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Meta has unveiled Muse Charm, a pocket-sized device built around its new AI assistant. The bigger question is whether people need another piece of hardware to use it. Mark Zuckerberg revealed Charm at Meta Connect, giving users direct access to Muse without opening a smartphone app. It has a roughly two-inch screen, a customisable character at the centre of its interface and built-in 5G connectivity. It cannot make calls. Meta says Muse will also come to its smart glasses lin

Lloyds Banking Group is recruiting 300 technology specialists as it accelerates the development and deployment of agentic AI across the business. The new recruits are expected to be in place by September and will join an AI operation of around 1,000 people, including existing Lloyds employees who have been retrained. Their work will include using AI to identify fraud and scams, search internal documents and create more accessible and personalised digital banking services. Llo

TIME has unveiled its inaugural Executives of the Year: Tech and Data list, recognising 50 senior leaders influencing how major organisations adopt AI, use data, strengthen cybersecurity and modernise their technology. The list includes executives from Netflix, Walmart, Goldman Sachs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Reddit, Bank of America, Dell Technologies, Pfizer, CrowdStrike and Accenture. Among those recognised are Elizabeth Stone, chief product and technology officer at Netflix; Sur

Donald Trump has called for artificial intelligence to be renamed “super intelligence”, arguing that the word artificial makes the technology sound fake. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, the US President praised the extraordinary capabilities of AI while rejecting international efforts to establish global controls over its development. His remarks come as governments and technology companies grapple with the pace of AI innovation, its economic potential and th