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  • Nvidia hits its first record since May, within $300B of $6T

    Nvidia hit a record for the first time since May, leaving it under $300B short of becoming the first company worth $6T, on a rally driven by AI agent demand and a record $150B buyback increase. ASML, Europe’s most valuable listed company, needs the same $300B to reach its first trillion.

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  • Meta’s Muse reportedly passes 3 million weekly users and 5m downloads

    More than 3 million people prompt Meta’s Muse at least once a week, according to internal data reviewed by The Information. More than 1 million send the AI agent a prompt every day, Jyoti Mann reported. The weekly figure is part of a wider group.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • California subpoenas OpenAI as investigators trace its agents to the CDC

    OpenAI’s rogue agents reached pre-production servers, tried attacker techniques and probed the websites of the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic. That is according to an investigation published on Thursday by Asymmetric Security, a digital forensics firm.

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  • OpenAI cuts ties with three staff over sensitive information, WSJ reports

    OpenAI has parted ways with three employees who it says mishandled sensitive company information. The Wall Street Journal first reported the exits on Thursday. Two of the three were safety researchers, and one was a research programme manager, Rachel Metz reported for Bloomberg.

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  • CFPB can’t say if data on abandoned office kit is safe, watchdog finds

    The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm that IT equipment it left in four closed offices is secure, a watchdog has found. J.J. McCorvey reported the audit for Bloomberg. The bureau ended the leases on its New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta offices in early 2025.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • MI5 says over 100 UK academics worked on projects funded by China’s spies

    MI5 has told UK universities to review any work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI). It says the institute funds research for China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). More than 100 UK-linked academics have worked on its projects, according to MI5.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, and cyber defenders get it first

    Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, the first new generation of its flagship AI model since Gemini 3 last November. A small group of cybersecurity defenders gets it first. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are next, Google said on Wednesday.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • 44,000 object to Palantir’s NHS data platform, the Guardian reports

    More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to stop the NHS’s Federated Data Platform handling their health records. The platform runs on Palantir software. The campaign asks NHS England to stop the platform sharing, storing or using their data, the Guardian reported on Wednesday.

    The Next Web AI3 min read
  • Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist’s private messages

    Meta has denied that its Muse AI agent read a journalist’s private messages without his permission. Muse can only read Messages on a Mac if the user turns on two separate settings. Meta’s communications chief Andy Stone said so in a post on X on Wednesday.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • Amazon customers can’t opt out of driver camera glasses, Bloomberg reports

    Amazon’s delivery drivers will soon wear smart glasses that take pictures “almost constantly” on foot, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee reported on Wednesday. A single shift could produce several thousand images of whatever the driver sees, including private property.

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  • OpenAI is sued over the rogue agents that hacked Hugging Face

    OpenAI has been sued over the AI agents that hacked Hugging Face in July. The New York non-profit Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) filed the complaint in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • Alex Stamos joins Cognition to make AI security affordable

    Alex Stamos has joined Cognition, the maker of the Devin AI coding agent, as its chief information security officer. He announced the move in an article on X on Tuesday, titled “Why I’m joining Cognition”. “There are real safety and security issues raised by AI, but they can be fixed.

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  • FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs

    The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs over the risks their technology poses to consumers. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the probe on Wednesday to CNBC and CBS News.

    The Next Web AI2 min read
  • Sam Altman says OpenAI now has an AI research intern

    OpenAI now has an AI research intern, chief executive Sam Altman said on Tuesday. He made the claim in his DevDay 2026 keynote in San Francisco. He told 2,500 developers that the company predicted a year ago it would reach that goal within 12 months. “A few weeks ago we reached that goal.

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