Dots get up in Muse’s business

Dots 介入 Muse 的业务

OpenAI’s answer to Muse arrived this week, and it looks a whole lot like Muse dressed up in a suit and tie. Dots is a business-first product — for now, at least — costing a minimum of $100 per month. And sure, you can make a cute little Dot character, just like you can make a cute little Muse character. But OpenAI’s early marketing is all about how you can use it to do Business Things: launch websites, reschedule calls, build slide decks for board meetings. Muse, on the other hand, keeps reminding me to buy a jacket I looked at.

OpenAI 对标 Muse 的产品于本周发布，它看起来就像是穿上西装、打上领带的 Muse。Dots 是一款主打商业用途的产品——至少目前如此——每月最低费用为 100 美元。当然，你可以像创建可爱的 Muse 角色一样，创建一个可爱的 Dot 角色。但 OpenAI 的早期营销重点完全在于如何利用它来处理“商务事宜”：发布网站、重新安排通话、为董事会会议制作幻灯片。相比之下，Muse 却只会不断提醒我去买一件我曾经看过的夹克。

This week on The Vergecast, we’re talking about Dots and the current state of agentic assistants. Our conversation quickly turns back to Muse, which we’ve all been trying out to varying degrees of success. David Imel put it in charge of his Facebook Marketplace listings. Nilay Patel had it sort through his junk email. It managed to do both, and it managed to make us uncomfortable in the process.

在本周的《The Vergecast》节目中，我们讨论了 Dots 以及智能代理助手的现状。我们的谈话很快又回到了 Muse 上，我们都在尝试使用它，效果各异。David Imel 让它负责管理自己的 Facebook Marketplace 商品列表；Nilay Patel 则让它整理垃圾邮件。它成功完成了这两项任务，但也让我们在过程中感到不安。

On the topic of trusting AI, we had to discuss this week’s AI compact, where tech leaders gathered at the White House to sign a “morally binding” agreement to police themselves and make sure their models don’t go off the rails. We’re not really sure this one’s going to do much.

在谈到对人工智能的信任问题时，我们不得不讨论本周签署的 AI 公约。科技领袖们齐聚白宫，签署了一份“道德约束性”协议，旨在进行自我监管，确保其模型不会失控。我们并不确定这份协议能起到多大作用。

After that, it’s a big round of gadget news: a wild new Huawei phone-slash-camera, a polished new suite of Kindles, and rumors of the forthcoming HomePad. Then we head into everyone’s favorite podcast within a podcast, and finally over to the Lightning Round, where we’re talking America’s new chatbot, Reddit further limiting access, Cybercabs, and more.

接下来是一系列重磅的小工具新闻：一款狂野的华为新款手机兼相机、一套精致的 Kindle 新品，以及关于即将推出的 HomePad 的传闻。随后，我们进入了大家最喜欢的“播客中的播客”环节，最后是“闪电回合”，讨论美国的新聊天机器人、Reddit 进一步限制访问权限、Cybercab 等话题。

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Related Links / 相关链接

• OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor / OpenAI 发布其 Muse 的竞争对手 Dots
• OpenAI plans to bring Dots to consumers, too. / OpenAI 计划也将 Dots 推向消费者市场。
• Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger / Meta 的 Muse AI 将一位 YouTuber 的地址发送给了陌生人
• Maybe don’t let Muse run your Facebook Marketplace account. / 也许别让 Muse 管理你的 Facebook Marketplace 账户。
• Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe / Sam Altman 表示，在模型安全之前，OpenAI 不会上市
• Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now / 谷歌发布 Gemini 4，并称其能力极强，目前仅限“受信任的网络防御者”使用
• AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’ / AI 研究人员发布视频称，超级智能“正如听起来那样危险”
• Here’s how tech leaders will self-police AI safety under Trump’s deal / 科技领袖将如何根据特朗普的协议进行 AI 安全自我监管
• Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan / AI 领袖们对特朗普的新安全计划有何评价
• Trump: “You’re going to see — data centers are going to be very popular.” / 特朗普：“你会看到的——数据中心将会非常受欢迎。”
• Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’ / 特朗普下令美国政府将 AI 称为“超级智能”
• Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone / 华为为其最新款手机打造了一款外接相机
• Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons / 亚马逊推出色彩缤纷的新款 Kindle，以及带有物理翻页按钮的保护壳
• Apple’s ‘HomePad’ will reportedly launch on October 13th / 据报道，苹果的“HomePad”将于 10 月 13 日发布
• NBC News: FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ / NBC 新闻：FCC 主席称政府资助的特朗普广告是“正常的”，且“没有引起任何警示”
• The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary / 犹他州人民诉 Kevin O’Leary 案
• Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi rollout: the biggest news and announcements / 特斯拉 Cybercab 自动驾驶出租车发布：重大新闻与公告
• The White House launched an AI chatbot for government-related questions. / 白宫推出了一个用于回答政府相关问题的 AI 聊天机器人。
• Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots / Reddit 表示由于 AI 机器人的原因，必须削减对“旧版 Reddit”的访问权限