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Today's Stories

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   Microsoft unveils Copilot super app with Autopilot agents

   Microsoft launched a redesigned Copilot super app combining chat, coding tools, and a new Autopilot agentic feature. Most new features roll out through an early test program, with no general availability date set. The app aims to turn a set of overlapping products into a single paid productivity suite, and both enterprise customers and individuals pay extra based on use of its most autonomous capabilities.

   Broad rollout of Autopilot hinges on how testers rate the new tools. The coding tool reaches Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro subscribers through the test program later this year.

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   Meta's Muse agent runs on AMD EPYC Turin hosts, executes Ubuntu commands

   Meta's AI agent Muse is powered by AMD EPYC Turin host systems, with each sandbox sporting two dedicated cores and 8GB of memory. Blogger Evan Hoffman and analyst Tae Kim both found Muse will run some rudimentary Ubuntu commands if prompted, passing along the output to help identify things like the host system's specs. Because Muse runs those rudimentary Ubuntu commands and returns the output, the agent appears able to reach beyond its own sandbox and pull information about the host it sits on, which is likely to raise questions about how much such agents should be allowed to touch.

   The test is whether Meta treats the host-command behavior as intended design or a limit to be tightened, since Hoffman claims Muse offered to set up SSH to its private VM. No fix, timeline or response from Meta is stated in the body.

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   John Deere launches JD AI assistant for farmers

   John Deere launched JD AI, a new AI assistant designed for farmers. This puts an AI helper directly in the hands of farmers, which may change how they handle day-to-day decisions.

   The article body did not fully load, so details like availability, price, and specific capabilities are not yet confirmed. Watch for an official announcement.

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   BTIG: AI agent fears around Booking Holdings overdone

   BTIG said investor fears that AI agents will disrupt Booking Holdings are overdone, per Seeking Alpha. If BTIG's read holds, the AI-agent threat priced into Booking Holdings' stock may be excessive.

   Whether Booking Holdings can show that AI agents are not eroding its booking position; its next results should be the test.

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   Glavis joins Fujieda City trial of "Sarashina" admin search

   Glavis Architects joined a Fujieda City demonstration under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' trusted-AI program; SoftBank builds the knowledge-search system pairing SB Intuitions' domestic AI "Sarashina" with RAG for counter services. The trial tests whether domestic generative AI is useful for administrative work, while Glavis handles organizing and systematizing government knowledge, drawing on its Public AI Knowledge Research Group.

   The aim of a nationwide shared framework hinges on whether the knowledge rules carry across municipalities; the body gives no date or funding figure, so watch what the demonstration finds.

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   Microsoft puts Code into Copilot for non-coders

   Microsoft added Code to its Copilot app on September 25, letting users describe an app or dashboard in plain language to build it. People without coding skills, such as accountants and sales staff, could build their own tools instead of filing requests with an IT department and waiting.

   Almost none of this has shipped — Code reaches early access customers at the end of the month, paying subscribers get a preview later this year, and a preview is not revenue.