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Meta bought an AI coding startup. Technology
The Verge • 1w ago

Meta bought an AI coding startup.

First, xAI spent $60 billion on Cursor, and now Meta picked up Conductor for an undisclosed amount, as reported previously by Axios, as they all compete with the likes of Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. Conductor’s product is built to let software engineers manage multiple agents at once, and says it will wind down its existing setup: * Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13 and shuts down on November 20. * Local Conductor keeps getting new models and critical bug fixes until early 2027.

Meta is acquiring an AI analytics company. Technology
The Verge • 3w ago

Meta is acquiring an AI analytics company.

Axios has the story. The company, Sundial, was founded by two former Meta employees, and they and others from Sundial will join Meta. One of the co-founders, Chandra Narayanan, will lead Meta’s “data analytics tooling and agents work,” according to Alex Shultz, Meta’s chief data officer. [Link: Exclusive: Meta acquires AI data platform Sundial | https://www.axios.com/2026/10/23/meta-ai-data-platform-sundial | Axios]

AI agents are causing massive headaches for banks. Technology
The Verge • 3w ago

AI agents are causing massive headaches for banks.

According to Axios, banks have detected AI agents accessing customer accounts and taking actions, sometimes without clear authorization or instruction. JPMorgan, Citi, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have started to restrict or block some third-party access because of it. But more concerning, it seems the banks just don’t know what AI agents are doing or why: > One bank executive told Axios they struggle to differentiate between agents, as well as whether an agent has been authorized by a user or has gone rogue and gained access to a customer account.

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