Sure, Meta’s AI Muse works, but it sure creeps me out
Hands-on review finds Meta's Muse AI agent completes shopping and email tasks but surfaces personal Instagram API data beyond user-visible ad-topic settings.
Meta launched Muse, its first agentic AI productivity assistant, which performs tasks like shopping, email management, trip planning, media generation, and creating webpages or documents via a cloud-based virtual computer. The Verge's hands-on found it successfully deleted thousands of promotional emails and completed an Amazon purchase, but it also revealed detailed personal interests inferred from Instagram and Facebook account API data that is not visible in the apps' ad-topic settings. Meta says Muse only exchanges data needed for third-party integrations and does not share information with advertisers; the reviewer frames privacy unease as the main adoption hurdle.
- Meta launches Muse, its first AI productivity agent, running tasks on a cloud-based virtual computer.
- Hands-on found Muse deleted thousands of emails and completed an Amazon purchase correctly.
- Muse surfaced detailed interests from Instagram API data beyond what users see in ad-topic settings.
- Generates podcasts, images, videos, and artifacts; refused some copyrighted-character and Apple CEO requests.
- Reviewer says the agent works but its data access creates privacy unease that could hinder adoption.
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4 min read at theverge.com
I turned my Muse assistant into a purple cat. | Screenshot: The Verge 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.
By Emma Roth · theverge.com
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