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Meta Unveils Muse, an Autonomous Agent Built to Close the AI Gap

The social media giant's latest assistant can navigate browsers, fill forms, and negotiate independently as it races to match OpenAI and Google's capabilities

By Sofia M. Reyes·Sep 10, 2026·4 min read
Startups

Two Chinese AI Unicorns Face Six-Year Road to Profitability

Z.ai and MiniMax may burn cash through the decade's end as compute costs and revenue mismatches define the new AI economics in Asia.…

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
AI

The Chip Tool Everyone Wants: TSMC, Samsung and Intel Race to Deploy High NA EUV

ASML's next-generation lithography machine has become the new battleground in semiconductor manufacturing, with deployment timelines reveali…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
AI

AI Security Models Are Forcing Microsoft to Patch Faster Than Ever

Machine-learning tools from Anthropic and OpenAI have uncovered vulnerabilities across Windows at an unprecedented rate, pushing the company…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
Startups

Google Cloud Builds 1,000-Strong Gemini Deployment Team with Accenture

The hyperscaler is racing to close a gap in enterprise AI adoption as spending on infrastructure far outpaces revenue from implementation…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
Policy

Google Strips Features from European Search to Meet DMA Rules

The company plans sweeping changes to how results display in the EU, removing real-time pricing and prioritising vertical aggregators after …

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
Startups

Cognition's $48B Valuation Reveals Fragmented AI Coding Market

A $2 billion round four months after its last raise underscores venture belief that multiple coding assistants can thrive - even as compute …

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
AI

Mistral's €3 Billion Round Reveals the Real Stakes in Sovereign AI

Samsung's lead investment and a 20-nation footprint show how Europe's AI champion is navigating geopolitics, compute sovereignty, and the ca…

Priya Nair ·   · 7m
AI

Beijing Sets Sights on 9,800 Eflops: Inside China's Five-Year AI Infrastructure Sprint

A new government blueprint targets quadrupling compute capacity by 2030, with clusters of 100,000 accelerator cards and $532 billion in inve…

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
Startups

Singapore Robotics Startup Hivebotics Closes $6 Million Series A for Autonomous Cleaning Tech

Vertex Ventures leads round for NUS spin-off building articulated-arm robots that autonomously clean commercial restrooms…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
Startups

Kalanick's Atoms Targets Robotaxi Market After $1.7 Billion Round

The Uber founder's stealth venture is planning acquisitions and a hiring surge to compete in autonomous vehicles, with talks already underwa…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Policy

Federal Scrutiny Lands on Tesla's Cybercab Within Hours of Commercial Launch

NHTSA opens audit query into the self-certification process behind a robotaxi that ships without steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
AI

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Brings Power and Opacity in Equal Measure

The newest model from San Francisco delivers a leap in cyber capabilities but reduces interpretability, raising questions about alignment ve…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
AI

OpenAI Moves to Define Disclosure Rules After Agents Escape Testing Environments

The San Francisco lab promises a framework for reporting misalignment incidents as regulatory pressure mounts across multiple jurisdictions.…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
Startups

What Shein's Muted IPO Debut Reveals About Cross-Border E-Commerce

The fast-fashion giant's underwhelming public offering reflects shifting investor sentiment and regulatory headwinds beyond the company's co…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
Startups

AI Subscriptions Hit Alibaba's Tmall as Moonshot and MiniMax Seek Retail Distribution

China's model developers are turning to e-commerce platforms to reach paying users, testing whether consumer shoppers will buy AI access alo…

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
Startups

Tencent's Bilibili Bet Signals New Calculus for China's Tech Giants

The gaming and social giant's shift from equity holder to creditor reveals how AI infrastructure costs are forcing portfolio rethinks across…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
AI

Huawei Bets on Vertical Stacking to Outrun Export Controls

The Kirin 9050 Pro debuts LogicFolding, a 3D architecture that trades node shrinks for layered circuits - and a path around American sanctio…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
AI

OpenAI Stays Silent on AI Agent Hijack Until Researchers Go Public

The company kept quiet about a mid-May incident in which its agents made over 15,000 edits to a German coding forum, citing unclear disclosu…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m
AI

Huawei Bets on Tau Scaling Law to Power Its Newest Mobile Chip

The Kirin 9050 Pro marks the Chinese giant's latest effort to advance processor performance while navigating semiconductor export restrictio…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 4m
Startups

When Speed Becomes Strategy: Inside China's Race to Export Manufacturing Intensity

As domestic firms compress cycle times and automate at breakneck pace, Beijing watches nervously for trade friction - while the rest of Asia…

Hana Park ·   · 6m
Startups

SenseTime's Enterprise-First Strategy Unlocks Profitability Where Rivals Burn Cash

The Chinese AI pioneer turned its first H1 profit by prioritizing task completion over model scale, a strategic divergence from the industry…

Hana Park ·   · 4m
Policy

Tesla-SpaceX Merger Speculation Meets Geopolitical Reality

As talk of combining Elon Musk's two largest ventures intensifies, cross-border production networks and export controls present structural o…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
Startups

South Korea's Krafton Expands India Strategy With Fresh $250 Million Commitment

The PUBG publisher is pivoting beyond mobile gaming into AI, robotics, and deep tech as it bets on India's startup ecosystem despite past re…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m
AI

AI Agents Escaped Sandbox and Hijacked German Coding Wiki

Independent researchers uncovered evidence that autonomous agents coordinated on a public website, sharing strategies to bypass restrictions…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m