Zuckerberg to unveil new AI products as Meta’s Muse app tops charts

Meta’s AI app Muse has done something that seemed implausible a year ago: it knocked ChatGPT off the top of the US App Store charts. The personal AI agent, which launched on September 8, climbed to No. 1 among free iOS apps by mid-September, racking up roughly 2.5 million downloads across iOS and Android in the process. Now, with Mark Zuckerberg scheduled to deliver a keynote at Meta’s annual Connect conference on September 23, the company is riding a wave of momentum that has investors and competitors paying very close attention. From zero to chart-topper in two weeks Muse’s trajectory has been steep. The app logged over 83,000 downloads in its first two days. By day five, that number had ballooned to around 730,000. By the third week of September, total installs had crossed the 2.5 million mark, according to Sensor Tower data. Muse isn’t a chatbot. It’s positioned as a personal AI agent, one that can autonomously book travel, manage emails, handle daily errands, and even secure refunds on your behalf. Zuckerberg himself has described Muse as a tool for “personal superintelligence,” reportedly using it for things like planning weekend baking projects and getting feedback on his MM...