Meta rolled out Muse, a new autonomous AI agent that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says learns a user's habits and goals to handle everyday tasks like online shopping, drafting documents, filling out forms, and answering emails. Users must grant Muse permission to access their apps and data, and Meta says a separate 'Sentinel' system monitors its actions to prevent it from acting without oversight. The tool is now live in the US on iOS, Android, and via the muse.ai website.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-08
Meta has moved its agentic AI assistant, Muse, into a limited closed testing phase, according to Testing Catalog, gating access through a waitlist and invite codes. An App Store listing reveals the app can connect to Gmail, Google Calendar, health apps, and even users' bank accounts and cards to track spending and suggest canceling unused subscriptions.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-08
At IFA 2026, Nvidia introduced the Personal AI Router (PAIR), software that distributes sub-tasks from a local AI agent across idle GPUs on other PCs in the same home network. Instead of overloading one machine with multiple sub-agents competing for resources, PAIR spreads the workload and returns results to the main system, adapting in real time as household GPUs become busy or free again.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-03
Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist who relies on AI for research, spent eight weeks tracking 1,138 prompts he sent to Claude Code to estimate the electricity consumed at the data centers processing them. His findings suggest that AI agents, which perform multi-step autonomous tasks, draw significantly more power than the simple chatbot queries tech companies typically cite as low-energy examples.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-03
An MIT Technology Review Insights webcast produced with NiCE examines how companies are moving AI agents from small pilots to enterprise-wide use. Chandra argues that agents need consistent access to data, context and back-end systems, and warns that scaling without integration can create new silos across teams.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-09-03
Perplexity has extended its agentic AI feature, previously exclusive to Mac, to Windows 10 and 11 users on paid Pro, Max, or Enterprise plans. The tool can access local files, control native Windows applications, and connect to cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and Dropbox to complete multi-step tasks with minimal user input. A ZDNET reviewer tested it on five complex tasks to gauge its real-world usefulness.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-31
Omdia analyst Theresa Lanowitz discussed with Dark Reading how organizations are increasing investment in offensive security practices like penetration testing and red teaming as AI-powered attacks become more common. She highlighted the emerging role of agentic AI tools in conducting these security tests, alongside the new risks such automation introduces.
darkreading.com
· 2026-08-28
Nutanix executive Oscar Wahlberg argues that securing autonomous AI agents requires a defense-in-depth approach spanning infrastructure, storage, compute, networking and a governing control plane, rather than relying on prompt-level guardrails alone. He explains that infrastructure security must first establish a verified identity and root of trust for any system granted execution privileges, since traditional application controls fail to stop an agent from misusing credentials or taking unintended destructive actions.
venturebeat.com
· 2026-08-28
At Black Hat USA 2026, security researchers and reporters focused heavily on the risks posed by agentic AI systems and mounting concerns over the future of the CVE vulnerability-tracking program. Discussions centered on how AI is reshaping vulnerability disclosure and security research practices industry-wide.
darkreading.com
· 2026-08-27
Plaud, a major player in AI note-taking hardware, has introduced the Plaud One, a pair of earbuds that embed its agentic AI software directly into headphones. The device can record conversations and phone calls via a built-in eSIM with 4G LTE, then transcribe them and generate summaries, follow-ups, or reports, integrating with tools like Gmail, Slack, and Notion. The product will be shown publicly for the first time at IFA 2026 in Berlin.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-27
OpenAI has rolled out a feature within its agentic ChatGPT Work tool that lets the AI log into password-protected websites on a user's behalf. After an initial manual login, ChatGPT stores the session's cookies and reuses them for future visits, meaning it no longer needs to ask for credentials each time. The feature is limited to ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers and is meant to help the AI complete multi-step tasks like renewing a passport or comparing insurance costs.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-27
NCC Group's July threat advisory reports a 22% month-over-month rise in ransomware activity, with 894 victim organization listings recorded across industrial, consumer services, technology, critical infrastructure, finance and healthcare sectors. The Gentlemen and Quilin topped the list of attributed groups, while the US accounted for 41% of incidents; notably, the month also saw the first fully agentic AI-driven ransomware attack chain and a breach at Ernst & Young claimed by ShinyHunters.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-26
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