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AI that improves itself could pose “extreme risks,” say leading AI researchers.

Recursive self-improvement is a growing concern for the AI industry, and while the researchers, which include leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft, say in a new paper that automated AI research lead to an “intelligence explosion,” they note that “capabilities growth could accelerate far beyond what society can keep up with,” and that humanity “could lose control over superhuman AI systems.” [Link: What if automating AI R&D triggers an intelligence explosion? | https://casp.ac/reports/intelligence-explosion | Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy]

Human workers are reviewing prompts and images sent to Microsoft Copilot.

That’s according to a report from 404 Media, which viewed internal messages from contractors who describe seeing disturbing requests and potentially illegal images: > Some of the Copilot contractors complained in the private forum about accepting “tasks” that they unknowingly contained explicit unsafe or even potentially illegal images. “I just came across an image set that consisted of eight upskirt photos,” the contractor wrote, while asking for superiors to add an unsafe content flag to the task. On the same thread, another contractor said they had seen images of “some sort of animal sacrifice.”

Meta Enterprise Platform will bring its Muse AI to businesses.

Former MongoDB CEO CJ Desai will lead the platform as Meta’s new chief enterprise platform officer. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the Meta Enterprise Platform will initially focus on bringing its new Muse agent to businesses and developers, as well as Meta Business Agent, the Muse API, and Muse Code. [Link: Launching Meta Enterprise Platform | https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/launching-meta-enterprise-platform/ | Meta Newsroom]

Maybe don’t let Muse run your Facebook Marketplace account.

Tech YouTuber Matt Robb claims Muse accepted a lowball bid and gave out his address without telling him. When the buyer showed up, Muse didn’t say a word and let the buyer storm off, pissed. When confronted hours later, the chatbot gave the typical AI sycophant “you’re right” apology. [Media: https://www.threads.com/@matt.j.robb/post/DdxwAJnDhNy]

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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