Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
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Meta's AI companion Muse reached 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. Data cited by TechCrunch also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than rival AI apps. Separately, Meta temporarily paused a Muse sharing feature after researchers found more than 6,800 Muse conversation links publicly discoverable via DNS, prompting the company to disable sharing while it investigates.
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Rapid installs plus a sharing/privacy hiccup make Muse both a usage success and a security headline right now.
Signal2.0× its usual volume, confirmed across 2 independent source types.
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If 10M downloads in 40 days is a win, why Muse's sharing pause says the race for AI scale is still fragile.
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- Anthropic takes on Muse with Claude Duet, its new AI agent
Anthropic just announced an AI agent competitor to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots: Claude Duet. The new agent, designed for professionals and small business owners, is launching as a "research preview," according to Anthropic, and it's available as a standalone app on iOS and Android and through Claude on the web. The AI agent is […]
The Verge AIOct 21 - Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web
Meta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica. In a report published this week, researchers at the security firm Claroc say they found more than 6,800 Muse links through public DNS records. […]
The Verge AIOct 20 - Right now, millions of Meta's AIs are living "digital lives" in a simulation, and they don't know. They're dropped into a "fake person's life" with a job, hobbies, friends, dreams. They think they're talking to real humans, who are secretly other AIs. When the AIs figure it out, Meta deletes it.r/OpenAIOct 20
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