TNB Tech Minute: Meta’s Hit New AI Agent Is Facing Backlash

0:00Why can't we get AI to production? Our competitors are already... How do we keep data secure? AWS AI cuts through the noise. With ready-to-use agents and the broadest set of AI tools, stop overthinking. Start building. AWS AI is how. Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, September 23rd. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. Meta's new AI agent appears to be a hit with users and investors, but it's already facing scrutiny over privacy concerns. Though Meta says each of its Muse agents run on their own secure, dedicated computer, analysts say a major hack or incidence of agents going rogue with users' logins or credit cards could cast a negative light on the industry.

0:43Meanwhile, Amazon has blocked Muse from accessing its site and purchasing items for its users. The online shopping giant says it wasn't made aware of in advance that Muse would be accessing its store and that it didn't authorize the activity. Meta declined to comment on Amazon's action. Elsewhere in AI, the journal exclusively reports that Invada Biosciences, which uses the technology to streamline early-stage drug discovery, has doubled its valuation to about$2 billion. The financing will help Invada fund later-stage human trials. The company has an experimental daily pill designed to help patients maintain weight loss after discontinuing GLP-1 medications, and is also testing drugs for atopic dermatitis and inflammatory bowel disease.

1:26And a Finnish defense company is seeking$344 million by going public in Helsinki. Sensofusion, which makes anti-drone software, has a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps and has deployed its technology in both Ukraine and the Middle East. The company says three pension insurance companies and a fund management group have committed 170 million euros to anchor the IPO. Proceeds will be used to develop the group's technology and to expand production and testing into different markets. And that's your T &B Tech Minute. We'll be back this afternoon with more. Why can't we get AI to production? Our competitors are all ready.

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