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Meta Bets Big on Wearable AI, New AI Agent as Zuckerberg Pushes Back Against AI Doom

September 24, 2026
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At Connect 2026 on 23 September, Meta launched Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses, camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio, an FDA-cleared hearing feature, $1,299.99 Meta VR Glasses and the Muse Charm pocket device, all built around its Muse agent. Mark Zuckerberg used the keynote to reject calls for a coordinated AI slowdown, arguing that spreading AI widely is safer than concentrating it. This article covers the launches, the prices, the $4.62 billion quarterly Reality Labs loss behind them, and where Meta’s case against AI doom is strong and weak.

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Meta Leans Into AI and Smart Glasses Amid Privacy Pushback

September 23, 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg opened Meta’s Connect conference in Menlo Park on 23 September 2026 with a keynote built around AI-era products, weeks after the launch of the Muse agentic app and a month after an $18 billion settlement with US state attorneys general over children’s online privacy. Meta and EssilorLuxottica sold more than 7 million smart glasses in 2025 against about 2 million in the two previous years combined, with reported ambitions of 20 million a year. This article separates the product lines, the numbers and the privacy objections that actually hold.