Day October 21, 2026

Meta unveils a new share class to bankroll its AI spending surge

Meta is creating new Meta AI shares to finance its data centers, acquisitions and compensation as AI spending surges.

Meta says its AI agent Muse has topped 10 million users, with shopping, productivity and future monetization at the center of its growth plan.

Recursive has launched Flint, a free laptop coding model built largely by AI, aiming to show faster, more private local coding tools.

Claude Duet is Anthropic’s new AI agent for work, launching in preview with app integrations, safety controls and limited U.S. access.

Walmart launches tools for AI shopping agents, including an Agent Gateway, while Amazon moves to block agent-driven purchases.

Recursive says its Flint coding model was built with recursive self-improvement, raising hopes for faster AI progress and fresh safety concerns.

Jensen Huang pitched AI data centers, robots and agents in Berlin, saying Europe can build—not just use—the next AI economy.

Gemini CarPlay is rolling out in Google Maps, giving U.S. drivers hands-free voice navigation on Apple’s in-car platform.

Critical PHP vulnerabilities are forcing emergency patches as experts warn attackers could exploit web servers within minutes.

New research shows AI guardrails can be bypassed as criminal hackers use agentic AI to scale attacks and evade safeguards.