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Meta's Muse AI personal agent, rolled out this month, is helping consumers scan bank and credit card statements to identify and cancel forgotten subscriptions. Economists and industry data suggest AI agents could sharply increase cancellation rates, threatening a business model that relies on consumer inertia to roughly double revenue.

Google has repositioned CC, its email-and-calendar AI agent, as a household management tool for families. The updated agent, powered by Gemini and Google's Antigravity framework, can handle permission slips, meal plans, and shared calendars for up to six family members, but remains limited to U.S. adults with personal Gmail accounts.

Meta has launched a Mac desktop version of Muse, its AI assistant that can act on files, messages, calendar, notes and mail within native apps. The release follows Muse's mobile and web debut earlier this month, which topped U.S. App Store charts.

Instinct and Meta's Muse AI assistants both rolled out phone-calling capabilities on September 16, 2026, letting agents book restaurants, manage service calls, and act as a concierge. Instinct is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation.

Meta's new agentic AI app Muse has surpassed 83,000 iOS downloads in the US and climbed to No. 2 on the App Store, according to Sensor Tower data. The launch trails Meta's own Threads and Meta AI debuts, as well as ChatGPT's early growth rate.

Meta has launched Pocket, a free app that lets users vibe-code lightweight games, gizmos, and widgets by describing them in plain language. Creations reportedly generate in under a minute and can be shared to a social feed alongside other users' projects.

Google Photos announced an AI feature that automatically creates a digital wardrobe from clothing photos in users' libraries. The feature allows outfit mixing and virtual try-on, launching on Android this summer before expanding to iOS.