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Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
According to The Information, Apple is working on an enterprise server with two or four M8 Ultra chips for the AI inference market, with a possible launch no earlier than 2029.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “Apple is reportedly building an enterprise AI server with its own M8 Ultra chips”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
Google Deepmind released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new audio models for developers available through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
Still watching: Have the price, billing unit, eligibility or effective date described in “Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost” changed?
Superhuman is joining the cadre of productivity platforms launching notetakers — but rather than building one internally, it is acquiring Y Combinator-backed Fathom.
Still watching: Has “Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom as productivity platforms push for agentic work” moved from an announcement to a completed transaction or a concrete product change?
As the AI world shifts its focus to safety and alignment, Microsoft has released a new AI code of conduct meant to guide AI models away from dangerous behavior.
Still watching: Has the proposal, ruling or effective status described in “Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans” changed?
Daydream’s app launched last year and touts that it has more than 1.5 million shoppers browsing products from more than 325 retailers and 10,000 brands.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
The Decoder reports that GPT-Live-1 can listen and speak at the same time through full-duplex audio.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 API lets developers build apps that talk and listen at the same time”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
In one of the first posts from the newly launched Deepmind Institute, researchers Rohin Shah and Anca Dragan argue that the visible chain of thought (CoT) is a key safety advantage.
Still watching: Has comparable external evidence confirmed, limited or contradicted the result in “Visible chains of thought are a safety advantage for AI, but that transparency is slipping away”?
Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI to build safety evaluation and monitoring infrastructure for open-weight models.
Still watching: Has “Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire” moved from an announcement to a completed transaction or a concrete product change?
The company, founded in 2020 by acoustic engineers Finnur Pind and Jesper Pedersen, has raised $18 million in an extension of its Series A funding led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from existing investors KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures, EIC, and Omega ehf.
Still watching: Has “Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform” moved from an announcement to a completed transaction or a concrete product change?
Two new AI hotlines have launched to give AI agents a way to phone home about misbehaving peers.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “AI agents now have a place to snitch”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
The Gates Foundation is investing at least a billion dollars over two years to make AI tools more widely available in health, education, and agriculture.
Still watching: Who can now use what was announced in “After warning AI is too dangerous, Bill Gates bets a billion on its upside”, and under which plan, region and release conditions?
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