Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
TL;DR
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. I decided to try out the new tool and see how well it performed - especially from a company that previously prioritized entertainment over productivity.
Nauti's Take
Muse delivers what Meta promised: shopping, email and trip planning mostly worked in testing, real progress for a company that has optimized for entertainment until now. The catch sits on the data side.
The assistant pulled together far more personal information on its own than the tester expected. For power users already inside Meta's ecosystem the value is real.
Anyone who cares about data minimization should check the permissions first.
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