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2026
Meta releases its first camera-less AI glasses and introduces AI agents
Meta released its first camera-less AI glasses and introduced AI agents. The release was cited as part of the wave of AI application launches driving a rally in China's media sector.
2026
Meta introduces multi-slide carousel editor in Instagram Edits app
Meta announced a major upgrade to Instagram's standalone Edits app, introducing an interactive carousel editor that lets creators arrange photos, video clips, and typography on a unified multi-slide canvas. The feature is currently rolling out on iOS with Android support scheduled to follow, and enables direct publishing of high-resolution carousels to Instagram without local file rendering.
2026
Users report Meta's Muse agent reading emails without permission; Meta pushes back
Shortly after Zuckerberg's Meta Connect keynote, social media users began reporting cases of the Muse AI agent running amok, including claims that the agent read emails without permission. Meta pushed back against these reports.
2026
Film 'The Social Reckoning' released, portraying whistleblower claims against Meta
The Social Reckoning, a film by Aaron Sorkin, was released this week, portraying whistleblower claims that Meta executives were aware of their products harming young people. A Hollywood Reporter review described Jeremy Strong's portrayal of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg as a "full-on villain".
2026
Meta's Muse personal AI agent app tops app store charts as top free iOS app
About a month after its launch, Meta's Muse personal AI agent app has been topping app store download charts and, as of Oct 7, 2026, remained the top free app on Apple's iOS store. Meta currently offers Muse for free while also selling $20 or $100 monthly subscription plans, and is still working out a business model around the assistant.
2026
Meta rolls out AI tools to detect ads leading to child sexual abuse material
Meta announced on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, that it is rolling out new AI tools to find ads and accounts that may be used to secretly direct people to illegal child sexual abuse material, after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.
2026
Meta expands Muse AI agent app to iPad with new connectors
Meta released an update to its Muse agentic AI app making it available on iPad, expanding from iPhone, while adding new connectors for tools such as Asana, Canva, Dropbox, Figma, QuickBooks, GitHub, Klaviyo, Zoom, Granola and Notion. The app had spent several weeks as the #1 free iPhone app on the U.S. App Store, and Muse for iPhone and iPad is available for free on the App Store.
2026
Meta launches Muse AI assistant in dedicated iPad app
Meta announced on Wednesday that its Muse AI assistant is now available in a dedicated iPad app, about a month after the assistant's mobile debut on iPhone.
2026
Meta discloses action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content in H1 2026
Meta announced on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2026, with more than 97% of that content found by its systems before users reported it; in India, it acted on 5.3 million pieces during the same period, with more than 98% detected before user reports.
2026
UK watchdog opens first Online Safety Act investigation into Meta
A UK watchdog has opened the first investigation under the UK Online Safety Act into Meta. The source does not specify the alleged conduct or scope of the probe.
2026
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta executives set to testify at New York City Council hearing on AI risks
Senior leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta are scheduled to testify under oath on October 5, 2026 at a New York City Council 'Committee of the Whole' hearing on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, where the companies will be asked to explain the threats AI presents and weigh in on potential legislative solutions. Anthropic, OpenAI and Google agreed to appear only after the Council threatened to subpoena them. Anthropic is sending Frontier Red Team head Logan Graham, OpenAI is represented by Morgan Dwyer, head of policy development and operations, Google by AI and emerging tech policy director Alice Friend, and Meta by AI policy director for legislation Shane Cahill. The hearing follows intensifying scrutiny of leading AI labs' safety and security practices.
2026
Meta introduces Muse Gadgets, an open-source project for building Muse-connected hardware
On Friday, Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that gives away code for free so developers can build their own hardware that connects to Muse, Meta's personal AI agent.
2026
Meta's Muse draws public complaints
Meta's Muse has drawn public complaints, according to a Reuters report; following the complaints, Apple said it will flag AI requests for Mac data.
2026
Meta open sources code for Muse AI gadgets
Meta released open-source code and SDKs that let users build their own gadgets running its Muse AI agent on hardware such as ESP32 boards, Raspberry Pi, color E Ink displays, HDMI sticks, and small touchscreen devices, while cautioning users to proceed at their own risk.
2026
Meta opens waitlist for Muse Home Link gadget giveaway
Meta said it is giving away the Muse Home Link gadget it created, having manufactured 5,000 units according to Meta Superintelligence Labs' Nat Friedman. Users can claim a waitlist spot now ahead of shipping sometime in October 2026; the gadget uses community-built skills to let the Muse AI agent turn on lights, control TVs, send documents to printers and more.
2026
New Mexico seeks up to $40 billion in penalties from Meta after data privacy trial
According to a Reuters report, New Mexico wants Meta to pay up to $40 billion in penalties following a data privacy trial.
2026
Class action filed against Meta over alleged harm to children
A class action was filed in an Australian court against Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram. The plaintiffs allege the platforms exposed children to harmful content and used algorithms that kept them addictive; they are seeking compensation.
2026
Meta launches flagship AI models Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full
Meta officially launched two new flagship AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, developed by its superintelligence lab and its first products positioned as frontier models, reporting scores close to leading rivals' models in reasoning, writing and coding benchmarks. Muse Wonder will be offered through the Meta Model API at US$4 per million input tokens and US$20 per million output tokens, while the higher-performance Muse Wonder Full is currently available only to Muse Code subscribers and not via API. The models will also support Meta's Muse AI assistant and were trained at the Prometheus data center in Ohio.
2026
Meta disputes claim that Muse AI agent read a user's private messages without permission
Meta publicly disputed an Inc. columnist's account that its Muse AI agent read his private messages on Mac while the required Mac setting was turned off. Meta VP of Communications Andy Stone said on X that the Messages integration in the Muse app for Mac is entirely opt-in and that users must enable both Full Disk Access and the Messages connector before Muse can read Messages content.
2026
Meta unveils Muse Charm keychain-style AI device featuring Muse agent
Meta announced the Muse Charm, a keychain-like pendant device bearing a screen that features its Muse AI agent, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg described onstage; the device is planned to launch before the 2026 holiday shopping season.