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A banking industry group representing major U.S. banks released a report expressing concern about agentic commerce, where AI agents make purchases on behalf of consumers. The report warns that this emerging shopping method could lead to increased scams, fraud, and payment disputes.
Rabbit has released OS3, a cloud-based 'agentic operating system' that works locally on Windows, Mac and Linux machines rather than requiring its R1 device. Users can link up to five devices and preferred AI models, and access OS3 via a desktop site, messaging apps like Telegram or iMessage, or the R1. Founder Jesse Lyu told Wired that Rabbit has stopped manufacturing the R1 but is developing a new 'cyberdeck' device to run OS3 within months.
Rabbit, the startup behind the widely panned R1 hardware assistant, has introduced OS3, an 'agentic operating system' that can run across a desktop browser, Telegram, or iMessage rather than requiring the original device. CEO Jesse Lyu says the R1 sold over 100,000 units with strong margins despite the harsh reviews, and now sees the software-first approach as timed to a market that has caught up to what Rabbit tried in 2024.
TechCrunch has outlined five sessions at its 2026 Disrupt conference focused on AI safety and security, spanning the AI Stage and Real World AI Stage. Topics include enterprise deployment of Claude, agent security risks, and other trust-related challenges facing founders building autonomous systems, robots, and AI agents. Anthropic's Head of Applied AI, Cat de Jong, is among the speakers set to discuss what separates successful AI deployments from stalled pilots.
A test of AI agents on 107 real-world commerce tasks found the top-performing system completed only 61.7% of them successfully. The finding underscores that as businesses adopt AI agents for workflow automation, no single system reliably handles every task, making routing decisions critical.
Meta is heavily promoting Muse, a new AI agent for Instagram and Facebook users that links to email, bank accounts, and other personal data to automate tasks and build a long-term memory of user habits. Multiple users, including a journalist at Inc Magazine, reported that Muse surfaced private text message content despite never granting it permission to access Messages, and Meta's own staff gave conflicting, unconvincing explanations for how this happened.
Security researcher Patrick Wardle found an unpatched setting in Meta's Muse macOS app that let local attackers reroute the app's cloud-based dictation to their own server, effectively seizing control of the AI agent. Wardle demonstrated the flaw by using Muse's own privileges to snap photos and write files to disk, often without alerting the user. Meta issued a hotfix within hours of the report, though it maintains the exploit required existing local access and posed low real-world risk.
Meta's new personal AI agent app, Muse, has become the top free iOS app in the U.S. with over 2.5 million downloads in under two weeks, surpassing ChatGPT and other rivals. Amazon began blocking Muse from browsing its site over the weekend, saying Meta never disclosed that the agent would access Amazon's platform or that it captures and stores customer login credentials.
Forcepoint published research showing how AI applications lacking limits on compute and resource usage can rack up massive, unbudgeted bills, a vulnerability now ranked sixth on OWASP's 2026 Top 10 for LLM Applications. Researcher Jyotika Singh outlined five scenarios, including leaked API credentials being used to flood pay-per-use AI services with requests, driving costs far past expected budgets.
Amazon has cut off access for Meta's newly launched Muse AI shopping agent, showing users a pop-up citing violations of its Conditions of Use. Muse, introduced on Sept. 8, was designed to handle tasks like online purchases, but Amazon says unauthorized third-party agents must operate transparently and respect merchants' choice to participate.
Meta's newly launched Muse personal AI agent app has climbed past ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Meta's own AI app to lead the free app category on Apple's US iOS store. Sensor Tower data shows Muse pulled in roughly 730,000 downloads in its first five days after launching September 8, outperforming rival assistants in the same post-launch period. The app lets users direct AI agents to handle tasks like filling out forms and managing email, built on Meta's Muse Spark model family.
Amazon began showing an error message to Meta's AI assistant Muse over the weekend, stating that unauthorized AI agents violate its Conditions of Use. As a result, Muse can no longer complete purchases on Amazon, forcing users to shop elsewhere.