Meta wants its new AI agent to run your digital life

Meta unveiled on Tuesday its new personal AI agent, Muse, which it says can actively perform tasks on behalf of users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Muse in an Instagram post Tuesday. It can send emails, book travel, fill out web forms, and negotiate on a user’s behalf, Meta says. The agent runs on Muse Spark, which Meta describes as its most capable model built for agentic work. View this post on Instagram The agent is rolling out in the U.S. as a standalone iOS and Android app. It is also available at muse.ai and works inside WhatsApp. It is free for most uses, with subscription plans for people who want the agent to handle longer or more complicated tasks. Meta says its AI glasses will soon support Muse as well.Muse accesses a user’s personal information, web credentials, and payment information to “work on a person’s behalf across the apps they use daily, learning from conversations, reflecting on what matters to them, and getting sharper along the way,” the company says.For example, it can turn a saved Instagram recipe reel into a grocery list, suggest a dinner-party menu, and recall guests’ dietary restrictions before sending invites. For longer agentic tasks, such as sellin…