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AI agent startup Instinct blames configuration issue for WhatsApp disruption

Reports of banned accounts have put Meta's stance on outside AI agents under scrutiny.

A person using WhatsApp on a smartphoneFile photo: Helar Lukats / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)

Technology

Report: Meta developed household humanoid robot “Max” with China’s Fourier

Max is meant to help around the home, according to the report.

Humanoid robots on display at a science museumFile photo: Syced / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 (cropped and resized)