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September 30, 2026 AI Industry Briefing

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⚡ AI Industry News · Source: The Information

Jyoti Mann / The Information: Internal data: Meta's Muse now has 3M+ users who submit at least one prompt per week and 1M+ DAUs who have sent at least one prompt  —  Meta Platforms' Muse now has more than 3 million users who give the AI agent at least one prompt a

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Slack message: Greg Brockman has no plans to donate beyond his initial $25M to Leading the Future, saying the PAC has become a "distrac
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: New York Times

New York Times: Slack message: Greg Brockman has no plans to donate beyond his initial $25M to Leading the Future, saying the PAC has become a “distraction” at OpenAI  —  Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and co-founder, said internally that the super

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Sources: Trump's AI accord grew out of a talk between Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson; Zuckerberg circulated a draft, and Huang he
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: Semafor

Ashley Gold / Semafor: Sources: Trump's AI accord grew out of a talk between Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson; Zuckerberg circulated a draft, and Huang helped build support  —  THE SCOOP  —  The idea for what became President Donald Trump'

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⚡ AI Industry News · Source: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Jensen Huang and other execs asked Dario Amodei at the White House why he was so extreme in public on AI risks; Amodei said it's important to be honest  —  Nvidia's CEO was among the execs at White House event who called out the Anthr

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Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: THE DECODER

Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can't keep up with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. The per-token price is low, but Argon burns through more than twice as many tokens per task as Astra. Select tes

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Factory CEO Matan Grinberg alleges Cognition's new CRO Chris Degnan had been confiding with Cognition executives while advising Factory as a
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: Business Insider

Rya Jetha / Business Insider: Factory CEO Matan Grinberg alleges Cognition's new CRO Chris Degnan had been confiding with Cognition executives while advising Factory as a board observer  —  Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups

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Micron reports Q4 revenue up 379% YoY to $54.23B, vs. $51.07B est., net income up 1,078% to $37.7B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: CNBC

CNBC: Micron reports Q4 revenue up 379% YoY to $54.23B, vs. $51.07B est., net income up 1,078% to $37.7B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates  —  Micron reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the memory maker continues to benefit from

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Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: Ars Technica

A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.

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Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: The Verge AI

Google today revealed its next AI frontier model, which it's calling Gemini 4 Argon. The new model delivers "frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cybersecurity defense," according t

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DOD taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian, a 120-day study of capabilities the US may n
⚡ AI Industry News · Source: CNBC

Luke Fountain / CNBC: DOD taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian, a 120-day study of capabilities the US may need in future wars  —  The Pentagon is tapping Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, defense technology entr

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My theory for why @alexandr_wang  has been tweeting sexy Muse: Totally different positioning from telling you AI will end the world. https:/
🐦 Social Radar · Source: 𝕏 (Twitter) · @Kantrowitz

My theory for why @alexandr_wang has been tweeting sexy Muse: Totally different positioning from telling you AI will end the world. https:/. This critical industry milestone has sparked extensive technical evaluation and tracking across frontier AI research labs.

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OpenAI's Dots vs. Meta's Muse

- One enterprise, one consumer
- One frontier-based, one standard
- One narrow rollout, one broad

Who wins?
🐦 Social Radar · Source: 𝕏 (Twitter) · @Kantrowitz

OpenAI's Dots vs. Meta's Muse - One enterprise, one consumer - One frontier-based, one standard - One narrow rollout, one broad Who wins? . This critical industry milestone has sparked extensive technical evaluation and tracking across frontier AI research labs.

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