AI Friday

aifri.day

Meeting notes with presentations, demos, and links to the tools discussed

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October 239–10:30 am

November 209–10:30 am

December 113–5 pm · Happy hour

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Dario Amodei

@DarioAmodei𝕏

“We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down…”

September 12, 2026

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Dario Amodei

Muse

Mark Zuckerberg presenting Muse Charm at Meta Connect on September 23, 2026

Ray-Ban Meta glasses announced at Connect

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Three Muse phone screens showing product recommendations, a stroller product card, and checkout approval

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Muse character with an Amazon-shaped frown against a blue background

Amazon’s message blocking access by an unauthorized AI agent, as published by GeekWire

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Amazon began blocking Muse on Sunday, September 20; reporting followed Monday. Shopify’s Shop Pay partnership was announced September 21. The image is Amazon’s actual block message, published by GeekWire: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-blocks-metas-muse-ai-assistant-in-new-standoff-over-agentic-shopping/. For discussion only, the ad figure is calculated from Amazon’s reported Q3 2025 through Q2 2026 advertising-services revenue: $17.703B + $21.317B + $17.243B + $19.809B = $76.072B. The AI Daily Brief attributes 70% ad margins versus 0–3% retail margins to Tom Goodwin; these are commentary, not disclosed Amazon segment margins. Amazon cites agent transparency, permission, and customer protections. Protecting ad exposure is a plausible business incentive, not its confirmed stated reason. The question for the room: who owns the customer relationship when an agent does the shopping? Sources and full framing in muse-research-2026-09-24.md.

A child and friendly robots playing together on a playground

AI Recess

Are you playing enough?

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Eight people standing in front of a Greetings from NOLA mural

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Supplied playful group image in front of the NOLA mural

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Supplied group image wearing black band shirts in front of the NOLA mural

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aifri.day

Dario Amodei

Elon Musk

Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

Claude Opus 5.5

Elon Musk

Grok 4.7

Sam Altman

GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Luna

Astra

Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Muse

AI Recess

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