Meta has unveiled Muse Charm, a screen-equipped keychain device due in December that gives its AI agent a hardware shortcut. The company sees a new computing platform; skeptics see an unproven category haunted by past AI-gadget flops.
At the U.N. Security Council, AI executives warned that autonomous systems could outpace institutions and concentrate power, while urging global rules that preserve human oversight without choking off the technology’s potential.
Anthropic says Claude uncovered a previously uncharacterized phage enzyme system in a 21-hour agent-led search. The company calls it an early sign of AI-assisted discovery; outside observers say any real-world use remains unproven.
California enacted legislation requiring data centers to disclose resource use and address the costs their electricity and water demands impose on local infrastructure.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang criticized AI doomsday predictions as irresponsible and unscientific, saying existing laws should govern AI rather than imposing new restrictions or slowing development.
Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI organizations addressed the U.N. Security Council, warning that increasingly autonomous systems could threaten human control and calling for international safeguards.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced legislation to ban development of artificial superintelligence and create a federal Department of Artificial Intelligence.
YouTube is widening AI-powered personalization for viewers while giving creators automated tools to test, package and optimize videos. The company calls it efficiency and control, but the expansion raises a sharper question about where creator input ends and automation begins.
Anthropic says Claude helped uncover a previously uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA after a vast automated search. The finding is intriguing, but both the company and outside coverage concede its function and practical value remain unknown.
OpenAI is bringing voice-driven AI agents to ChatGPT mobile, allowing paid subscribers to delegate multi-step tasks across connected apps. The company sees speech as AI’s future interface, while acknowledging work still demands a mix of voice, text and screens.
YouTube is expanding its Gemini-powered custom feeds, letting users create and save several prompt-built recommendation streams. The tools add a layer of control over discovery, but the main homepage algorithm remains in charge.
Fabricated AI-generated images purporting to show President Trump kissing aide Natalie Harp spread widely across social media and drew millions of views.
Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse from accessing its marketplace, citing violations of its conditions of use and concerns about unauthorized AI-driven purchases and customer data.
Iran’s president used the U.N. General Assembly to accuse Washington and Israel of illegal attacks and global destabilization, answering Trump’s threat to “annihilate” Iran by casting Tehran as a victim of terrorism.
YouTube is expanding its prompt-built custom feeds, giving users multiple saved routes through its enormous video catalog. The AI-made tabs are meant to supplement—not displace—the platform’s central recommendation engine.
Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are proposing a ban on artificial superintelligence and a new federal AI watchdog, arguing that Congress must act before the technology advances beyond meaningful control.
YouTube says its expanded AI Studio tools will give creators more time to be creative. But as the platform tests, rewrites and can automatically select winning versions, the line between assistance and algorithmic control is narrowing.
OpenAI is pitching GPT-6 Sol and Luna as cheaper, faster tools for business work, with early platform rollouts and performance claims. But a widely shared, unverified allegation about Astra has complicated the company’s alignment message.
The United States proposed a notification mechanism and dialogue with China for sharing information about AI incidents with national-security implications ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven bills requiring data centers to disclose resource use and help pay for related energy and water infrastructure.
