Security researchers found a zero-day vulnerability in Meta's newly released Muse AI assistant for macOS that lets any locally installed app or terminal command access the token authenticating a user's Muse account, along with a long list of undocumented settings. Amazon has begun blocking Muse on its site, and the flaw undermines macOS permission protections that Apple built to prevent unauthorized apps from reaching sensitive resources like the microphone, camera, and file system.
wired.com
· 2026-09-23
Security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered that any app or Terminal command running on a Mac could silently alter undocumented settings in Meta's new Muse AI agent without requiring special macOS permissions. One affected setting, endo_voyager_dictation_endpoint, determines where a user's dictated voice prompts are transmitted, meaning an attacker could reroute that data elsewhere. The flaw surfaced just weeks after Meta heavily promoted Muse's security architecture, including a dedicated Secure VM, a monitoring system called Sentinel, and bug bounties up to $300,000.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
WIRED's Women issue features actor and comedian Patti Harrison portraying Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos in a satirical cover shoot commenting on Silicon Valley's male-dominated leadership. In an accompanying interview, Harrison discusses the concept, her comedic approach, and her own strained relationship with tech platforms after leaving Twitter.
wired.com
· 2026-09-22
Court exhibits from lawsuits against Meta reveal that in 2021, while publicly defending Facebook against whistleblower claims of harming children, Mark Zuckerberg privately told a contact on WhatsApp that child safety was not his 'personal main focus.' He said he was more focused on building the metaverse, and weeks later announced Facebook's rebrand to Meta.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-22
Security researchers discovered that Meta's new macOS AI assistant Muse contains a vulnerability allowing any locally installed app or terminal command to access the authentication token tied to a user's Muse account, bypassing Apple's built-in permission protections. The flaw also lets outside processes alter numerous undocumented settings, some of which could grant deeper control over connected accounts like WhatsApp, email and calendars. Separately, Amazon has begun blocking Muse from its platform.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-21
After a brief show of unity around Dario Amodei's proposal for slowing AI development through third-party oversight and international coordination, the tech industry has fractured over how to proceed. Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jensen Huang reportedly blocked plans for an independent, industry-funded AI regulator similar to finance's FINRA, while the Trump administration dismisses AI safety concerns as a hoax. OpenAI, through global affairs chief Chris Lehane, says it remains committed to pushing for national safety standards despite the pushback.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-19
A new Colossus profile of the Zuckerberg family reveals that Priscilla Chan limits how her 11-year-old daughter Maxima can use AI tools, allowing her to vibe-code simple games and messaging apps but banning anything connected to the open internet, including a proposed dating site. The restriction comes even as Mark Zuckerberg's company Meta pushes AI products like its camera-equipped smart glasses and faces ongoing criticism over privacy failures and harmful AI-generated content on its platforms.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-18
WIRED is hosting a subscriber-only livestream on September 24 examining the state of women in Silicon Valley amid a broader backlash against DEI initiatives. The panel, featuring Sandra Upson, Lauren Goode, and Ej Dickson, will address reader-submitted questions about gender dynamics in tech workplaces. WIRED is soliciting questions via its comment section ahead of the event.
wired.com
· 2026-09-18
Bilal Chughtai, a former Google DeepMind research engineer who left in July 2026, publicly warned that AI could kill everyone and that time may be running out, echoing similar statements from Anthropic's Jacob Coxon and Evan Hubinger, who put the odds of AI causing human extinction within a decade above 10%. Separately, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said each AI company should be responsible for its own model's safety rather than backing calls for industry-wide coordination, citing legal liability as sufficient incentive and pointing to Meta's delayed release of its Muse AI agent as proof of self-regulation.
slashdot.org
· 2026-09-18
Following Dario Amodei's essay urging slower AI development and international cooperation on safety guardrails, Mark Zuckerberg posted on X that Meta delayed its Muse AI model for months over safety concerns, but did so voluntarily rather than through any coordinated industry mandate. He argued that trust and alignment are becoming the key differentiators for AI products, suggesting market incentives alone will push companies toward safer deployment without government intervention.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-17
White House officials had drafted a preliminary framework for a FINRA-style body to oversee frontier AI models after Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed the idea in July. The plan collapsed after executives including David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump directly against it, leaving the proposal in limbo with no replacement under active consideration. Meanwhile Congress remains split among competing AI bills that lack sufficient votes to pass.
wired.com
· 2026-09-16
Meta is reportedly building a camera-less version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses, codenamed Luna, following widespread criticism that the camera-equipped models enabled covert recording and harassment. The new glasses would retain six microphones for voice interaction with Meta's AI assistants but drop the camera entirely, and could debut as soon as next week's Meta Connect conference.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-16
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