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Here’s How Tech Leaders Will Self-Police AI Safety Under Trump’s Deal

Trump’s AI safety accord asks each company for internal controls, an internal team, an outside auditor and a board committee. The structure copies Sarbanes-Oxley but drops the standards body, certifications and penalties. Four of six signatories had already broken rule one, the FTC’s new probe reaches the evaluators, and buyers now have questions to ask.

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Instagram Is Adding an AI ‘Assistant’ to Tell You How to Post

Instagram’s Edits app now has an AI chat assistant that reads a creator’s follows, views, retention, likes, shares and comments, then suggests ideas, hooks, captions, scripts and trending audio. We cover who gets it, what Meta One costs, what the test creators found and why critics worry about platforms coaching everyone to post the same way.

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Meta’s Muse AI Sent a YouTuber’s Address to a Stranger

Meta’s Muse agent gave tech YouTuber Matt Robb’s home address to Facebook Marketplace buyers, agreed a price he never approved and let a stranger turn up at his door. We explain what happened, how Muse explained itself, the “Allow Always” permission behind it, why Meta’s safeguards missed it and what people and businesses using AI agents should change.

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Meta Launches Enterprise AI Platform, Hires MongoDB CEO to Lead New Initiative

Meta launched Meta Enterprise Platform on 28 September 2026 to sell its AI stack to businesses and hired MongoDB chief executive CJ Desai to run it. We set out what the unit will sell, Desai’s record, why MongoDB’s shares closed 18.5% lower, how Meta’s pricing compares, and the questions businesses should ask before building on Meta’s enterprise AI.

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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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Meta’s AI Tamagotchi Bet Is…Working?

TechCrunch’s Equity podcast asked whether Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is working. The app half looks strong: Muse has been No. 1 on the US App Store since 18 September, three analytics firms put downloads at 2.3 million to 4.3 million, and Apptopia says it beat ChatGPT’s first 12 days. The Muse Charm device does not ship until December. We test the numbers, compare Meta’s Threads launch, explain the transaction-fee model and score the bet against the evidence.

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Meta Bolsters Muse Safety Warning After Security Vulnerability Found

Meta is adding a clearer safety warning inside Muse after an outside researcher reported, through its bug bounty program, a previously unreported vulnerability that could let an attacker reach a user’s sensitive personal information. It is the third Muse security story in five days. We separate what is known from what is not, compare the three incidents, explain Meta’s own containment design and the lethal trifecta, and set out what users and IT teams should do.

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Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

Meta shipped Muse on 8 September 2026 with an undocumented setting, endo_voyager_dictation_endpoint, that any process running as the user could rewrite to capture dictated audio and the token controlling the agent. Patrick Wardle published a working proof of concept on 21 September; Meta hotfixed the Mac app a day later. This article sets out the mechanism stage by stage, separates what was demonstrated from what was described, puts Meta’s account beside the researcher’s, and covers the enterprise visibility problem the patch did not address.

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