Meta's AI product Muse, which claims to make phone calls for users, was revealed by 404 Media to rely on human workers rather than actual AI technology. The system reportedly uses human agents to perform calls to businesses, contradicting Meta's marketing of the technology as an autonomous AI agent.
Meta's new AI product Muse is roiling financial markets, with Schwab stock falling 6% while Robinhood rallies, as traders bet AI will disrupt traditional brokerage business models. The decline reflects fears that AI agents automating trading and portfolio management will erode fees charged by legacy financial intermediaries.
The New York Times fell 7% alongside other consumer-retention stocks as investors worry that agentic AI tools like Meta's Muse could automate subscription cancellations. Goldman Sachs highlighted weakness in companies relying on switching costs to retain customers, with Planet Fitness, Schwab, and Intuit also declining significantly.
Meta's Muse AI personal agent has become the top-ranked app on Apple's App Store, surpassing ChatGPT, with 2.5 million downloads in two weeks as consumers increasingly adopt AI tools for shopping tasks like comparing prices and finding deals. The app represents a shift toward 'agentic commerce,' where AI agents take autonomous action on behalf of users, though Amazon has blocked it from its platform and some consumer hesitation remains around AI-driven purchases.
Meta admits that its AI assistant Muse was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, an open-source project, though Meta built Muse from scratch. Meta copied several design elements from OpenClaw, including file names and configuration content, because the team believed OpenClaw's creator got those details exactly right. Muse has become a breakout success, recently hitting No. 1 on the U.S. App Store.
Meta acknowledged that its Muse AI product was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, an open-source project, though Muse was built from scratch. The admission came after users discovered that Muse shared nearly identical file names and configuration content with OpenClaw, prompting Meta's product head Nat Friedman to explain the team admired OpenClaw's design and sought to create a scaled version for billions of users.
Market skeptics questioned Meta's heavy AI capital spending throughout 2026, but the company's launch of Muse, positioned as the most-used AI app since ChatGPT, validated the investment strategy and improved investor sentiment. Meanwhile, analysts note that major tech companies' depreciation charges suggest AI infrastructure capacity is slower to come online than expected.
Meta's Muse AI assistant contained a critical 0-day vulnerability allowing local applications to steal user authentication tokens and gain full control of accounts. Researcher Patrick Wardle demonstrated proof-of-concept attacks including malicious file creation and photo capture; Meta released a hotfix within 12 hours. Amazon has begun blocking Muse's shopping functionality citing unauthorized AI agent status.
Meta's Muse AI agent is accelerating labor displacement concerns, with major tech companies conducting significant layoffs this year. However, economists note that while AI eliminates some jobs, it also creates new employment opportunities and business dynamics, with projections suggesting 30% of AI-displaced workers may be rehired at higher costs by 2029.
Meta's new AI assistant Muse, marketed as secure and private, contains a critical zero-day vulnerability allowing any locally run app or terminal command to intercept authentication tokens and gain complete control of user accounts. The flaw exploits Muse's broad system permissions on macOS to redirect transcription endpoints to attacker-controlled servers, undermining Apple's security protections. Amazon has begun blocking Muse from its platform in response.
A security researcher disclosed findings from Meta's Muse AI agent after receiving a 6.8 GB filesystem export through the bug bounty program. The export contained internal runtime files, documentation, SSH keys, and agent logs from the Linux environment, revealing architectural details about Muse's implementation including memory systems, skills, and subagent records.
Meta's new Muse AI agent drove the company's stock up 11.3%, adding $192 billion to its market cap, as the app surged to the top of Apple's App Store with 2.8 million downloads in 12 days, outpacing ChatGPT's early adoption and signaling potential enterprise market opportunities for Meta's AI investments.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has consistently prioritized new ventures like the metaverse and AI over child safety concerns, despite publicly claiming to care deeply about the issue. Years of regulatory scrutiny and public backlash have ensued, yet Meta remains profitable and dominant in social media while pursuing emerging technologies like smart glasses and its new AI agent Muse.
Meta's new Muse AI agent sparked an 11.3% stock surge, adding $192 billion to the company's market cap and $13 billion to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth. Muse reached 2.8 million downloads in 12 days, surpassing ChatGPT's early adoption, and analysts view it as evidence that Meta's substantial AI investments could unlock significant enterprise market opportunities and new revenue streams through advertising, subscriptions, and transactions.
Meta's new AI model Muse has become the top iOS free app, surpassing ChatGPT and driving Meta shares up 20% and the Nasdaq to record highs. As global leaders meet at the UN General Assembly in New York, AI and Iran emerge as potential flashpoints in U.S.-China discussions, while oil prices rebound after dipping below $100 per barrel.
Meta's Muse personal AI agent, which autonomously executes tasks on websites and apps, is driving massive new demand for CPUs over GPUs, with some predicting a 40:1 CPU-to-GPU ratio. The shift benefits chip makers Intel, AMD, and Arm, as persistent cloud environments and complex workflows require constant CPU power rather than GPU acceleration. Competitors like Instinct and potential OpenAI offerings are also emerging in the personal agent space.
An investor discusses AI infrastructure stocks' potential bull run, citing strong seasonality in midterm election years and accelerating AI demand exemplified by Muse's record-breaking launch metrics. Anthropic's anticipated October IPO could serve as a major catalyst for the AI sector, similar to SpaceX's impact on space stocks.
Meta's new Muse AI agent became the top free iPhone app, sparking investor enthusiasm about AI-driven CPU demand and sending stock prices for Intel, Arm, and AMD surging. Agentic AI applications are expected to significantly boost demand for CPUs in coming years as inference tasks require greater processor capacity than GPU-focused model training.
Amazon blocked Meta's Muse AI assistant from shopping on Amazon.com, citing lack of consent, undisclosed access, and security risks including credential capture. The move escalates a broader conflict between tech giants over AI agents' access to e-commerce platforms, with Amazon previously suing Perplexity and targeting agents from Google and OpenAI.
A zero-day vulnerability in Meta's Muse allows local attackers to redirect dictation traffic by modifying an undocumented endpoint setting, enabling capture of audio, prompt injection, theft of authentication credentials, and abuse of Muse's elevated access privileges. A proof-of-concept tool demonstrates the attack by intercepting dictated prompts sent to an attacker-controlled endpoint.