Meta launches Muse Wonder models built to run AI agents
Meta says its two new models match the best from OpenAI and Anthropic on agent work, with the strongest one kept for paying coders.
AI news, 13 October 2026
The 10 AI stories of the day, each told in about 200 words with its sources linked.
Published 08:30 UTC, 10 stories
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Character.AI · dealsCharacter.AI files for bankruptcy with Disney as first bidder
The chatbot company is selling itself through a court process, and Disney has put in a $20 million opening bid for some of its assets.
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Chips · marketsChip stocks slide after Broadcom chief likens AI bets to a casino
Hock Tan said many AI investors do not know what they are buying, and AI chip and optical stocks fell the same day.
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Microsoft · chipsMicrosoft plans to answer AI requests mainly on its Maia chips
Microsoft says its third in-house AI chip will become the main system answering requests in its products, starting in 2027.
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Anthropic · securityAnthropic warns small models could soon spread onto gadgets
Anthropic researchers ran a mid-sized model across 15 cheap TV boxes and say self-copying AI on home devices may be months away.
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Gaming · workEpic reportedly delays Disney shooter to go AI first
Developers on a Marvel and Star Wars game were told to stop writing code by hand and to build the game, art included, with AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude.
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Anthropic · securityAnthropic says new defences cut copying of Claude by up to 99%
Rivals that train their own models on Claude’s answers now get 90 to 99 per cent less of its reasoning, Anthropic says.
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Policy · safetyMicrosoft’s Brad Smith says AI is less regulated than milk
Microsoft’s president wants global safety rules for AI, kill switches and a legal duty to tell victims when an agent breaks loose.
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Phones · memoryAI memory crunch pushes phone shipments to a 14-year Q3 low
Data centres are soaking up memory chips, so phones cost more and buyers hold off, Counterpoint says.
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Robotics · dealsOmron buys OnLogic for $675 million in a physical AI push
The Japanese automation group is buying a US maker of rugged factory computers to put AI on the shop floor.
