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  "id": 9183540,
  "title": "Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/meta-admits-muses-likeness-to-openclaw-isnt-a-coincidence",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-22T19:09:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/meta-admits-muses-likeness-to-openclaw-isnt-a-coincidence/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta has acknowledged that its popular AI assistant, Muse, was heavily inspired by the open-source project OpenClaw. Head of product at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, Nat Friedman, confirmed that Muse was \"definitely heavily inspired as a product by OpenClaw\" despite being built from scratch. The team at Meta admired OpenClaw's success and sought to create a safer, secure, and user-friendly version that could be scaled to billions of people. OpenClaw's creator, Peter Steinberger, praised Meta's effort, calling him a \"genius\" and acknowledging the pioneering nature of his work. The Muse app has quickly become a hit, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. App Store, and outpacing ChatGPT's launch in terms of market availability.",
  "summary": "Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was \"heavily inspired\" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Amazon is keeping Meta’s Muse out of its shopping carts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/amazon-is-keeping-metas-muse-out-of-its-shopping-carts",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:32:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/meta-muse-ai-app-flaw-lets-local-malware-redirect-dictation-traffic",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:59:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNET",
        "title": "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service: Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI From Shopping",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service-amazon-blocks-metas-muse-ai-from-shopping",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:27:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Meta’s new Muse AI app tops charts, draws strong reviews",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/metas-new-muse-ai-app-tops-charts-draws-strong-reviews",
        "published": "2026-09-22T00:36:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "CNBC Daily Open: AI trade goes Meta after Muse launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/cnbc-daily-open-ai-trade-goes-meta-after-muse-launch",
        "published": "2026-09-22T06:09:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/meta-patches-muse-exploit-that-let-attackers-control-the-ai-agent",
        "published": "2026-09-22T11:53:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Meta’s Muse reportedly has zero-day vulnerability that lets attackers take over your Mac",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/metas-muse-reportedly-has-zero-day-vulnerability-that-lets-attackers",
        "published": "2026-09-22T15:55:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Internal data: Meta's Muse surpassed 500,000 total users, including 250,000 daily active users, with more than 2M prompts submitted in its first week (Jyoti Mann/The Information)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/internal-data-metas-muse-surpassed-500-000-total-users-including-250",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Stifel sees Meta Muse driving Shopify, Twilio stock gains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/stifel-sees-meta-muse-driving-shopify-twilio-stock-gains",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:46:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Nat Friedman says Meta built Muse \"from scratch\" but was \"heavily inspired\" by OpenClaw, as users compare the two, including calling Muse \"OpenClaw for normies\" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nat-friedman-says-meta-built-muse-from-scratch-but-was-heavily",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:55:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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