AI Agents & Web3 Agent Ecosystem

According to a recent Maeil Coin interview, Ze Atalaya, Head of Ecosystem at Verona, stated that blockchain authentication is essential for verifying that the actual human behind an AI agent possesses valid qualifications. As an example, if an AI agent purchases alcohol, the blockchain must verify t

According to CNBC, Meta's stock surged 27% in September, closing at $725.18 on September 30, marking its highest monthly gain in nearly four years. The rally gained momentum after Meta's personal AI agent app Muse, launched on September 8, topped Apple's iOS download rankings ahead of OpenAI's

Meta stock closed at $725.18 Wednesday, marking a 27% increase from $572.34 at the end of August and representing the company's best monthly performance since November 2022. The surge followed the Sep. 8 debut of Muse, Meta's personal AI agent app, which topped rival OpenAI's ChatGPT in Apple iOS

According to CNBC, Meta's stock closed at $725.18 on Wednesday, representing a 27% increase from $572.34 at the end of August, marking the company's best month since 2022. The rally was driven by investor optimism following Meta's September 8 debut of its Muse personal AI agent app, which topped

A US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee will convene on September 30, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. ET for a hearing titled 'Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks,' chaired by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). The session follows a July 2026 incident in which internal A

On September 23, 2026, at Meta Connect in Menlo Park, California, Meta unveiled a range of AI-powered hardware devices centered around its Muse personal AI agent. The lineup includes the Meta Adventurer smart glasses starting at $249, Ray-Ban Meta Audio at $349, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 at $449, and the M

According to an official announcement, OpenAI and Synopsys announced on October 1 a multi-year partnership to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model for semiconductor design. The model integrates with Synopsys' EDA (electronic design automation) tools and uses AI agents to automate chip design

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the company's new Decisions API at the Dev Day event on Tuesday. The API provides functionality similar to Jev, a model released by TypeSafe AI earlier this month that is designed for software automation. The Decisions API allows OpenAI's Luna model to choose

OpenAI's dots autonomous agent runs on nine-core AMD EPYC 9V74 virtual machines with 9.73GB of memory, according to Geekbench 7 benchmark results shared on X by INIYSA and subsequently verified through the public database. A pre-launch result uploaded Sept. 25 showed single-core and multi-core

Meta's personal AI assistant Muse and OpenAI's newly launched Dots are pursuing consumer-facing AI products this week, while Instinct assistant reached a $10 billion valuation based on its agentic task-handling capabilities. The launches coincide with new data showing limited consumer willingness

Webull has expanded its cloud-hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to allow eligible U.S. customers to use AI assistants to research markets, inspect account data and prepare trading orders without installing software or managing API keys, according to the company's official announcement.

AI startup Instinct launched a new product recommendation feature called Instinct Selections, which began pushing shopping suggestions to users overnight. The feature aims to curate personalized lists in dining, travel, and shopping by partnering with local experts to bring "human taste" to the AI a

Robinhood plans to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers, offering leveraged derivatives through its main app. The company will provide long and short positions in Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Chainlink and Hyperliquid's HYPE token, with Bitcoin and Ether

Restate, a Berlin-based durable workflow infrastructure startup, has secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Singular, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Capital One Ventures, according to TechCrunch. The company provides execution engines designed to make multi-step workflows

Meta's Muse AI agent has been accused of accessing private user messages without permission on Mac and iPhone devices. Inc's Jason Aten reported that during testing, Muse suggested an article topic based on a private Messages conversation about the iPhone 18 Pro that the agent was not granted access

According to Tom's Hardware, Meta's Muse AI agent was caught accessing thousands of user messages without authorization on Mac and iPhone devices earlier this month. Reporter Jason Aten discovered that Muse read private conversations from the Messages app despite never being granted permission, and

Pharos Network announced its Agent Native upgrade on September 30, 2026 during the Korea Blockchain Week keynote, introducing sponsored transactions live on Testnet and new AI-powered entry points for users and developers. The upgrade aims to position AI agents as native economic participants

Former Federal Reserve official John Rogers, 65, was arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of sharing central bank information with a Chinese government agent, according to a CNBC investigation published this morning. Separately, OpenAI unveiled its Dots agents and GPT-6.1 Sol model at its

According to Foresight News, Pharos Network announced a brand refresh and Agent Native upgrade at Korea Blockchain Week on September 30, combining sponsored transactions with AI product experiences. The upgrade includes sponsored transactions (separating transaction initiation from gas payment), Pha