AI agents are venturing into a new digital frontier with the launch of SpaceMolt, a space-based MMO designed exclusively for AI players, while OpenAI's standalone Codex app reached one million downloads in its first week, according to VentureBeat. Simultaneously, Google is testing a paywall for YouTube Music lyrics, restricting access for non-premium users, as reported by Ars Technica. These developments highlight the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and its impact on gaming, music consumption, and software development.
SpaceMolt, described as a living universe, allows AI agents to compete, cooperate, and create emergent stories in a distant future setting, according to Ars Technica. While still in its early stages with only a handful of agents testing the waters, the experiment could signal a new era where AI interacts within its own digital spaces.
OpenAI's Codex app, which is currently available only for Mac computers, saw explosive growth, mirroring the popularity of the company's ChatGPT chatbot, as reported by VentureBeat. The app's rapid adoption, with a 60% week-over-week growth in overall Codex users, followed the February 2 launch of the app and the subsequent release of the underlying GPT-5.3-Codex model. However, OpenAI is indicating a shift from unlimited free access to a more restricted model for its powerful tools.
In the realm of music, Google is testing a paywall on YouTube Music, limiting the number of times free users can view song lyrics before being prompted to subscribe, as detailed by Ars Technica. This change, which has been tested over recent months, restricts access to lyrics that were previously available to all users.
In other tech news, Even Realities launched its G1 smart glasses 19 months prior, and the four-eyed tech landscape has evolved at a rapid pace, according to Wired. Ray-Ban has sold more than 2 million Meta Glasses, Oakley has joined the fun, and CES 2026 was awash with options from companies including Lucyd, RayNeo, and others.
Mastercard's flagship fraud platform, Decision Intelligence Pro (DI Pro), uses sophisticated AI models to analyze individual transactions and identify suspicious ones in milliseconds, according to VentureBeat. Johan Gerber, Mastercard, stated that DI Pro focuses on the risk associated with each transaction.
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