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Meta has announced Muse Charm, a small dangling AI device resembling a Tamagotchi, drawing mixed reactions online. The product arrives amid a broader consumer trend of clip-on bag accessories, following crazes like Rhode's lip gloss cases and Pop Mart's Labubu figures, the latter helping push Pop Mart's revenue to $1.8 billion in 2024.
Meta introduced Jolly, a mascot for its Muse AI assistant, as part of a marketing push distinct from rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. Alexandr Wang, head of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, has been posting AI-generated memes of Jolly, including sexually suggestive images referencing films and celebrity gossip, captioning one post that fans are 'too thirsty for muse.' The memes have circulated widely online alongside further user-generated content depicting the character.
At its Connect event, Meta announced the Muse Charm, a small round keychain with a fingerprint sensor that lets users activate Muse, Meta's AI agent, without a phone or laptop. Zuckerberg said the device will let users send messages on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and is expected to launch by December.
At its Connect event, Meta announced Muse Charm, a small fingerprint-activated pendant with a screen showing the Muse AI avatar and real-time voice interaction. Mark Zuckerberg called Muse the 'centerpiece' of Meta's AI strategy and said the device would be the fastest way to talk to Muse without wearing smart glasses. Meta also added live conversation capabilities to the Muse app, which has become the most downloaded app in the US since its launch two weeks ago.
Developers Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders independently got Meta's Muse AI agent to zip up and share its root filesystem, including Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders said replicating the result was 'extremely easy' and that Muse showed 'almost no prompt injection resistance.' Meta says exporting this virtual machine data is expected behavior and not a security breach, since each user's Muse runs in its own persistent Linux VM.
Social media users, including a Redditor, allege that Meta's new consumer AI agent Muse is built directly on the OpenClaw platform, pointing to identical core file names like SOUL.md and near-identical personality-guiding text. Meta's Nat Friedman, head of product for Superintelligence Labs, says Muse was built 'from scratch' but was 'heavily inspired' by OpenClaw, and that his team deliberately reused file names and phrasing they believed OpenClaw's creator had gotten right.
Meta introduced Muse, an AI assistant featured at Meta Connect with a plush, cartoonish mascot named J. The Verge's Victoria Song tested the agent for health advice and found herself sharing more personal information than she intended, largely because the mascot's cute appearance lowered her guard.
Google is rolling out an early experimental feature that lets Gemini place calls to local businesses on a user's behalf, handling tasks like reservations, stock checks or rescheduling appointments. The AI navigates phone menus and holds while the user watches a live transcript and can take over at any moment. The feature is available today as an early preview to Gemini paid subscribers enrolled in the Phone by Google Public Beta on Pixel 11 in the US.
Spotify has connected its service to Meta's personal AI agent Muse, allowing users to play music, podcasts and audiobooks, save tracks, search for content, and build or edit playlists through conversation. Muse can also generate Spotify's Personal Podcasts from notes and briefings, and use calendar context to automatically start relevant playlists at scheduled times or events. Spotify is described as the first major music-streaming service to join the growing list of apps connected to Muse.
Following Meta's Connect conference, where the new Muse AI agent debuted to strong early reception, Mark Zuckerberg gave interviews defending Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, including one with Alex Heath on the Sources podcast. Zuckerberg argued phone cameras and glasses cameras raise similar privacy concerns, noting people already record each other constantly with phones. The Verge's Nilay Patel says Meta declined his own interview request and instead highlights gaps in Zuckerberg's comparison from the Heath interview.
Bloomberg reports that Meta's upcoming Muse Charm, a handheld device housing its Muse AI agent, will be able to recognize and interact with other Charms nearby. The gadget includes a built-in 5G modem, a two-inch OLED touchscreen, a fingerprint sensor, cameras, speakers, microphones, and a USB-C port, and can be set up via Meta's Muse app on iOS or Android. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the device is planned to launch in time for the December holidays, though pricing has not been confirmed.
Meta unveiled Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a camera-less smart glasses model weighing 43 grams, offering 12 hours of audio playback plus 48 more via its case. The glasses come in 23 color and lens combinations across two styles and are available for pre-order at $349, shipping October 13. Meta also revealed a small keychain accessory called Muse Charm, which reportedly includes a camera and lets users interact with its Muse AI voice assistant, expected to ship in December.