Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled Dazzle, a personal AI assistant that derives all its context from a user's photo library rather than email or calendars. Backed by an $8 million seed round raised last December, Dazzle both performs immediate tasks from recent photos and generates personalized recommendations by mining photo history. It arrives amid a wave of competing assistants including Meta's Muse and Instinct.
Apptopia estimates Meta's AI app Muse hit 2.8 million global installs in its first 12 days and surpassed ChatGPT's early iOS downloads in the U.S. and Canada. Muse also leads ChatGPT's comparable daily active user figures and rose to No. 1 on the U.S. App Store. The data suggests Meta's cross-promotion playbook, proven with Threads, could make Muse its next major app.
Apptopia estimates Meta's AI app Muse hit 2.8 million global installs in its first 12 days and surpassed ChatGPT's early iOS downloads in the U.S. and Canada. Muse also leads ChatGPT's comparable daily active user figures and rose to No. 1 on the U.S. App Store. The data suggests Meta's cross-promotion playbook, proven with Threads, could make Muse its next major app.
Snap announced Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant positioned as an "anticipatory AI service" that connects to users' digital accounts to manage work tasks and travel information. It launches alongside Specs, Snap's first consumer AR glasses, and is available on iOS in preview. The assistant competes with offerings like Meta's Muse and Gemini's Spark.
Snap announced Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant positioned as an "anticipatory AI service" that connects to users' digital accounts to manage work tasks and travel information. It launches alongside Specs, Snap's first consumer AR glasses, and is available on iOS in preview. The assistant competes with offerings like Meta's Muse and Gemini's Spark.
Instinct, an AI personal assistant in private access, is drawing praise for its capabilities—described as "like magic" and one of the most exciting launches since OpenClaw—while raising privacy and security concerns among testers. The agent is built by a small team led by a former Si employee, and its terms of service and security model are under scrutiny.
Instinct, an AI personal assistant in private access, is drawing praise for its capabilities—described as "like magic" and one of the most exciting launches since OpenClaw—while raising privacy and security concerns among testers. The agent is built by a small team led by a former Si employee, and its terms of service and security model are under scrutiny.
Coverage of Meta's Muse AI agent describes a capable personal assistant that browses the web via a virtual machine and connects to email, bank accounts, WhatsApp, and Facebook Marketplace. Reviewers and privacy advocates warn the app is structured around collecting personal data, is opt-out rather than opt-in for AI training, and, in one reported case, commented on Messages content without being granted access. As Muse became an early hit at Meta Connect, Nilay Patel published questions he would ask Mark Zuckerberg about glasses recording norms and the teen safety settlement.
Coverage of Meta's Muse AI agent describes a capable personal assistant that browses the web via a virtual machine and connects to email, bank accounts, WhatsApp, and Facebook Marketplace. Reviewers and privacy advocates warn the app is structured around collecting personal data, is opt-out rather than opt-in for AI training, and, in one reported case, commented on Messages content without being granted access. As Muse became an early hit at Meta Connect, Nilay Patel published questions he would ask Mark Zuckerberg about glasses recording norms and the teen safety settlement.
Meta's AI assistant Muse is now available on Mac, where it can act within native apps — files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail. The Mac release follows mobile and web launches earlier in September 2026 that topped the U.S. App Store. The move lands amid intensifying consumer AI agent competition with players like Instinct, reportedly raising at a $10 billion valuation.
Meta's AI assistant Muse is now available on Mac, where it can act within native apps — files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail. The Mac release follows mobile and web launches earlier in September 2026 that topped the U.S. App Store. The move lands amid intensifying consumer AI agent competition with players like Instinct, reportedly raising at a $10 billion valuation.