Instinct users say they've noticed a slowdown with the buzzy AI agent
The buzzy personal AI assistant startup is competing with Meta's Muse app for users. Meta has access to much more compute.
Users of Instinct, a popular AI personal assistant, are reporting a slowdown in the app's speed. The startup, which is competing with Meta's Muse app for users, faces challenges with the massive compute required for its AI agent. Instinct users have noticed a slowdown in the app's speed when answering questions and completing tasks.
One user, Rex Lowther, said the app sometimes "went home for the night" and failed to ping him when an email arrived. Instinct's founder, Noah Shinn, acknowledged the slowdown, stating that the app's startup status hinders its ability to scale computing resources effectively. While Instinct and Muse have similar features, Meta's Muse has an edge due to its ability to scale computing resources without outages, as noted by a computer science professor at Georgia Tech.
Instinct, a free app that depends on investor funding, is still not fully rolled out to users. The competition between Meta and Instinct has also spilled over onto social media, with Meta's AI chief comparing the two apps' speeds.
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