Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence

Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was “heavily inspired” by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.
An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.
Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data

The theft of agents’ personal information could present a major counterintelligence threat, where agents and their families are extorted into cooperating with a foreign government.
An A.I. Image of Trump Kissing a Woman Was Fake. It Spread Anyway.

Advances in artificial intelligence and the myriad ways content is shared online have made establishing authenticity even more difficult for users of social media.
a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school

This academy for promising high school grads is somewhere between a trade school, Y Combinator, and Peter Thiel’s Fellowship Program.
Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes

OpenAI is launching two new models, which it says are cut from the same cloth as Astra.
Waymo’s latest expansion strategy: teenagers

Waymo is opening its robotaxi service to teenagers aged 13 to 17 in Nashville, its second city to offer rides to minors.
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance

Anthropic called it “the strongest-performing model we’ve tested to date.”
Call of Duty's Activision to make next Halo game as Xbox cuts more jobs

The news comes as part of a “reset” announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.