Meta’s Muse reportedly hits 5 million downloads in under a month
Polymarket reports that Meta’s Muse has reached 5 million downloads in less than a month, surpassing the early adoption speed of both ChatGPT and Claude.
Polymarket reports that Meta’s Muse has reached 5 million downloads in less than a month, surpassing the early adoption speed of both ChatGPT and Claude.
WIRED reports that millions of people have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse, and that using it comes with privacy costs: Muse creates detailed profiles of users’ friends and family.
Meta is expanding Muse, its personal AI agent, with a collection of new skills and connectors meant to help people run their businesses.
Alexandr Wang said people can add Muse to their Instagram profiles. Muse says the feature is rolling out now.
Replit can build apps for Meta Quest VR, create apps through Muse, and link payments with airwallex. It also adds GPT-Sol 6, GPT-6 Luna, and Opus 5.5, in-chat data charts and insights, and enterprise access requests inside workflows.
Polymarket says a man is outraged after Meta’s Muse AI agent allegedly gave a Facebook Marketplace buyer his home address, accepted a lowball offer, and arranged a pickup without telling him.
Runway says it is coming to Muse. No release date, features, or availability details are given.
WIRED says the Muse app continues Meta’s practice of opting users into data collection for AI training and nudges users to share bank account, email, and passport information.
Meta says Muse is intended only for adults. WIRED says its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot and an upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device may still appeal to users of all ages.
Replit Agent now includes GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna Fast, and Claude Opus 5.5. Muse can create apps in Replit through an approved connector that is rolling out, and Replit says it can build a described app for Meta devices.
David Singleton says every Muse user now receives a free cloud computer, the Muse Secure VM: an isolated Ubuntu environment shared with the user’s Muse agent, with sensitive actions and stored secrets kept outside it.
AI at Meta says finkd unveiled Muse Realtime Avatar, real-time embodiment technology that turns Muse Realtime Voice into expressive, interactive avatars, starting with real-time conversations in Muse.
Muse will talk back during the video chat, and users can prompt exactly how it sounds. Wang describes the feature only as coming soon, with no release date.
Shopify says Shop Pay can now be used as a wallet in Muse for agentic checkout.
Meta says the Muse flaw would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, and that a fix has been issued.
Instacart is coming to Muse. It says people will soon be able to connect Instacart, turn “Taco Tuesday” into a cart from a favorite store, and check out for home delivery.
According to Polymarket, the integration will let AI agents help users plan travel, including finding and booking hotels.
Expedia says it is joining Muse. Soon, a personal AI agent told a destination will be able to work with Expedia to sort hotels and everything in between.
Expedia says a personal AI agent on Muse will soon be able to take a destination and work with Expedia to arrange hotels and other parts of a trip.
PayPal says it is partnering with Meta so PayPal customers can shop and check out with their Muse personal AI agents at PayPal merchants worldwide.