@JonathanVanian

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Apple and Meta team up to make Muse AI model run on Mac computers - with @kifleswing interesting to learn former Apple director and now Meta compute co-lead Daniel Gross played a role in the collaboration. cnb.cx/4yrDt2u

Apple and Meta team up to make Muse AI model run on Mac computers

Apple and Meta are collaborating to make Muse Spark Open easier to run locally on clustered Mac Studio systems, according to the companies.

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Meta debuts Muse Wonder AI model in latest test of users' willingness to pay cnb.cx/47eZlTu

Meta debuts Muse Wonder AI model in latest test of users' willingness to pay

Meta introduced Muse Wonder, its latest AI model, but users have to pay for subscriptions to the Muse app to access it.

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Coders have found AI agents helpful as software engineering tools, but the general public and even business leaders are still grappling with the potential for supercharged digital assistants, beyond acting as mere question-and-answering services. cnb.cx/4jJqBkk

Meta's Muse assistant tops app charts. Now it needs to become a habit

Meta’s Muse is free for now as the company searches for a business surrounding its personal AI agent.

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Satya Nadella reinvented Microsoft once. Can he do it again in the AI era? cnbc.com/2026/10/05/satya-na…

Satya Nadella reinvented Microsoft once. Can he do it again in the AI era?

After succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014, Satya Nadella turned Microsoft into a cloud giant. Now he's tasked with making the company a force in AI.

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OpenAI follows Meta into the red-hot market for personal agents. But will users pay? cnbc.com/2026/09/30/openai-f…

OpenAI follows Meta into the red-hot market for personal agents. But will users pay?

Following Meta's blockbuster release of its Muse AI agent earlier this month, OpenAI jumped into the personal agent market with Dots.

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Meta gets to consumer AI device market before OpenAI, but Zuckerberg's strategy remains unproven cnb.cx/4dnjBG7

Meta gets to consumer AI device market before OpenAI, but Zuckerberg's strategy remains unproven

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's new Muse Charm device is intended to put his company ahead of rivals like OpenAI and Google in AI agents and consumer hardware.

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Anthropic and OpenAI need truly independent safety evaluators, experts say in public letter. cnb.cx/4753l8P

Anthropic and OpenAI need truly independent safety evaluators, experts say in public letter

A coalition of over 100 AI experts are urging independence and transparency from Anthropic, OpenAI and other foundation model labs to conduct evaluations.

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Trump’s opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown cnb.cx/4AfzCaM

Trump’s opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown

Anthropic and OpenAI have called for mandatory safety checks to be put in place as fears intensify that AI can soon be too powerful to control.

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Meta pushes into personal AI agents as company faces public reckoning over privacy and safety cnb.cx/3SAxTvT

Meta pushes into personal AI agents as company faces public reckoning over privacy and safety

Meta unveiled its Muse personal agent app that comes in a free tier or a monthly subscription costing $20 or $100 depending on usage.

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‘Model fatigue’ sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace cnb.cx/4d4camN

‘Model fatigue’ sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace

Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google all released model updates this week, while Nvidia said it's acquiring open-source AI platform Hugging Face.

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He beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media? cnb.cx/4x1D7ia

He beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media?

Mike Moore beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media?

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After Meta's landmark settlement with state AGs, legal headaches remain cnb.cx/4qCx6H0

After Meta's landmark settlement with state AGs, legal headaches remain

Meta's agreement to settle a federal social media addiction case with state AGs doesn't absolve the company of similar litigation or potential regulation.

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Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California cnb.cx/4gAM5On

Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California

Meta faces a federal trial over child safety claims that could bring major financial penalties and changes to Facebook and Instagram.

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OpenAI’s C-suite instability is giving some investors reason for concern ahead of a public listing. New details today @CNBC: - VC investors say they were caught off-guard by Dresser's exit - They see management volatility as part of the culture, baked into the growth story - CFO Sarah Friar plans to hold a meeting with investors today (pre-planned from what I'm hearing but likely to face Qs about this) - President Greg Brockman will join the investor mtg - New CRO Dali Rajic was introduced to OpenAI by Thrive's Josh Kushner cnbc.com/2026/08/14/open-ai-…
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Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500 cnb.cx/45YYrtv

Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500

Reddit shares jumped on the company's inclusion in the S&P 500.

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Meta and Nvidia plant 'very firm flag' in open-weight AI race led by Chinese Labs cnb.cx/4zizqak

Meta and Nvidia plant 'very firm flag' in open-weight AI race led by Chinese Labs

With China way ahead in the market for open-weight models, Meta and Nvidia are both doing what they can to put the U.S. on the map.

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With the OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta AI model security testing with startup Irregular being heavily scrutinized, one read on the situation is that this is exactly what’s supposed to happen. cnbc.com/2026/08/09/israeli-…

How a small Israeli startup was linked to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta

The rogue AI attacks involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all tied back to a small Israeli startup named Irregular.

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Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic cnbc.com/2026/08/10/meta-mus…

Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic

Meta launched Muse Glimmer and plans to release Muse Spark 1.2 weights as Zuckerberg pushes for U.S. leadership in open AI.

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‘SaaSpocalypse’ debate intensifies as software stocks swing wildly cnbc.com/2026/08/07/saaspoca…

‘SaaSpocalypse’ debate intensifies as software stocks swing wildly

This week saw massive moves in both directions for software stocks, as investors try to figure out which names are best insulated from artificial intelligence.

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Meta ordered to pay $567 million into abatement fund as remedy to child harms case in New Mexico cnbc.com/2026/08/06/meta-to-…

Meta ordered to pay $567 million into abatement fund as remedy to child harms case in New Mexico

A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $567 million into an abatement fund after a jury ruled the company violated the state’s unfair practices act.

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