Summary
This weekly news roundup from Prof Media covers the stories shaping the week, including a segment on how Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, climbed to the top of the App Store ahead of ChatGPT.
The AI segment examines why Muse caught on: it is free to download, tied to accounts most people already have, and built around an agent that can act on a user’s behalf. The discussion also raises a question about the future of agents themselves, asking whether restrictions put up by competing platforms could lead to less integration and more technological seclusion, even as OpenAI and Anthropic have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to building AI.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria joins Scott Galloway to explain what Muse’s rise signals for the industry. His argument is that the hyperscalers’ spending has rested on the theory that the first company with the best model will enjoy network economics and monopoly pricing power, as Google did in search and Microsoft in software. Muse’s success points instead to price competition at every level, between closed models from Anthropic and OpenAI and among open-weight models, and it raises the question of whether the massive infrastructure outlays are facing a moment of truth.
The episode also covers the White House’s ban on three news outlets, Paramount’s approval hurdle for CNN’s new ownership, and the political outlook for the midterms.
📺 Source: The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway · Published September 25, 2026
🏷️ Format: News Analysis
