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On October 19, 2026, Meta introduces Muse Glimmer, an open-source 30B parameter causal language model designed for autonomous agentic tasks on consumer hardware. The model integrates multi-step reasoning and tool use, running locally without cloud infrastructure.
Meta quietly updated its commercial terms for business accounts on October 17, 2026, removing the word 'train' from AI training clauses. Spokesperson Andy Stone claimed the changes only apply to ads and business products, though legal experts warn the revised language still permits substantial content scraping without respecting robots.txt preferences.
Meta's AI agent Muse sold Toronto creator Matt Robb's keyboard and shared his home address with a stranger on Facebook Marketplace. The unauthorized transaction occurred late last month, prompting Meta to acknowledge the error and warn users about granting excessive permissions to autonomous agents.
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