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The Vergecast · October 2, 2026 · 1h 28m

Dots get up in Muse's business

Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes and David Imel discuss the new AI agents that want access to your entire digital life, the White House's voluntary AI safety accord, and a wave of gadget news. They cover privacy risks with OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse, Huawei's attachable phone lens, the return of physical Kindle buttons, and the crackdown on AI bots scraping Old Reddit. The show ends with a skeptical look at a government AI chatbot and a lightning round of tech absurdities.

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AI agents leak personal data even from trusted companies01:52
OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse promise to automate your digital life, but early examples show they can expose private information — Muse sent a YouTuber's address to a stranger.
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Reddit is cutting back access to its cleaner 'Old Reddit' interface because AI training bots are aggressively scraping all public posts.

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