Meta’s AI bet is paying off after the metaverse
After spending more than $80B on the metaverse, Meta turned to AI. Its Muse agent launched in September, and Meta shares rose more than 20% in two weeks.
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The week in AI: Sept. 21-30, 2026
The week’s top AI stories, Sept. 21-30: Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Gemini 4 Argon, Meta VR Glasses and Trump’s “Super Intelligence” order.
Meta is running a global AI hackathon with a $1 million prize pool
Meta announced a ten-day online Global AI Developer Hackathon at Connect 2026, with a $1 million prize pool; dates have not yet been announced.
Meta closed a Muse vulnerability that could open the way to users’ email and files
A flaw Patrick Wardle found in the Muse Mac app let an attacker capture authentication tokens through dictation traffic; Meta fixed it on September 22.
Five moves in AI politics this week
The Trump-Xi summit, Mark Zuckerberg, a Sanders-Casar bill, a memo targeting Dario Amodei and the New York City Council weighed in on slowing frontier AI.
Meta admitted its Muse agent was heavily inspired by OpenClaw
Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, admitted the Muse agent was heavily inspired by the open-source personal agent project OpenClaw.
Meta One is out, with paid tiers running from $2.99 to $499 a month
Meta One, launched globally on September 15, bundles paid features from Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, with plans from $2.99 to $499 a month.
Meta released a Mac app for its Muse AI agent
Meta’s Muse agent, which launched this month on iOS, Android and the web, is now on the Mac, where it can manage files and pull data out of applications.
Meta settled the child safety case for $17 billion
Meta settled the lawsuit brought by 29 states on August 26. The payment runs up to $17 billion, spread over ten years.