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- Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI releasing GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later — what TechCrunch's Equity podcast hosts called "model drop week" for both frontier-model companies.
- Meta's personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT's early adoption numbers, per the TechCrunch Equity podcast.
- Muse is headed for smart glasses and a tiny Tamagotchi-style device, extending Meta into consumer AI hardware.
- The Equity podcast episode with hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane examines Meta's consumer AI strategy and its implications for startups building on top of the technology.
- The episode also covers a16z's new school for aspiring founders and two unnamed AI and hardware deals.
- The hosts discussed where AI investment money is flowing and which AI products might actually become part of people's daily lives.
Why it matters: Meta's Muse reportedly outpacing ChatGPT's early adoption numbers during a week when OpenAI and Anthropic raced to drop frontier models points to consumer AI competition shifting from raw benchmark performance toward hardware-integrated daily-use products like smart glasses and a Tamagotchi-style device.
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