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Zuckerberg orders Muse U.S. launch despite safety concerns

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered Muse to launch in U.S. despite safety concerns.
Austin Welch used Instinct to track flight prices, get a United credit-card code, and order groceries.
Instinct mistakenly ordered 20 pounds of chicken wings for Welch, assuming a larger purchase from his history.
Adobe VP Loni Stark built agent Molty with OpenClaw and bought ballet shoes on Nordstrom.

History

Historical Context

Amazon unveiled Alexa with the Echo on 6 Nov 2014, building on the Evi and Ivona acquisitions of 2012-13 and launching a $200 million Alexa Fund in 2015. By January 2019 the company had sold over 100 million Alexa-enabled devices, spurring a wave of voice assistants that today includes Meta’s Muse and Adobe’s Molty, prompting regulators to demand safety safeguards.

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Story summary

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered Muse to launch in U.S. despite safety concerns.
Austin Welch used Instinct to track flight prices, get a United credit-card code, and order groceries.
Instinct mistakenly ordered 20 pounds of chicken wings for Welch, assuming a larger purchase from his history.
Adobe VP Loni Stark built agent Molty with OpenClaw and bought ballet shoes on Nordstrom.

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