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Joby Aviation has successfully completed the first fully autonomous coast-to-coast flight in the United States. The company utilized a converted Cessna Caravan equipped with Joby's J208 autonomous flight technology, covering 5,148 kilometers from California to North Carolina. Although a human pilot was on board due to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, no intervention was required during the flight.

The aircraft autonomously managed all phases of the flight, including takeoff, cruise, navigation, and landing. While Joby Aviation is known for its electric air taxis, this achievement expands the company's autonomy technology beyond short-distance applications.

JoeBen Bevir, CEO of Joby Aviation, stated that this journey signals a "new era of aviation," emphasizing the importance of autonomy for commercial cargo, medical transfers, disaster response, and defense logistics. Joby has also acquired Resonant Sciences, a firm specializing in sensor and radio frequency systems, and partnered with L3Harris Technologies to explore hybrid gas-turbine aircraft development.

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OpenAI has established an Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence following the remarkable progress of a new internal model. This model has reportedly resolved over 100 long-standing open problems across various areas of mathematics, including the challenging Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem.

This rapid advancement prompted the formation of the group, partly in response to an open letter titled "A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics," which raised concerns about the negative externalities of using open problems as benchmarks for new AI systems. The advisory group aims to serve as a bridge to the mathematical community and the broader public, ensuring mathematicians have a voice in OpenAI's path forward.

Operating independently from OpenAI, the group will advise on the review and communication of emerging results, assess their significance, coordinate dissemination, and provide guidance on academic and professional standards. It will also offer recommendations on how AI tools can support mathematical research and learning. Initial members include distinguished mathematicians such as François Charles, Camillo De Lellis, Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Nikhil Srivastava, Ulrike Tillmann, Ravi Vakil, Edward Witten, and Melanie Matchett Wood.

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Amazon has blocked Meta's new AI assistant Muse from making purchases on Amazon.com, citing privacy and security concerns. Amazon claims that Muse violates its "Conditions of Use" by accessing its platform without authorization.

Launched on September 8, Muse is a personal AI agent designed to handle tasks such as sending emails, booking travel, shopping, and tracking goals. The app quickly rose to the number-one spot on Apple's U.S. App Store chart for free iPhone apps.

Amazon alleges that Meta did not notify them in advance about Muse's access to their site and that the agent does not identify itself while shopping, thereby bypassing personalization features. The company also raised concerns about how Muse handles customer credentials and account data, viewing it as an "undisclosed third party."

Meta, for its part, states that Muse cannot view user passwords or payment methods, with credentials stored securely, and that all actions, including purchases, require user approval. This incident echoes a previous legal battle in 2025 where Amazon sued Perplexity over its Comet browser accessing Amazon, a case where an appeals court ultimately ruled that the customer, not Comet, was accessing Amazon, with Comet acting as a user tool.