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Meta’s AI Tamagotchi Bet Is…Working?

TechCrunch’s Equity podcast asked whether Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is working. The app half looks strong: Muse has been No. 1 on the US App Store since 18 September, three analytics firms put downloads at 2.3 million to 4.3 million, and Apptopia says it beat ChatGPT’s first 12 days. The Muse Charm device does not ship until December. We test the numbers, compare Meta’s Threads launch, explain the transaction-fee model and score the bet against the evidence.

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Superintelligence Is Coming. Should We Let It? The Superintelligence Ban Campaign Defines It Five Different Ways

Superintelligence ban advocacy got its biggest mainstream platform of the year on 9 September 2026, when TechCrunch published an Equity podcast episode titled “Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?” The guest was Connor Leahy, founder of EleutherAI and of the AI safety startup Conjecture, and now the US lead at ControlAI — a non-profit […]

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