Meta Platforms News - October 5, 2026
Instinct Brings AI Agents Into Group Chats to Coordinate Plans
AI assistant startup Instinct has launched a feature that lets its AI agents work in group chats to coordinate plans, even when some participants do not have...
Meta and Microsoft Curb Claude Use to Promote In-House AI
Meta and Microsoft are reducing employees’ use of Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude, as they promote their own tools and seek to control costs. Both companies...
TikTok Adds AI Shopping Assistant and One-Click Checkout
TikTok has introduced a suite of e-commerce tools, including a conversational AI Shopping Assistant and a one-click Buy Direct checkout feature. The assistant...
Meta, TikTok and X Challenge Ofcom Over Broad Online Safety Data Demands
Meta (META), TikTok and X are legally challenging UK communications regulator Ofcom over the scope of information it is requesting under the Online Safety Act....