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Meta's new AI agent Muse is drawing serious scrutiny tonight. Researchers have found that when users share conversations through generated web links, sensitive personal and business information can be exposed to anyone with the URL. It's a reminder that convenience features in AI tools carry real privacy trade-offs that aren't always visible at sign-up.
On the financial technology front, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Goldman Sachs are among sixteen issuers now objecting to OKX and ICE's planned tokenized stock trading venue operating under the SEC's framework. When names that large opt out of a venue, it signals genuine uncertainty about how blockchain-based equity trading fits into existing market structure, and whether the regulatory scaffolding is ready to hold it.
And in a story that reads like science fiction but appears to be science fact, a startup claims to have treated a patient using viruses designed by artificial intelligence. The company says the AI-created viruses targeted drug-resistant bacteria, which would mark a meaningful milestone in the long race against antimicrobial resistance. The details remain thin, but the implications for medicine are worth watching closely.
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