Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
I saw Meta’s latest app, Muse, cross-promoted on another Meta-owned platform, Instagram, and decided to download the AI assistant.
“Hand off everyday tasks like finding deals, booking reservations, and managing your inbox,” the pop-up read. “Muse keeps working while you get on with your day.” It’s free to use, and easily connects to other data sources, like my email and bank account. Muse’s default avatar is a beige-colored cross between an Ewok and a Labubu, with its arms outstretched, presumably to scoop up all my data.
Meta’s Muse is a mainstream version of AI agents already popular in Silicon Valley for automating personal tasks, like OpenClaw and Instinct. It’s a hit for the company: the Muse app has been downloaded over 900,000 times in its first week, according to Sensor Tower. The user experience is less like prompting a chatbot, and more like...
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