AI NewsWaveOct. 16 AI Briefing: Angel Robotics Founder Returns as CEO, ChatGPT Voice Update
Key points
- News continues on physical AI, infrastructure funding and voice AI
- Meta releases an open-weight model; FTC probes AI companies
- Wall Street rebounds amid worries over AI spending
Angel Robotics held a board meeting on the 16th and appointed founder and board chairman Kong Kyoung-chul as CEO, according to a regulatory filing. It comes two years after the company shifted to a professional-manager structure in October 2024, and AI Newspaper (인공지능신문) reported that the company is strengthening its strategy around physical AI beyond wearable robots.
OpenAI applied a new voice model, GPT-Live-1.1, to ChatGPT's voice feature, Voice. Intonation and vocal expression were improved, and two Korean voices, Hanul and Haetsal, were added.
VESSL AI signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Investment & Securities on GPU financing. Korea Investment & Securities will support expanded investment and fundraising, and the specific investment structure and size will be decided project by project. LG Uplus unveiled AI-based Wi-Fi technology at Network X 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
On the 15th (local time), Meta unveiled Muse Spark Open, a model with 816 billion parameters. According to AI Newspaper (인공지능신문), Meta said it is the most powerful open-weight model released in the United States to date. Digital Daily reported that Meta worked with Apple so the model can run directly on high-performance Macs.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic to investigate AI safety incidents and potential consumer harm, AI Times reported. Chosun Biz reported that the two companies were asked to submit materials related to security incidents such as unauthorized hacking of their AI agents. Meanwhile, according to IT Chosun and Newsis, Anthropic gave outside evaluators staff-level access so its AI safety can be independently assessed.
On the 15th, the three major New York stock indexes all closed higher. A drop in Treasury yields drove the rebound, while concerns about AI companies' investment costs and debt burdens remained. Digital Daily reported that semiconductor and AI server stocks were weak.