AI hires this week, week 42 of 2026

A quiet week on the record: the AILately.com Desk verified zero individually sourced moves in this window.

1. Oct 12

   Meta ships Muse Wonder, its first frontier model

   Meta · Muse Wonder

   Muse Wonder matches GPT-6 Astra and Fable 5.1 on benchmarks and leads on memory, Meta's first real shot at the frontier.

   WideaiOct 12, 2026TechCrunch: Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder

2. Oct 10

   GitHub adds model and MCP controls to Copilot

   GitHub · Copilot for JetBrains

   Admins set a default model and MCP servers wait for a manual start, giving JetBrains developers finer control over Copilot.

   WidecodeOct 10, 2026GitHub Changelog: New controls and chat improvements in Copilot for JetBrains

1. Oct 12

   White House pulls AI testing officials from Commerce

   Moving CAISI's three leaders under Kratsios and Cairncross centralizes AI safety testing inside the White House after coordination problems with Commerce.

   PolicyreportedOct 12, 2026Reuters: US AI testing agency officials to move to White House, The Information reports

2. Oct 11

   Amazon moves toward a $7 billion Decart deal

   Amazon · Decart

   Amazon would gain Decart's real-time video and robotics simulation models, the same startup Anthropic walked away from after a $6 billion look.

   DealreportedOct 11, 2026Investing.com: Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports

3. Oct 9

   OpenAI's annualized revenue falls short of estimates

   OpenAI

   OpenAI's annualized revenue near $50 billion landed well under the $70 billion figure investors expected, and Nvidia and Oracle shares fell.

   CapitalreportedOct 9, 2026Tech Times: Investors Built $70B OpenAI Revenue Estimate Using Wrong Method; AI Stocks Fell When FT Corrected