Meta launches Muse, a personal agent running in a dedicated cloud VM
In one sentence On September 8 Meta launched Muse in the US, a personal agent built on Muse Spark that works in a dedicated cloud virtual machine per user, with a separate component, Sentinel, gating Internet access and explicit confirmations for purchases and email.
Meta launched Muse, an assistant that does not just answer questions but does things for you: it browses the web, fills in forms, books, sends messages and makes purchases. For now it is available only in the US, on iOS, Android and the web.
The interesting part is how it is built. Each user gets their own virtual computer in Meta's cloud, with separate browser and storage, so one agent's work cannot touch another's.
Alongside the agent runs a second program, called Sentinel, which decides whether a given action towards the Internet is allowed. Sensitive operations, such as sending an email or paying, always require the person's explicit confirmation.
Companies
Meta, Stripe
Tools
Muse, Muse Spark, Link
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