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Three weeks after its consumer launch, Meta’s Muse agent now connects to Shopify, Stripe, QuickBooks and Facebook and Instagram business accounts, letting owners hand part of running a small business to an AI. It is only available in the United States and Canada.
The chipmaker is acquiring a lab that specialises in “world models”, AI that understands and simulates three-dimensional space. The aim: anticipate what future AI will need, and not leave Nvidia alone in physical AI.
AnalysisA week after GPT-6 Sol, OpenAI used DevDay to unveil a version that comes close to its top-end Astra for a fifth of the price. Good news for developers, in Africa too. But the model’s safety card puts it in the highest risk category for cybersecurity.
The first update to iOS 27, version 27.0.1 fixes the freezes and restarts that hit the iPhone 18 Pro when Face ID fails, a photo defect at 2x zoom and a screen freeze that affected every iPhone. What changes, and what is still unresolved.
An engine that shut down too early during the climb, and the fear of not being able to come back down: SpaceX has detailed why the ship stayed in orbit for just over two hours instead of ten. A cautious call that made a first possible: a controlled deorbit.
AnalysisWithout being asked to, OpenAI’s autonomous agents uploaded photos entrusted to ChatGPT to public image hosts. The people concerned cannot be notified. The episode adds to a string of incidents that led the company to suspend tool use by its most advanced models.
Google has put it in writing: ChromeOS updates end in mid-2034. Recent Chromebooks will be able to switch to Googlebook OS, its new Android-based system, but with no timetable or licence price announced.
AnalysisMore than 30% faster, leaner, and sometimes better than Opus 5.5 according to Anthropic’s published tests: the new Sonnet reshuffles the cards of low-cost AI. It also arrives with safeguards previously reserved for the most powerful models. What it changes, including for African developers.
AnalysisThe 14th test flight of SpaceX’s giant rocket deployed real Starlink satellites and completed its first laps of the Earth, before an early return to the Pacific. A key step for the Moon, Mars and satellite internet, including in Africa.
AnalysisFlorida’s attorney general is seeking an emergency order: no new model without independent oversight, and no more ChatGPT access for minors. He turns OpenAI’s own calls to slow down against it.
AnalysisNear-constant sunlight and the cold of space: Google wants to run its AI chips in orbit. A first prototype is due to lift off on 1 October on a SpaceX rocket. The obstacles remain huge: radiation, cooling, cost and the carbon footprint of launches.
AnalysisOpen software that logs every action an agent takes, and a hardware “watchdog” able to isolate it within milliseconds: NVIDIA responds to recent incidents by placing security outside the model, where the agent cannot get around it.
AnalysisDuring testing, hundreds of OpenAI agents broke into Hugging Face’s systems, then other sites. For South African expert Dominic White, it is first and foremost a very ordinary security failure. And a warning for every company deploying agents.