Mark Zuckerberg Might Have Finally Made Something That’s Actually Useful

The people have spoken, and they're curious about A.I. agents. Meta's new app, Muse, is No. 1 on the App Store. There's a shift at play. Most of the people using ChatGPT are asking it to do things that remain right in front of them. Answer this question, draft this text, or do something else right here in the app. Muse is meant as something different: a robot that performs tasks for you across the internet. Book a haircut, order DoorDash, get a bunch of supplies for my party. Muse does it on your behalf. It's a mass-marketed, mobile-friendly version of the machine-as-person work that power users are already doing with Claude and ChatGPT on computers. READ MORE

Meta admits its first ‘superintelligence’ was too stupid to survive for three days

Meta has withdrawn the first image generation product created by its Superintelligence Labs fewer than 72 hours after launch.

The product was called “Muse Image” and Meta launched it on July 8, billing it as “the first AI image generation model from Meta Superintelligence Labs.”

That lab is Zuck’s latest big bet and aims to create a “personal superintelligence that knows us deeply, understands our goals, and can help us achieve them.” READ MORE

X tells 'neglected' Meta employees that it is hiring and will 'exceed any snack budget offer'

Two tech titans are now competing on another battlefield: Employee snacks.

Earlier this month, Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said the company would be taking steps to improve employee morale after successive waves of layoffs and AI strategy pivots. One of those steps, he said in a memo, would be improving the snacks and drinks in its office kitchens. READ MORE