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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.

Google Search

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

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

    BreakingSEOSep 26via Search Engine Journal2 min read

  2. Google’s September 2026 spam update is rolling out

    BreakingSEOSep 24via Google Search Status Dashboard2 min read

  3. Google is testing paying publishers when their pages shape AI answers

    BreakingSEOSep 14via Search Engine Roundtable3 min read

OpenAI DevDay

Background agents and a cheaper model.

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

    BreakingAI ModelsSep 29via OpenAI4 min read

ChatGPT Ads

Ads, shopping and sponsored agents inside ChatGPT.

  1. ChatGPT Ads’ Shopify app goes global, and HubSpot plugs in

    AdsSep 23via Common Thread Collective2 min read

  2. Brands can now run their own agents inside ChatGPT as Sponsored Agents

    BreakingAdsSep 16via Common Thread Collective3 min read

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

    AdsSep 9via MediaPost3 min read

  4. ChatGPT shopping results now require a product feed

    BreakingAdsSep 4via Common Thread Collective2 min read

Claude 5.5

Anthropic’s new models for everyday work.

Image: Anthropic

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

    BreakingAI ModelsSep 28via Anthropic3 min read

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