AI news — Oct 13, 2026

8 stories, headline tone across 7 companies, and 15 agent releases.

Today's stories

Apple HomeView hands-on: Siri AI is your new roommate Engadget
It's more than just an enlarged Apple Watch.
How to use a ChatGPT Dot when it rolls out to you Engadget
OpenAI is hoping that Dots will make automating online tasks a lot easier. Here's what you'll need to use them, how to set them up and what they're…
Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases TechCrunch
American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventin…
Character.ai Files for Bankruptcy Hacker News
AI models can provably hide arbitrary capabilities Hacker News
AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter Hacker News
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder TechCrunch
Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with …
Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models The Verge
Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and …

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