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Archives for October 2026

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
This week in the big AI data center buildout.

AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:

My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat

In return for feeding a ‘digital twin’ my metabolic data, it predicts how I’ll react to certain foods — and one day, maybe medicines.

Victoria Song
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Muse got dethroned by a chicken sandwich.

Meta’s Muse app has topped the iOS App Store chart in the US since it launched in early September, but now it’s lost that position to an unexpected tender contender: Dave’s Hot Chicken. It presumably has little to do with AI capabilities, and more the extremely popular free slider promotional offer than ran yesterday, but lets see how long Dave’s can keep the top spot.

A screenshot of the US iOS App Store charts.
Does Dave’s have an open weight transparency policy?
Image: Zac Hall
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
An AI image of a bear accidentally set off a real-life bear hunt in Russia.

The image was generated with ChatGPT as a prank, but spread online and sparked phone calls to the police until eventually wildlife rangers were sent out after the non-existent bear, Reuters reports. The woman who confessed to creating the image was fined 15,000 ‌roubles ($178).

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Nothing smart glasses rumor claims two different versions are on the way, including an audio-only model.

In a post spotted by Android Authority, leaker Roland Quandt says the audio-only version of Nothing’s rumored glasses won’t have cameras, similar to Meta’s new audio-only Ray-Bans. Quandt adds that Nothing’s glasses will also have “auto tinting photocromic lenses,” and says there will be a camera-equipped version with ChatGPT and translation features.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
JPMorgan Chase is keeping AI agents out.

During an earnings call on Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made it clear how he feels about AI agents: “We’re not going to allow just any… outside agent to come in inside the company, because it’s just too risky for clients and for JPMorgan.”

A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson later confirmed to CNBC that the company blocks outside AI agents from performing tasks for customers.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Deezer’s giving users a switch to filter out AI music.

The new on/off toggle, arriving by the end of the year, lets you exclude “AI-generated tracks, albums, and the related artists” from search results. Deezer also launched an AI music detection tool earlier this year, after a surge in AI song uploads on its platform.