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Meta Launches Muse for iPad
Confirmed
In Short: Muse, originally launched for iPhone in September, quickly became the top free app in the U.S. and now supports the iPad's larger screen and multitasking improvements.
Meta has expanded its AI tool Muse from iPhone to iPad, adding new features and capabilities.
The app is designed to handle digital tasks and busywork, offering a proactive and agentic AI experience.
Muse's latest update includes new connectors and features, making it more versatile for users.
Meta also announced a standalone device called the Muse Charm, which can run the AI agent without a smartphone.
The company has appointed Chirantan “CJ” Desai, former MongoDB CEO, as Chief Enterprise Platform Officer to lead the new Meta Enterprise Platform.
Meta is working to integrate Muse with its smart glasses and other devices, expanding its reach.
OpenAI responded with the launch of Dots, an AI agent designed to compete with Muse.
Muse has already reached 700,000 daily users, demonstrating its popularity and potential.
Meta is opening its Muse bug bounty program to the public, encouraging responsible disclosure of any issues.
Muse Gadgets, an open-source project, enables developers and hobbyists to connect physical hardware to the AI agent.
What this adds
Meta's expansion to iPad and the addition of new features continue to enhance the user experience.
The company's efforts to integrate Muse with various devices and platforms highlight its commitment to AI integration.
OpenAI's Dots aims to compete directly with Muse, indicating the growing competition in the AI agent market.
Background
Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that enables developers and hobbyists to connect physical hardware to its AI agent, Muse.
OpenAI unveiled Dots, its new AI agents, at its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco, aiming to compete with Meta's popular Muse.
What's confirmed
- Meta also recently announced a standalone Tamagotchi-like device called the Muse Charm that will run the AI agent without the need for a smartphone, and it’s working to bring Muse to its smart glasses.
- “Today we are starting the next major pillar of our business, Meta Enterprise Platform, to help businesses use AI to grow and transform in new ways as well,” Zuckerberg said.
What's still developing
- Here are the release notes: Here are some screenshots of Muse for iPad from the App Store: Originally launched for iPhone in September, Meta later added a Mac version a few days later.
- Meta’s Muse AI agent app has spent the last several weeks as the #1 free iPhone app on the U.S.
- “It was a magical time,” Wen told TechCrunch.
- Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off.
- Meta’s AI agent now properly supports the iPad’s larger screen and recent improvements to multitasking.
- Meta has officially announced Muse Spark, the first in a new series of AI models built by its Superintelligence Labs.
- Muse Spark features strong multimodal perception, meaning the AI can now see and understand photos rather than just reading text.
- He didn’t clarify if he meant “The Terminator” and “Minority Report,” or something less dystopian like “Short Circuit.” Since OpenAI released the first version of ChatGPT in 2022, most users have engaged with AI by communicating with chatbots, which primarily provide information.
- Meta Glasses, a LISA collaboration and Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) are now available in Singapore, while Muse, Ray-Ban Meta Audio and 100g VR glasses are on the way.
- Meta also previewed its Muse personal AI agent, audio-focused Ray-Ban glasses and a roughly 100-gram VR system, although those products do not yet have complete Singapore launch details.
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- Whether it can close the gap with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google will depend less on the announcement itself and more on whether Muse actually works the way Meta says it does once real users start putting it through its paces.
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- WarpBeat — background on Meta Launches Muse Gadgets for Developers and Hobbyists link
- WarpBeat — background on OpenAI Launches Dots AI Agents to Rival Meta's Muse link