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The man who built Apple's stores doesn't buy Silicon Valley's bet on AI shopping

Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.

Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day

A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.

Amazon kicks out Meta's Muse in split over AI shopping

The agentic shopping revolution — the trend of empowering AI to buy stuff for you online — is already running into a major roadblock: tension over who controls the experience and the related data.

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California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use

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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems

The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.

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Meta's Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch

Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.

Trump says there are ways to 'rein' in AI 'if we have to'

President Donald Trump stressed the US will "be careful" in how it handles AI.

Meta's AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

Muse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore.

FAA launches AI tool to assist air traffic control at major D.C.-area airports

Federal aviation officials on Monday launched an artificial-intelligence-powered air traffic control tool at the three main airports serving the Washington area, the Transportation Department said.

Ahead of Sam Altman's UN address, OpenAI proposes new ways to track AI misalignment risks

Sam Altman readies a global AI safety pitch for the UN.