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Muse’s growing popularity has led Wall Street to worry that agentic AI adoption poses a risk for companies that rely on consumers who pay for their products or services out of habit.
Meta's new AI tool now ranks at the top of the App Store. Some retail experts see a "natural evolution from search."
Meta’s Muse AI is soaring in popularity, but Amazon has blocked the agent from shopping on its site as privacy concerns grow.
Online travel booking stocks are selling off in Wednesday morning trading as the market reprices the aggregator model against Muse, the personal artificial intelligence (AI) agent from Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META).
Amazon took particular issue with the fact that Muse can access customer data. According to the company, the agent can view a user’s Amazon account pages and purchase history if the user prompts it to do so. GeekWire reported that the company believes such activity “amounts to an undisclosed third party moving through customer accounts.”
Two partners in the same agentic checkout deal are moving in opposite directions Wednesday morning, and a fresh move by one of the world's largest storefronts is rewriting the ceiling on how far the agreement can reach.
Alphabet GOOGL stock fell 3% on Wednesday as a broader selloff hit technology companies facing growing competition from Meta Platforms’ rapidly expanding Muse AI assistant. The move comes after Meta shares jumped 11% on Monday as Muse climbed to the top of Apple’s US App Store.