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Ollie, a subscription-based AI assistant focused on family organization and privacy, announced via CEO Bill Lennon on X that it will shut down on November 6. The SOC 2–compliant startup, which raised a $7.5M seed round led by Khosla Ventures, said customers will get instructions to export data and receive refunds.
OnlyFans creators told WIRED they are frustrated that Meta’s new AI agent, Muse — an adults-only conversational app — is permitted to engage in explicit sexting with adult users, while many performers face account restrictions and content removals on Meta platforms; creators also raise concerns about deepfakes and whether their data was used to train Muse.
X announced The X Subscription, a bundled plan that combines Grok (chat, voice, image and video generation), Grok Bot, Cursor (local and cloud coding agents), and X Premium into one offering with a shared usage pool. The subscription is available to new customers immediately and will be offered as a switch option to existing SuperGrok, Cursor, and X Premium subscribers; plans include free and paid tiers, team and enterprise features, and shared billing/usage controls.
In a post on X, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged stepping back to "assess the trust architecture" of AI and proposed separating models from the orchestration "harness," externalizing safeguards, keeping tamper‑proof human‑readable records of every meaningful model action, and ensuring an authorized person can pause or shut down a model mid‑task as an "emergency brake." His comments come after several incidents of perceived loss of model control and follow other industry calls for more cautious development, including a plan from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
Google paused its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program effective October 1, 2026, citing a "significant rise" in automated AI-generated submissions that were largely invalid or hallucinatory; the company said it will provide an update in Q1 2027 and encouraged researchers to use its other bug bounty programs. Reports said Google engineers and maintainers were overwhelmed by the volume and low quality of submissions.
Shivon Zilis posted on X that she and Elon Musk have broken up, quote-tweeting an account that noted Musk had unfollowed her. Zilis — who has testified she worked across Musk’s “entire AI portfolio” (Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI) and was previously on OpenAI’s board when she gave birth to twins — described the split as sudden and wrote a lengthy public statement about their relationship and shared children.
The Wall Street Journal reports OpenAI has parted ways with three members of its safety team who allegedly shared confidential company information with a third-party AI safety organization. OpenAI said an internal investigation confirmed the individuals mishandled sensitive information; the company and the identities of the researchers and the outside organization have not been disclosed. The departures come amid broader scrutiny of OpenAI's security practices and recent incidents, and follow the company's decision to scrap the planned launch of GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns.
Reporting collects anecdotes from service workers across restaurants, retail, parks and childcare who say customers increasingly cite ChatGPT, Claude and other generative AI outputs — sometimes incorrect or fabricated — to contradict staff about allergens, product availability, itineraries and child care. The piece notes workers expect tools like Meta’s new Muse to likely amplify the problem.
Meta is inviting users to request early access to new features for its Muse AI app by sharing a prompt on X that registers interest. Features teased at Connect 2026 include a digital avatar for video chats, expanded shopping integrations, a more capable Muse Mac app, and integration with Meta’s AI glasses.
The piece traces recurring public calls from prominent AI leaders — including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai and Microsoft executives — for legal guardrails around AI, noting similar warnings stretch back decades (from Butler and Turing to recent Big Tech figures) but have produced limited binding regulation. It highlights a pattern where companies that profit from AI nevertheless urge intervention, often without resulting in substantive policy changes.
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