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Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost

October 9, 2026
The standard way to keep an AI agent in line is to have a second AI read over its shoulder. It’s been the default approach, but it can get expensive fast when agents run for hours and process the equivalent of several novels’ worth of text. Goodfire, a startup focused on interpretability (figuring out how AI models work internally), launched a cheaper option on Thursday: monitors that…
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Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger

October 9, 2026
Meet Interface, a new $99 smart ring from AI and hardware startup Natura that’s designed for the era of AI agents. With a press of your finger, you can ask an AI agent to complete a task, capture thoughts, and get things done without reaching for your phone. And while…
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Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material

October 8, 2026
Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2026. At the same time, the company is rolling out new AI tools to find ads and accounts that may be used to secretly direct people to illegal child abuse material. More than 97% of the content Meta acted on was found by its systems before…
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LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature

October 7, 2026
If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software for you. The Document Foundation, the nonprofit software maker behind the open source document editor LibreOffice, said in a blog post this week that while it does not reject AI out of hand, it “will not add” AI to its software for the foreseeable…
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Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era

October 6, 2026
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to Cosmo, or just chatting with girlfriends. In the social media era, you can instead post anonymously on Reddit relationship forums or look to social media creators who discuss the topic. Now, two sisters are launching a startup for young women, Hot Girl…
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