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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Granola launches Mac-wide dictation feature to compete with Wispr

Granola, known for its meeting notetaker, launched a dictation feature for macOS that lets users press the Fn key to dictate across apps while the tool cleans up and formats the resulting text; the company says iOS and Windows support are coming soon. The move directly mirrors Wispr’s earlier expansion from dictation into meeting notes and reflects broader convergence among voice‑AI startups like Fireflies, Speechify and Monologue.

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RESEARCH · 1 SOURCE · Apple Machine Learning Research

Minions: distributed virtual GPU cloud using idle Apple Silicon macOS devices

The paper introduces Minions, a system that aggregates idle GPUs in Apple Silicon–based macOS devices into a dynamic, distributed virtual GPU cloud for large-scale machine learning inference, providing flexible task execution, fault tolerance, and improved resource utilization so teams can use existing hardware instead of buying additional GPUs. The work also situates this effort alongside related Apple Silicon tooling (MLX, M5 neural accelerators) and separate NVIDIA-focused inference work (ReDrafter).

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COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI

Google launches local-first Mac meeting note-taker 'Google AI Edge Foresight' using on-device Gemma models

Google released a Mac app called Google AI Edge Foresight that captures meeting notes across apps and in‑person meetings and can run completely offline on Apple Silicon. The app uses an on‑device EmbeddingGemma 2 (740M parameters) for embeddings, offers a split view like Granola, lets users view transcripts and chat with a Gemma 4–powered assistant, and can ingest PDFs, Google Docs, Office files, text, Markdown and bookmarks to build a local knowledge base for real‑time Q&A.

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CODING · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Open-source RemoveMacAI tool deletes Apple Intelligence models and disables AI features on macOS 27

RemoveMacAI is an open-source command-line tool that its developer says automates turning off Apple Intelligence features, deletes Apple’s local AI models (the developer estimates ~12 GB), and blocks them from being re-downloaded on macOS 27; it also provides a revert command to restore the models and features. The developer claims the changes persist across macOS updates, though storage reports vary (one user saw Apple Intelligence using ~35 GB).

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COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI · Ars Technica

Apple to tighten macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls citing AI agent risks

Apple announced it will introduce additional controls for the macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ permission after reports that desktop AI agents (including claims about Meta’s Muse and a Wired story about ChatGPT’s Mac app) highlighted risks of apps accessing files, messages and other personal data. The company says it will require very explicit user actions before granting this high level of access and has posted guidance for developers.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta disputes report that Muse read a user’s private messages

Meta says a journalist’s report that its AI agent Muse read a user’s private Messages without permission is incorrect, stating the Messages integration on Mac is fully opt-in and requires explicit Full Disk Access and a Messages connector. The reporter said Full Disk Access was off and Muse suggested it was syncing device notifications; Meta executives including Andy Stone and David Singleton have pushed back and pointed to macOS permission flows and Muse’s security documentation, while other users have reported separate Muse incidents.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · InfoQ AI, ML & Data Engineering

Zero-day in Meta’s Muse for macOS let local processes reroute dictation; hotfix removed debug key

Security researcher Patrick Wardle disclosed a zero-day in Meta's Muse desktop client for macOS where an undocumented preference (endo_voyager_dictation_endpoint) could be overwritten by local, unprivileged processes to reroute microphone audio and steal Muse authentication tokens. Wardle published a proof-of-concept called not-a-mused; Meta released a hotfix that strips the internal debug preference from production builds but did not publicly coordinate a CVE.

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COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · Ars Technica · The Verge AI · WIRED AI

Zero-day in Meta’s Muse AI assistant lets local apps seize user authentication tokens

Security researcher Patrick Wardle disclosed a zero-day in Meta’s new Muse assistant for macOS that lets any local app or terminal command access the token that authenticates a user’s Muse account by changing an undocumented setting (including the transcription endpoint). The flaw can give attackers full control of the assistant and its privileges; Amazon has also begun blocking Muse from making purchases on its site and Meta did not respond to inquiries.

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COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI

Meta’s Muse app arrives on macOS and can act inside native apps

Meta has released Muse for Mac, a desktop version of its AI assistant that can interact with files, messages, calendar, notes and mail inside their native macOS apps. The app requires opt-in access and prompts for approval before performing sensitive actions; Muse previously launched on mobile and web this month and quickly climbed the U.S. App Store charts.

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