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Meta’s Muse AI surges past ChatGPT in two weeks

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Meta Launches Muse

Meta Platforms launched Muse AI assistant, which topped the U.S. App Store free charts within two weeks.
Muse recorded 1.8 million iOS downloads in its first twelve days, beating ChatGPT’s 1.3 million.
Muse reached 642,000 U.S. daily active users, far exceeding ChatGPT’s 231,000 at a comparable stage.
Meta’s shares rose 11% after Muse’s early adoption success.
AMD shares climbed nearly 10%, pushing its market value above $1 trillion.

Summary

Amazon Blocks Muse

Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse AI assistant and displayed a pop-up warning about unauthorized agents.
Amazon says Muse fails to identify itself and harvests user login data, violating its Terms of Service.
Amazon’s Agent Terms, effective 30 May 2025, require a “Agent/[name]” string in the user-agent header.
Visa, Mastercard and Ant International announced on 10 Sept they are creating common AI-agent identification standards.

History

Historical Context

Google unveiled Assistant in May 2016, and by 2019 it served over 500 million monthly users, creating the “Actions on Google” developer platform that set voice-AI standards. ChatGPT’s November 2022 launch triggered a surge of rival agents, leading Meta to release Muse AI in 2024, which logged 1.8 million iOS downloads in twelve days. In September 2025 Visa, Mastercard and Ant International began a joint effort to codify AI-agent identification.

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Meta Launches Muse

Meta Platforms launched Muse AI assistant, which topped the U.S. App Store free charts within two weeks.
Muse recorded 1.8 million iOS downloads in its first twelve days, beating ChatGPT’s 1.3 million.
Muse reached 642,000 U.S. daily active users, far exceeding ChatGPT’s 231,000 at a comparable stage.
Meta’s shares rose 11% after Muse’s early adoption success.
AMD shares climbed nearly 10%, pushing its market value above $1 trillion.

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