Meta puts Muse at center of consumer AI plans

Meta used its Connect event on September 23 to make its Muse AI agent the centerpiece of its consumer AI plans, outlining integrations with glasses and Mac computers while announcing new wearable and mixed-reality hardware. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg described Muse as an early step toward what he calls personal superintelligence, but many of the agent’s expanded functions remain plans without a confirmed availability schedule. Meta says Muse is designed to take on tasks across connected apps and services, including handling email, researching topics, filling out forms and booking travel. The company plans to bring the agent to its glasses, where users would be able to interact by voice, and to Mac computers, where it could operate apps and continue working on delegated tasks. Meta did not give a complete launch timetable for those integrations. The company also outlined shopping and payment connections. Meta named Walmart, Best Buy, Gap, Sephora and Wayfair among retail partners, and described expanded support for PayPal alongside connections involving Shopify and its Shop Pay service. Amazon has blocked Muse from making purchases on its site, according to the reports.