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Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder

TechCrunch and 6 more

  1. TechCrunchDeezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music
  2. TechCrunchZenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
  3. TechCrunchFloqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to
  4. The DecoderNvidia's Jensen Huang pledges $2 billion for Europe, $250 million in compute for UK safety labs
  5. The DecoderAI guardrails designed to stop hackers are now blocking defenders, and Orion-1 aims to fill the gap
  6. Ars TechnicaOpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say
  7. TechCrunchScimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI
  8. WiredMy Friend Has No Soul
  9. WiredMen Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI
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Business & funding stories

Yesterday

OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room

Key points
  • Engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, charged with using a device to intercept oral communications, per Justice Department release.
  • Device was reportedly found plugged into a TV's USB port in an executive conference room, installed around September 28.
  • OpenAI says it used its AI models to trace the device to a specific employee, who was fired and referred to the FBI.
  • Alfozan appeared in federal court Tuesday after being arrested Friday; OpenAI reports no sign of model weight or customer data access.

Why it matters for marketers: Marketers and content teams handling confidential launch or strategy materials should review how sensitive meeting rooms and insider access are secured.

The Verge and 3 moreBusiness & fundingPolicy & safety

This week

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model

Key points
  • Bloomberg reports Epic will have AI models like Claude write all code and guide all artwork for the Disney shooter.
  • Human developers would manage and guide AI-generated code and art, with no more hand-written code, per internal messages.
  • The $1.5 billion Epic-Disney project, slated for March 2027, is now delayed indefinitely, according to the report.
  • Epic's CEO Tim Sweeney said the aim is building more and better content, benefiting all Unreal teams.

Why it matters for marketers: Marketers and content teams should expect AI-generated assets to become standard in Unreal-based production, and timelines for big licensed games may slip.

Ars Technica and The VergeBusiness & funding