocating $4B to growth-stage funding, including young companies raising large rounds at high valuations, and $1.75B for early-stage
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