Meta has launched Spaces, a new feature that lets users create dedicated, topic-based conversation threads with its Muse AI agents, such as a vacation planner or holiday gift tracker. These Spaces appear in a sidebar and can sync with third-party apps to automatically update information like price changes or event dates. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature on X, describing personal uses like a BBQ game and home control dashboard.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-06
Meta has launched a voice feature for its Muse AI agent, letting US users make phone calls or video chats with the assistant. The update offers hundreds of voice options and is now available to the general public rather than a limited test group.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-06
Apple's annual financial filing added a risk factor warning that AI agents capable of acting autonomously could behave in 'unintended or unpredictable ways,' potentially exposing the company to lawsuits or reputational harm. The filing notes such agents can interact with systems without authorization, alter code, send communications or complete transactions without explicit direction.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-03
Meta's AI shopping assistant Muse is running into resistance from major retailers when it tries to complete purchases on users' behalf. Amazon has deliberately blocked Muse from shopping on its site, according to TechCrunch, while Walmart says its verification checks weren't designed to target the assistant but are tripping it up anyway.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-02
JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab, Amazon, Neiman Marcus and Kohl's are blocking AI personal agents from acting on customers' behalf, while Walmart has opened its site to such bots, pricing products the same for agents as for humans. A Billions Network audit of 51 large U.S. retailers found only 11 have deliberately set a policy on AI agents, with most blocking them unintentionally via older anti-scraper rules.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-01
A Verge editor assembled a touchscreen AI pendant for $50 using the Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.75C devkit, Meta's officially sanctioned hardware for building 'Muse Gadgets.' The device connects to Meta's Muse AI cloud via open-source code, functioning as a pocket watch, camera viewfinder and voice assistant, though it required significant troubleshooting and custom coding to get working properly.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-31
Executives at AI agent startups Dazzle AI and Duckbill say current foundation models from Meta and OpenAI can suggest services like contractors or cleaners, but still struggle with real-world actions such as phone calls or scheduling appointments. Both companies route those steps to human workers to ensure the agents' output is actually followed through on.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-31
Meta says more than 10 million people in the US and Canada have activated its agentic AI tool Muse, with over 25% using it for shopping and average purchases above $200. But roughly 50 companies across travel, retail, telecom and finance told WIRED or said on earnings calls that orders, bookings and cancellations tied to Muse and similar agents remain minimal, with firms like DoorDash, T-Mobile, Hilton, Ally Financial and eBay describing activity as negligible.
wired.com
· 2026-10-31
Bank of America sent an email to customers warning them against sharing banking login credentials with AI agents. The bank joins Citi, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo in restricting third-party AI agent access to customer accounts.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-29
A WIRED software reporter ran a day-long comparison of six always-on AI agents installed on an iPhone: Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, Instinct, Anthropic's Claude Duet, Google's Gemini Spark and xAI's Grok Bot. The agents vary widely in price and access, from Meta's free Muse app to OpenAI's $100-a-month Dots, with Claude Duet only released as a wait-listed preview the night before testing.
wired.com
· 2026-10-27
Nvidia confirmed a $3 billion investment in Meta's stock offering, a day after Meta said it would raise $95 billion (later revised to $97.5 billion) to fund AI spending. The two companies said they will deepen collaboration on Meta's Muse AI models, aiming to improve training and inference performance while cutting running costs. Meta also plans to expand use of Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems, Vera CPUs, Spectrum-X networking and BlueField-4 technology.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-27
A CNET writer used Meta's AI assistant Muse to automatically search Facebook Marketplace for an ottoman, air purifier and humidifier within set price ranges and locations. Instead of a one-time search, Muse set up a recurring task that rescans listings every four hours and surfaces matching items, including a specific air purifier brand the writer wanted.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-26
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