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At Connect, Mark Zuckerberg introduced the Muse Charm, a small pendant device running Meta's Muse AI assistant, set to launch as soon as December this year. The announcement came amid a broader showcase of smart glasses and a new VR headset, but notably without updates to Meta's existing neural band wrist wearable.
Smart ring maker Oura delayed its planned initial public offering this week, citing uncertain IPO market conditions despite signs of strong investor demand. The pullback comes as Meta, Apple, Google and OpenAI all push new AI-powered wearables—including Meta's Muse Charm and Ray-Ban glasses, OpenAI's Dots assistant, and Apple's listening-enabled Watch—into a market increasingly dogged by privacy complaints from users who say the devices can secretly record others.
WIRED's review of Meta's third-generation Nova smart glasses finds a smaller, less noticeable camera housing but otherwise similar functionality to the Gen 2 model. Features like Conversation Focus and Muse AI integration are not yet available on these frames, and the built-in AI assistant still struggles to answer basic questions about the glasses themselves.
Several companies are rolling out AI assistants designed to handle everyday tasks, including Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and a product called Instinct. These agents are being positioned as tools that can take over scheduling and to-do list management for users.
A product designer with experience at Netflix and Peloton argues that Meta's Muse app, which has topped the US App Store, doesn't introduce new AI capabilities but packages existing agentic features—browser use, cloud workflows, routines—more coherently than rivals like ChatGPT or Claude. The author contrasts Muse's simplicity with the growing complexity of competing agentic tools, noting OpenAI's near-simultaneous release of 'dots,' its own always-on ChatGPT agents.
Meta has rolled out shopping capabilities within its Muse AI agent, letting users ask it to search retail sites for products matching specific brand, price and availability criteria. Users can complete checkout directly through Muse using payment partners like Link by Stripe or Shopify Shop Pay, with PayPal support announced but not yet live, after confirming order details via an 'approval card'. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will collect a small fee on these transactions.
Researchers including Karan Joshi extracted Muse's internal system prompts by asking the chatbot to reveal its own files, exposing instructions that direct it to create a 'page for every person' in a user's life. The process reportedly runs hourly, compiling data on family, partners, friends, colleagues and people a user follows into memory files Muse uses to make suggestions.
Meta released Muse Gadgets, an open-source project providing firmware and a Linux SDK so developers can build custom hardware that connects to its Muse AI agent, with suggested projects like e-ink displays or HDMI stick devices. The company also built its own gadget, Muse Home Link, a USB-C device that lets Muse control smart home devices, and is giving away 5,000 units free to subscribers while supplies last.
Meta's Muse AI app reached the top of app store charts, with reporting attributing its momentum to Alexandr Wang's involvement at the company. Wang's approach reportedly caused friction among some Meta staff even as the app gained traction.
Apple announced it will tighten controls on macOS's Full Disk Access setting, which lets apps read files, mail, messages and browsing history. The move follows reports that Meta's Muse app on Mac could optionally use this permission, with a journalist alleging it read private messages — a claim Meta disputed.
A technology and human rights researcher ran an experiment comparing three AI agents—Meta's Muse, Anthropic's Claude Cowork, and OpenAI's GPT 6.1 Sol—on a shared task: filling gaps in the World Bank's Global Public Procurement Database for US and Iran country profiles. The prompt was given in English for the US portion and Farsi for the Iran portion, using the web versions of each tool to mimic typical user experience. The researcher examined differences in reasoning, search behavior, source selection, transparency and safeguards across the agents rather than ranking speed or accuracy.
Meta has opened a project called Muse Gadgets, offering developers open-source firmware and a Linux SDK to build their own devices powered by its Muse AI agent. The company also released its own example, the Muse Home Link, a USB-C dongle that connects Muse to home networks and smart devices; Meta says it has produced 5,000 units to give to Muse subscribers. Nat Friedman, head of product for Meta's superintelligence labs, announced the initiative and set up a Discord community for developers.