WhatsApp

2026-10-21

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta says Muse surpasses 10 million users; shopping is a leading use

Meta told investors on its Q3 earnings call that Muse has been adopted by more than 10 million users and that roughly 25% of people who set up Muse use it daily. CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted shopping as a top activity—over a quarter of engaged shopping users recorded average purchases above $200—cited Plaid usage, described Muse Secure VM and a forthcoming Muse Confidential VM, and said Meta expects to improve compute cost-efficiency by over 10x and scale Muse toward profitability and higher revenue per user.

8.0

2026-10-19

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

WhatsApp help pages exposed hidden instructions for Meta’s chatbot LLM

Redact.dev found roughly 80 WhatsApp help and FAQ pages whose underlying code contained about 100 hidden text blocks of instructions intended for a Meta large language model (headered HelpContentGalaxyLLMInclude). The exposed guidance—removed after WIRED alerted Meta and attributed to a bug—included “what not to say” rules such as explicit directions not to provide legal advice or cite data‑protection laws.

7.0

2026-10-16

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Meta’s updated commercial terms appear to let it crawl business websites and use content to train AI

Nieman Lab reports that Meta’s new commercial terms, effective October 30, 2024, authorize automated crawling, indexing, and use of content from domains “associated” with business accounts on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger; Meta may use that content to develop, research, improve and train its AI products. The terms say businesses that do not accept them may lose access to Meta’s products for commercial use, and Nieman Lab noted this could let Meta access publisher content beyond formal licensing deals.

7.0

2026-10-14

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · InfoQ AI, ML & Data Engineering

Meta extends its Private Processing confidential-computing architecture to AI glasses

Meta says it is extending its Private Processing design to wearable AI glasses, running AI models and persistent user context inside confidential virtual machines (CVMs) backed by hardware TEEs in Meta’s cloud. The architecture uses remote attestation, anonymous credentials, OHTTP relays, encrypted storage and a public transparency ledger; Meta says the platform is not yet deployed to glasses and that it is engaging independent security firms and researchers (including NCC Group) to review and audit the system.

7.0

2026-10-07

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta rolls out LLM-based tools to detect ads that direct users to child sexual abuse material

Meta says it acted on 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in H1 2026, with more than 97% detected by its systems before user reports. The company announced new AI measures — including a large language model to detect “signposting” (ads that appear benign but point to illegal content), additional automated scans, a red‑teaming AI agent to probe weaknesses, and systems to catch users who return with new accounts — and says it will block destinations and take action against accounts that violate its rules.

8.0

2026-10-03

STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Overview: AI agents you can text — Caddy, Folk, Fambot, Instinct, Iris, Martin

A growing set of consumer AI assistants now operate directly inside text channels (iMessage, SMS/RCS, WhatsApp, Telegram), enabling users to delegate tasks like scheduling, reservations, email handling, and reminders without installing dedicated apps. Notable examples include Caddy (public beta since April 2026), Folk (beta May 2026), Fambot (beta September 2026, $3.5M pre-seed), Iris (powered by Hermes), Martin, and Instinct (recently raised $1B at a $10B valuation and added email-addresses and call support).

6.0

2026-09-27

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta promotes Muse at Connect as downloads top ~3.4M

Meta’s new AI app Muse has seen rapid adoption since its Sept. 8 launch, with Sensor Tower estimating more than 3.4 million downloads and other firms reporting 2.3–4.3 million; downloads and daily activity spiked after Meta heavily promoted Muse at its Meta Connect conference, where the company announced new features including avatar video chat, Mac support, an email address for the agent, more partners/connectors and smart-glasses plans. Muse has reached No.1 on the U.S. App Store and Google Play, and Meta is pushing the app via house ads across Facebook and Instagram plus wider ad buys, though paid ads accounted for a minority of impressions early on.

8.0

2026-09-23

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · OpenAI

Ringg uses OpenAI GPT-5.6 to resolve up to 65% of customer calls

Ringg says it is using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 to power multilingual agents across voice, chat, WhatsApp and web, and that these agents resolve up to 65% of customer calls. The company claims this setup costs about 90% less than running the same agents on GPT-4.1.

6.0

2026-09-23

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

Meta’s personal AI agent Muse attracts 500,000 users in first week amid OpenClaw similarities

Meta's new personal AI agent Muse reached over 500,000 users (about 250,000 daily active users) in its first week after launching in the US, with more than two million prompts entered and a #1 spot on Apple's App Store. Meta acknowledged Muse was "heavily inspired" by the open-source project OpenClaw after users found nearly identical file names and contents; Meta staff said they rebuilt the product at scale while borrowing design ideas.

7.0

2026-09-23

COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · Ars Technica · The Verge AI · WIRED AI

Zero-day in Meta’s Muse AI assistant lets local apps seize user authentication tokens

Security researcher Patrick Wardle disclosed a zero-day in Meta’s new Muse assistant for macOS that lets any local app or terminal command access the token that authenticates a user’s Muse account by changing an undocumented setting (including the transcription endpoint). The flaw can give attackers full control of the assistant and its privileges; Amazon has also begun blocking Muse from making purchases on its site and Meta did not respond to inquiries.

8.0

2026-09-21

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Appfigures estimates Meta’s Muse outpaced ChatGPT in early mobile downloads and DAUs

Third-party analytics firm Appfigures estimates that Meta’s new AI app Muse has seen higher downloads and daily active users in its first 12 days on mobile than ChatGPT did in the same period (U.S. and Canada iOS comparison): about 1.8M vs. 1.3M iOS downloads and 642k vs. 231k U.S. mobile DAU; Muse had ~2.8M global installs in 12 days. Appfigures’ figures are estimates and Meta has not released internal numbers or detailed cross-promotion data.

7.0

2026-09-20

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Meta’s Muse assistant stores persistent ‘Memory’ and prompts users to link more data

Meta’s new Muse AI assistant, promoted across Instagram and available on WhatsApp and Messenger, has been downloaded over 900,000 times in its first week (Sensor Tower). The app uses a virtual browsing agent and a persistent “Memory” document to store user preferences and interactions, can connect to email, banking (via Stripe) and other services, and currently offers no global toggle to disable its Memory feature—though users can edit or request wipes.

7.0

2026-09-16

MODELS · 1 SOURCE · Meta AI

Meta launches Muse Image and previews Muse Video from Superintelligence Labs

Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Image, an agentic image-generation model that uses search and coding tools, self-refinement, and test-time compute scaling, and integrates with Muse Spark; Muse Image is available in the Meta AI app, on meta.ai, Instagram Stories in the US, and limited WhatsApp markets, with Facebook coming soon. Meta also previewed Muse Video (built on the same pretraining base) with native audio support and competitive fidelity; both models rank highly on Arena human-preference Elo and Muse Image embeds an invisible provenance signal called Content Seal for images created in Meta AI app and on meta.ai.

9.0

2026-09-15

COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · The Verge AI · TechCrunch AI

Meta launches Meta One subscription bundles that add paid AI usage alongside apps

Meta has rolled out Meta One subscription bundles globally that combine its standalone app subscriptions with additional AI usage; several tiers target individuals, creators, and businesses. The launch follows the recent release of Meta's AI assistant Muse, and some bundles were tested earlier this year.

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