Introduced only a few weeks ago, Muse – an AI agent that can perform multiple tasks on a project without human supervision – has already been downloaded 10 million times.
Observes writer Asa Fitch: “Meta is already monetizing Muse’s growth, with subscription tiers costing $20 or $100 a month for heavier users.”
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*ChatGPT to Challenge Meta Muse with AI Agent ‘Dots:’ Smarting from the meteoric rise in popularity of Meta’s new AI agent Muse, ChatGPT is rolling out a new AI agent to compete with Muse – ChatGPT Dots.
Like Muse, Dots is designed to work independently on a multi-step project – such as researching an article by visiting multiple Web sites, analyzing the results, creating an article outline and then writing the article.
The downside: So far, Dots will only be available on ChatGPT’s Pro Plan, which starts at $100/month.
*Anthropic Readies Limited Release of Its Competition to Muse: ‘Claude Duet:‘ Anthropic’s answer to the new AI agents Muse and Dots – Claude Duet – is being released as a ‘research preview’ for Claude subscribers on the Pro or Max plans.
Observes writer Megan Cerullo: “Each morning, Claude Duet sends its user a daily brief outlining the day’s most important items. For the agent to have context, it must be connected to a person’s apps, like their email accounts and calendars.”
You can sign up for a wait list to be among the first to use Claude here.
*400+ Publications Now Feeding Google’s AI Generated News: Add CNN and the Financial Times to the growing list of publications allowing Google to rewrite their news for use in Google news features, summaries and audio podcasts.
One of the benefits of the deal for the publishers: The original news stories may show up higher in Google search engine returns such as AI Overviews and AI Mode.
*DeepSeek Backlash: Banned for Use by Civilian Federal Agencies: Fearing that U.S. data could be forwarded along to the Chinese government, the U.S. has banned use of Chinese phenom AI model DeepSeek by civilian federal agencies.
The ban also covers use of third-party tools that have been built on DeepSeek models.
DeepSeek has been a major disrupter in the AI space, often offering pricing much less expensive than AI pricing offered by U.S. titans like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.
*China Maintains Ban on Major AI Models from Google, Anthropic and OpenAI: While China has been angered by the U.S.’ decision to expand a ban on the use of DeepSeek, the fact is that the Chinese government has banned major AI from the U.S. for years.
Observes writer Maximilian Schreiner: “ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini aren’t approved there.”
Plus, that ban applies to the entire Chinese market – not just Chinese government users.
*Digital Design Platform Canva Releases Its Own AI Image-Maker: Writers who regularly use Canva for article layouts will want to check-out the platform’s new AI image-maker, Canva Craft.
Observes writer Ivan Mehta: “Canva has used a bunch of image models for generation in its platform, so it’s likely that the new models will help save API costs for the company. It said that besides costs, the new model also allows the platform to have better quality and speed control.”
Currently, approximately 265 million digital creators use Canva.
*Amazon Launches $75 AI Note-Taker: Add Amazon to the growing list of manufacturers offering wearable tech that records, analyzes and summarizes conversations.
Dubbed “Bee Frontier,” the tech can be worn on the wrist or clothing and offers an optional, $11.99 monthly subscription that comes with longer-term memory, app integrations and more.
Other companies competing in the same space include Plaud, SwitchBot, Omi and Vocci.
*New AI Plugins Customize AI for 501 Occupations: Complete AI Training is out with a new plugin that customizes popular AI for hundreds of highly specific occupations.
Dubbed “The AI Coach,” the plugin offers news, suggestions and short AI lessons that target the user’s job description.
So far, AI Coach is designed to work with ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Codex, Cursor and Grok.
*AI BIG PICTURE: Microsoft’s Bill Gates on AI: “This Is by Far the Most Dangerous Technology Ever Invented:” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined the ranks of Geoffrey Hinton – the godfather of AI – who believe society needs to get a handle on the development of AI right now.
Essentially, Gates – in this extremely in-depth interview with The Verge – warns that things could easily spin-out-of-control if we allow AI leaders to simply develop AI at breakneck speed.
Observes Gates: “The people close to this (AI researchers) are very concerned about misuse, job impacts, social relationship impacts — and I’d say it’s impressive to have an industry that’s speaking out as vividly as they are. Some outsiders say, ‘get better PR companies.’ But that ignores the fact that these warnings are the truth.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.
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