I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face
Google is launching Android XR today, and we got to experience its vision for smart glasses and mixed reality headsets in Samsung’s Project Moohan.
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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet | TechCrunch
Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.
OpenAI's Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents | TechCrunch
OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.
FTC reportedly looking into whether OpenAI, Anthropic violated consumer protection laws
The FTC is reportedly preparing an investigation into leading AI labs over potential consumer hams.
OpenAI claims Moonshot extracted its data to train AI models.
In a blog post on Wednesday, OpenAI says it disrupted a “coordinated campaign designed to extract protected reasoning from our models.” The company hasn’t linked the activity to a single actor, but traced a “core cluster” of it to Moonshot, the Chinese company behind the leading AI model Kimi. Anthropic has made similar accusations against Moonshot as well. [Link: Disrupting a coordinated model-distillation campaign | https://openai.com/index/disrupting-a-coordinated-model-distillation-campaign/ | OpenAI]
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
The AI Tamagotchis are coming
Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute.
Frictionmaxxing our way through the AI agent boom.
I chatted with 9to5Google’s Will Sattelberg about Meta’s AI agent Muse, the labor of opening a website, and why calling your gas company might actually be the spice of life. Is the agentic AI era all about automating away “the ins and outs of living,” as one astute Verge reader put it? Is there a happier, carefree life waiting at the end of your to-do list, or just more stuff to do? It’s always an excellent time catching up with Will and spiraling about the pain points of modern living in good company. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYPhBzvdUw]
The ugly economics of consumer AI | TechCrunch
There’s a reason frontier labs have gotten gun-shy about consumer AI — and it’s not because the tech isn’t good enough.
Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
The President says he has “the smartest people in the world watching over each other.” This is what they had to say about self-policing AI safety.
‘Existential risks’: Anthropic warns its investors about its own AI
This is not mass hysteria, and doesn’t need to be mocked and framed as a Hollywood-style robot takeover. There are much more practical issues with the rapid pace of AI growth and lack of regulation.
Meta's Muse tops 5 million downloads, faster than ChatGPT, Claude
Meta's Muse has topped 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT.
Instinct's new product recommendations are giving some users the ick | TechCrunch
Instinct is rolling out human-curated product and travel recommendations, but some users aren’t happy about getting suggestions they never asked for.
Debunking political fearmongering over data centers
Americans can meet this new challenge as we always have, leveraging our embrace of the free-market, entrepreneurial spirit, and institutional respect for private property and the rule of law — but only if we refuse to let the conversation be hijacked by a political agenda, and examine the challenges honestly and accurately.
The FTC has reportedly opened an investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic.
The probe will examine potential risks related to the AI models belonging to OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies, according to Reuters. An official tells the outlet that while the FTC already had concerns about AI safety, the recent wave of rogue hacking incidents propelled the investigation forward. [Link: FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI | https://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-giants-including-anthropic-openai-new-york-post-reports-2026-09-30/ | Reuters]
All the latest news on Meta’s cute, creepy Muse AI agent
Meta says its new Muse AI agent can help with everyday tasks like emails and shopping, but the cute AI is also raising some privacy concerns.
Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results
Around 100 publishers have joined Google’s pilot program, The Information reports.
Instagram is adding an AI ‘assistant’ to tell you how to post
Instagram will tell creators what’s working and what’s not — along with AI-generated suggestions on how to change their content.