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Meta rolled out Muse, a personal AI agent built by Meta Superintelligence Labs that can be messaged through a dedicated app, Muse.ai, or WhatsApp to handle digital chores like sending emails, booking travel, or selling a car. The agent can also make purchases on a user's behalf using single-use virtual card numbers powered by Stripe's Link tool, and is free to try with paid subscriptions needed for heavier use.
Meta AI has released Muse, a new personal AI agent available as an iPhone app and through the web at muse.ai for Mac users. The app lets users customize their agent's name and avatar, and offers free access with weekly usage limits, while paid subscribers get expanded access. Muse is currently limited to the US, with plans to expand to more countries over time.
Meta unveiled Muse, an AI assistant app built on its Muse Spark models, that can handle tasks such as booking appointments, filling out forms and watching home security feeds. The app, internally codenamed Hatch, offers a free tier alongside $20 and $100 monthly subscription options depending on usage, according to AI chief Alexandr Wang.
Meta has introduced a new personal AI agent aimed at everyday users, capable of handling tasks like online shopping and sending emails. The launch is framed as an accessible entry point into agentic AI rather than a developer-focused tool.
Meta has released Muse, a personal AI agent designed to work independently once given a goal, handling tasks like drafting emails, organizing saved content, building grocery lists and booking travel. Unlike Meta's existing AI assistant, Muse can connect to third-party services such as Google Workspace, Spotify, Ticketmaster and Apple Health, and can even build its own integrations when a public API exists.
Meta introduced Muse, a personal AI assistant for U.S. users that connects to email, calendars, payment apps, and other everyday services to complete tasks like booking travel, paying bills, filling out forms, and making purchases. It arrives powered by Meta's Muse Spark model and uses Link by Stripe for checkout, with Shopify and 1Password integrations planned, while letting users opt in to connect apps individually.
A Tech Transparency Project investigation found Meta took days to pull hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads promoting AI apps that generated child sexual abuse material, some using real photos of children including a European royal and a preteen social media influencer. The ads, mostly linked to Chinese-made AI and 'nudify' apps, digitally altered images of children into sexually explicit videos and used explicit captions to lure users.
Maria Zhang, who previously led AI engineering efforts at Instagram, Tinder and Google, is now CEO of Palona AI, a startup applying large-scale AI techniques to restaurant operations. The company targets tasks like catering coordination, phone call handling and staff support rather than the recommendation and ranking systems she built at Meta and Tinder.
Meta is rolling out a redesigned insights panel for Threads that uses AI to summarize how individual posts and overall accounts are performing, comparing metrics like views, likes and reposts to a user's recent activity. The update also identifies which interest-based communities are driving engagement on posts and profiles, though link-click data remains absent from the analytics.
Meta introduced Muse, a personal AI agent that can autonomously handle tasks like online shopping, sending emails, and trip planning by opening browsers, filling out forms, and even negotiating on a user's behalf. The assistant will launch in the US on iOS, Android, and muse.ai, with support for AI glasses planned, and will be free for most users while Meta develops unspecified paid tiers for heavier use.
Researchers at the Tech Transparency Project found more than 250 additional ads containing child sexual abuse material on Meta's platforms since early August, despite the company's claims that new AI detection tools would catch such content. Some of the ads used manipulated real photographs, including one that transformed an official image of a minor from a European royal family into a sexually explicit video.
Hertha Metals founder Laureen Meroueh has developed a new furnace design that converts iron ore directly into refined liquid steel in one step, replacing coal with natural gas. The company says this approach can cut carbon emissions by at least half and reduce production costs by 25% compared with conventional steelmaking.