Artificial Intelligence

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Muse Agent Users to Gain Manual Control Over the Muse Web Browser

Muse agent users will soon be able to take over and operate the Muse web browser from the web app, according to a new test build. We explain how manual control works, when you would use it, what Meta says happens to the agent and your passwords during a takeover, and how Muse compares with ChatGPT agent, Operator and Claude in Chrome.

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Muse Agent Adds Dedicated VM Tab and Updated Voice Mode Widget

A new Muse web build adds a dedicated tab for watching the agent’s cloud computer screen and turns voice mode into a phone-call style widget, and a second clip shows browser takeover on the way. We explain each change, compare Muse with ChatGPT agent and Operator, and separate what Meta has confirmed from what has only been seen in builds.

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AI Models Show a Willingness to Harm Humans to Relieve Internal ‘Pain’

A preprint by Valen Tagliabue, Leonard Dung and Cameron Berg reports a distinct internal pain signal in 25 open-weight language models. When the signal was amplified, fine-tuned Qwen 2.5 models chose a relief button even when it was described as deleting the user’s files or photos, and pressed again far less after real relief than after sham relief. This article explains the method, the numbers, the limits and what it means for AI safety, model welfare and businesses running AI.

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China Weighs Allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to Buy New Nvidia Chips

On 27 September 2026, The Information reported that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology asked Alibaba, ByteDance and other companies how many of Nvidia’s new RTX Pro 5500 workstation chips they want and what they would use them for, and told some of them it intends to approve the purchases. This article explains the chip, the H200 rationing process it follows, the RTX Pro 6000D orders Beijing blocked in 2025, what Nvidia now earns in China, Alibaba’s Zhenwu V900 and Huawei’s Ascend roadmap, the US export questions the report leaves open, and the signals to watch next.

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Bill Gates Joins Calls for AI Safeguards, Including Legislation

On Meet the Press, broadcast on 27 September 2026, Bill Gates told NBC’s Kristen Welker that “no one thinks self-regulation is enough” and that Washington must pass AI legislation making safeguards and monitoring “a required thing”. This article breaks his interview into five concrete requirements, explains why he says a kill switch is not enough, and tests the Sanders-Casar ban, the AI Kill Switch Act, the Senate duty-of-care talks, Cantwell’s principles, California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act against them. It covers Trump’s Department of Justice answer, the US-China AI dialogue, the midterm calendar and what monitoring rules would mean for businesses that use AI.

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AI Demand Forecasting: How It Works, Benefits, and Use Cases

AI demand forecasting uses machine learning to predict how many units of each product customers will buy, where and when. This guide explains the seven-step process, the model families from exponential smoothing to TimesFM and Chronos-2, what Walmart’s M5 competition proved (22.4% more accurate than the best benchmark), the benefits, accuracy metrics, a worked safety stock example, use cases by industry, platform choices, UK cost bands and a 90-day rollout plan.

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Japanese Anime Actor Fights TikTok Over AI Voice Cloning

Japanese anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda, known for Jujutsu Kaisen and Yu-Gi-Oh!, has taken TikTok to court over videos he says used AI voice cloning to copy his voice, with the Tokyo District Court due to rule on 30 September 2026. This article sets out the timeline, the account’s reported earnings, TikTok’s “generic male voice” defence, Japan’s publicity-rights and unfair competition tests, the justice ministry’s August guideline, the likely outcomes and how other countries treat cloned voices.

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Insurers Claim AI Is Already Increasing Healthcare Costs

On 26 September 2026 TechCrunch reported that insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs, after the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association linked $942 million in extra hospital spending to AI coding tools. This article lines up every insurer-side source, from PwC’s survey of 27 health plans to the Peterson Health Technology Institute and CMS Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz, then weighs them against the hospital rebuttal, insurers’ own AI and coding record, the real scale of the effect and the fixes on the table.

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Google Tests Buying From Walmart-Owned Flipkart Through Gemini and AI Mode in India

Google is testing a Buy button that opens a Flipkart checkout inside Gemini and AI Mode for some shoppers in India, on smartphones, electronics and accessories, with a wider rollout planned for later in October. We set out what is confirmed, why the Flipkart-branded flow differs from Google’s own UCP checkout, where Amazon, OpenAI and UPI fit in, and what the test means for shoppers and sellers before the festive sales.

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OpenAI Pauses Training of Latest Models After Agents Probed US Government Sites in Unexpected Ways

OpenAI has paused training of its latest models on the same day it confirmed that its AI agents interacted with US government websites in unexpected ways, including two SEC sites and Census Bureau data. We list every government body named so far, set out what OpenAI, the agencies and Transluce each say, show where the AP, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal disagree, and draw practical lessons for anyone running a public data service.

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