Meta's AI agent Muse hits 500K users in a week amid copying claims

Meta's AI agent Muse drew over 500,000 users in its first week and topped Apple's App Store. But Meta admits the product is heavily inspired by the open-source project OpenClaw, with some file names and contents nearly identical; OpenAI is already discussing a response.

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