{
  "id": 9641912,
  "title": "Victoria Song on Meta Muse’s Cuteness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/victoria-song-on-meta-muses-cuteness",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-24T22:30:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daring Fireball",
    "slug": "daring-fireball",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/column/999999/optimizer-meta-muse-ai-cute?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkFlVU9GbXpuZFUiLCJwIjoiL2NvbHVtbi85OTk5OTkvb3B0aW1pemVyLW1ldGEtbXVzZS1haS1jdXRlIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkwNzAxNDAwLCJpYXQiOjE3OTAyNjk0MDB9.chaHCz3wgiI4jn9EzA11I7fHhqQkEmn17aCiXtOBPEU"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Victoria Song, in her Optimizer column for The Verge, has expressed her strong dislike and aversion to Meta's Muse since its launch a few weeks ago. The primary reason for her disdain is her extreme vulnerability to cuteness, which was triggered when she encountered the AI agent Cooper at Meta Connect. Cooper, adorned in a pilot outfit, was prominently displayed on every screen during the keynote. Song's eye twitched with a strong reaction to his cuteness. She recalled feeling an urge to squish Cooper's little face, which she found the cutest thing at a tech keynote. Song's reaction to Muse is similar to her reaction to cilantro's taste; it just registers differently for her.",
  "summary": "Victoria Song, in her Optimizer column/newsletter for The Verge: I’ve been aggressively avoiding Muse since it launched a few weeks ago. Sure, some of that is because I was busy testing other devices. But the number-one reason why is that I am horribly vulnerable when faced with extreme cuteness. Alas, at Meta Connect, I couldn’t escape this pink-cheeked fella with his plush ivory fur, and so I…",
  "key_points": [
    "Victoria Song dislikes Meta's Muse since its launch.",
    "She was triggered by AI agent Cooper's cuteness at Meta Connect.",
    "Song likened her reaction to Muse to her aversion of cilantro's taste."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}