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Tuesday, September 29, 20268 trends this week16 stories this week

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The trend everyone's on

Meta Muse

Meta’s agent, now inside its business and ad tools.

Image: Meta

BreakingSocialSep 29via Meta Newsroom3 min read

Meta’s Muse agent comes to small businesses, with Shopify, Klaviyo and Canva plugged in

Give Muse a goal like finding new customers and it works across the tools you connect: Shopify, Klaviyo, Canva, Stripe, Slack and your Facebook and Instagram business accounts.

Why it matters An agent that sees your store, your email list and your creative tools at once. Nothing publishes, sends or spends without your approval, and most of it is free.

Following this trend

BreakingMarketing ToolsSep 28via Meta Newsroom2 min read

Meta starts selling its AI to businesses as Meta Enterprise Platform

The new unit packages the Muse agent, Meta Business Agent, the Muse API and Muse Code for companies and developers.

BreakingSocialSep 8via Meta Newsroom3 min read

Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent

Muse is a private personal agent that works toward goals you set and suggests ideas on its own.

More trends this week

Hottest first. Each trend collects its posts, from the first report to the tests and how-tos.

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    Google Search

    A spam update, paid AI sources and new Search Console data.

    3 posts
    SEO

    BreakingSEOSep 26via Search Engine Journal2 min read

    Search Console now shows traffic from Google Lens and Circle to Search

  2. 03

    OpenAI DevDay

    Background agents and a cheaper model.

    1 post
    AI Models

    BreakingAI ModelsSep 29via OpenAI4 min read

    OpenAI DevDay: always-on “dots” agents and a cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol

  3. 04

    ChatGPT Ads

    Ads, shopping and sponsored agents inside ChatGPT.

    4 posts
    Ads

    AdsSep 9via MediaPost3 min read

    Six months in, ChatGPT ad costs are all over the map

  4. 05

    Claude 5.5

    Anthropic’s new models for everyday work.

    1 post
    Image: Anthropic

    BreakingAI ModelsSep 28via Anthropic3 min read

    Claude Sonnet 5.5: 30% faster at the same price, and better at docs and slides

  5. 06

    ElevenLabs v4

    Voiceover in 90+ languages from one voice.

    1 post
    Image: ElevenLabs

    BreakingCreativeSep 28via ElevenLabs3 min read

    ElevenLabs v4 clones a voice from 10 seconds of audio, in 90+ languages

  6. 07

    Google AI Max

    Search campaigns moving to Google’s AI matching and ad text.

    2 posts
    Ads

    How-toAdsSep 2via Google Ads Help4 min read

    AI Max’s three switches, and what each changes in your Search ads

  7. 08

    HubSpot UNBOUND

    Agents and AI-search tools in Marketing Hub.

    1 post
    Image: HubSpot

    BreakingMarketing ToolsSep 17via HubSpot4 min read

    HubSpot rebuilds Marketing Hub around agents at UNBOUND

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