Odaily Planet Daily reports: Meta Platforms (META.O) has launched its personal AI agent app, Muse, allowing users to delegate digital tasks such as scheduling appointments, filling out spreadsheets, and monitoring home security cameras to an AI assistant. Alexander Wang, head of Meta AI, stated that Muse is powered by Meta’s Muse Spark series of foundational models and offers a free version alongside two subscription tiers at $20 and $100 per month. He emphasized that Muse operates within an isolated, secure environment on Meta’s computing infrastructure and does not access users’ actual passwords or payment information; it requests confirmation before performing sensitive actions. Users can choose whether to allow Meta to use their interactions with Muse to train AI models; if they opt in, Meta will remove sensitive personally identifiable information before using the data to improve the models.
At the time of this product launch, Meta is facing pressures around AI safety, privacy issues, and the return on its AI investments. Meta’s CEO, Zuckerberg, previously stated that personal AI agents will be the future direction of the company’s products and revenue growth. Meta also indicated that it is exploring business models related to AI agent-driven shopping transactions.