Meta Platforms has introduced Muse, its new AI agent that users can converse with through a pocket-size disk called Charm, which is complete with a video screen that allows users to make video phone calls.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Sep 29 2026
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AI LAB CREATES NEW WAY FOR AI TO THINK, SLASHING COSTS
Researchers at AI lab Pathway claim to have developed an entirely new way for AIs to think. This “vector-based” non-linguistic approach will be dramatically cheaper to operate, they say.
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AI WATCHDOGS ARE STRESSED OUT AND SEEING COUNSELORS
Several researchers at the U.K.’s AI Security Institute (AISI) have been given leave from their jobs due to high stress, and many are undergoing counseling, the Financial Times reported.
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COLLEGES EMBRACE AI AS THEIR STUDENTS FACE “COGNITIVE SURRENDER”
Universities, their professors, and students face a dilemma, The New York Times said in an article this month: do they “use more AI to stay relevant or dial back to preserve learning and thinking?”
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BUSINESS LEADERS JOIN THE CALL FOR AI CONTROLS
At a business conference convened by Yale University’s business school in mid-September, dozens of CEOs from across sectors and various parts of the U.S. joined the call for closer scrutiny and controls over AI.