Learning Brief — 2026-09-10

What we covered

• AI news: AI & Tech Developments
• PM news: From Aakash Gupta — Product Growth: 5 Years of Product Growth.
• PM learning: From Aakash Gupta — Product Growth: 5 Years of Product Growth.

Mental model

Make the next experiment small enough to learn quickly.

Summary

TechCrunch — AI: Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US. Meta's newest app Muse is off to a slower start than the company's other apps, like Meta AI or Threads. The Verge — AI: Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook. It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the narrative AI companies are pitching schoo TechCrunch — AI: Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you. Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human. TechCrunch — AI: India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content. Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper. The Verge — AI: Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs. Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday. The record label is developing the platform through a multiyear licensing The Verge — AI: Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out. Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company's first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The company says its AI agent can "take the busywork off your plate" by helping you with online shopping, emails, trip-planning, and more. I decided to try out the new tool and see ho

Today's PM news comes from Aakash Gupta — Product Growth. The story is 5 Years of Product Growth.. For a senior PM, the key takeaway is to watch how product decisions and strategy plays out in practice — not just the headline, but the reasoning behind it.

Today's PM learning comes from Aakash Gupta — Product Growth. The core idea is 5 Years of Product Growth.. What matters for a senior PM is translating the idea into a repeatable habit: define the user problem clearly, pick a metric that actually reflects value, identify the riskiest assumption, and make the next experiment small enough to learn quickly. Good PM content is rarely magic. It is usually disciplined prioritisation dressed up in nicer prose.