Day October 12, 2026

Honeyjar bets AI can fix PR by giving everyone a comms strategist

Honeyjar is betting AI PR tools can improve communications with smarter drafting, journalist targeting and human oversight.

Meta launches its first frontier model, Muse Wonder, with stronger memory, coding, and premium pricing aimed at rivaling top AI systems.

Meta AI models Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full signal a comeback, with frontier-level claims, new agent tools and safety features.

Meta launches new Meta AI models Wonder and Wonder Full, aiming to power Muse and challenge OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

WindBorne wins an Air Force contract worth up to $49 million, boosting AI weather forecasting with data from its balloon fleet.

Blueprints AI says its AI blueprints software can turn sketches into permit-ready plans in minutes, with version 2 launching at Disrupt.

Microsoft’s Brad Smith says the UK should lead AI regulation, warning that voluntary safety pledges are not enough as AI risks rise.

Disrupt 2026 starts tomorrow in San Francisco, with 10,000-plus attendees, 300 startups and up to $100 in final ticket savings.

Microsoft says its AI chip Maia 300 will boost efficiency, scale AI inference, and reduce reliance on Nvidia and AMD starting in 2027.

Ambi raised $26M to build an AI assistant that listens in the background, with apps, privacy safeguards and hardware plans.