AI Race Heats Up: Meta's Muse Beats ChatGPT's Early Numbers

OpenAI and Anthropic have spent months talking about "pacing the frontier" — the idea of slowing down AI development for safety. That debate now looks distant. This week, both companies released major models within 90 minutes of each other: Anthropic launched Opus 5.5, and OpenAI followed with updates to GPT-6. But neither company held the spotlight. Meta's personal AI agent, Muse, is reportedly growing faster than ChatGPT did in its early days. Muse is also expected to expand to smart glasses.