- Shares of major banks, insurers and online travel agencies slid on Tuesday after investors flagged Meta Platforms' personal AI agent, Muse, as a threat to businesses built on consumer inertia.
- The selloff targets companies whose revenue depends on customers buying out of habit even when a better alternative exists.
- Meta Platforms is the named driver of the disruption fear, with Muse positioned as the agent that could break that habit loop.
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“Shares of major banks, insurers and online travel agencies slid on Tuesday as investors fear that tools like Meta Platforms Inc.’s personal AI agent could disrupt businesses that benefit from so-called consumer inertia, the tendency to keep buying something out of habit even when a better alternative exists.”