Meta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agent

Meta announced Muse, a personal AI agent built on the latest generation of models developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. Muse exists in a chat interface, similar to a text thread. It's designed to be more proactive and long-running than typical chatbots. Users can name their agent, create an avatar, and customize how it communicates. The Muse agent runs on a dedicated virtual machine in Meta's cloud, using a built-in browser that's visible to the user. Meta is offering a free tier of Muse, as well as two subscription options, at $20 per month and $100 per month. "For the vast majority of users, they should be able to do what they need to within the free tier," said Wang. "But for real power users, you know, those subscription tiers help us cover the compute costs."