Review of Meta's Muse: a pretty killer AI assistant and usage rates on the free plan seem generous, but trusting Meta with personal data will take some time (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
They shipped a pretty killer AI assistant, can they keep people using it? — It happened. Meta finally has a product that I really like using again.
Meta has launched a new AI assistant called Muse, which has been well-received by reviewers. According to M.G. Siegler of Spyglass, Muse is "a pretty killer AI assistant" with generous usage rates on the free plan. However, Siegler notes that trusting Meta with personal data will take some time.
Meta has also introduced paid plans for its apps, including Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The company has launched two consumer bundles, Core and Premium, which offer additional features such as higher usage limits for Meta AI image and video generation, and access to more artificial intelligence tools. According to PYMNTS, the Core plan costs $7.99 per month and the Premium plan costs $19.99 per month.
Meta reports that it has reached 15 million subscriptions and trials for its paid plans to date. The company says that the core experience across its apps and Meta AI will remain free, and that the paid tiers unlock features that are too compute-intensive to offer everyone at once.
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