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Startups Fill a Void Left by Google to Rival Meta’s Muse

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 08 October 2026, 11:02 UTC By Julia Love 1 min read
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Startups Fill a Void Left by Google to Rival Meta’s Muse Wajo, a company founded by a former Google engineer, has released an AI agent This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Julia Love reports on the growing competition to develop AI personal assistants for consumers.

Startups Fill a Void Left by Google to Rival Meta’s Muse Wajo, a company founded by a former Google engineer, has released an AI agent This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Julia Love reports on the growing competition to develop AI personal assistants for consumers. AI safety: OpenAI’s chatbot for under-17s poses safety risks, according to a report from Common Sense Media. Here’s what the nonprofit found.
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