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  "id": 11531674,
  "title": "Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/meta-open-sources-code-to-let-you-make-muse-ai-gadgets",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T21:08:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004330/meta-muse-ai-gadgets-home-link"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Meta has made its Muse AI agent available for users to create their own custom devices. The company has open-sourced the code, allowing users to build their own \"Muse gadgets\" using an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or a Raspberry Pi. According to The Verge, users can load Muse on a color E Ink display to show reminders, add it to an HDMI stick to display on a big screen, or put it on a small touchscreen device.\n\nMeta's Muse AI assistant has gained significant popularity, surpassing 5 million downloads in just three weeks, as reported by Mashable, citing mobile data firm Sensor Tower. This milestone was reached faster than other AI apps like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Elon Musk's Grok. The Muse app currently tops both Apple's App Store and Google's Play app charts.\n\nThe Muse AI agent is designed to work across personal accounts and carry out tasks on users' behalf, such as searching for products, navigating checkout, and preparing purchases for final approval, Fortune reports. Meta presents the total for the consumer to approve before paying through Stripe's Link service.",
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        "published": "2026-09-30T14:04:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "I want to punt Meta's Muse AI mascot back into the cursed void from whence it came",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/i-want-to-punt-metas-muse-ai-mascot-back-into-the-cursed-void-from",
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        "published": "2026-10-02T04:42:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "A Clippy marketing moment with Muse: ‘Meta has given AI a cute face’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/a-clippy-marketing-moment-with-muse-meta-has-given-ai-a-cute-face",
        "published": "2026-10-02T15:53:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Apple says it will flag AI requests for Mac data after Meta's Muse draws complaints",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/apple-says-it-will-flag-ai-requests-for-mac-data-after-metas-muse",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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