What 100 Tech People Think of Meta's Muse: Trust, Strategy and Amazon

Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent that browses, fills forms, books travel and pays via a one-time Stripe card. It hit roughly 600,000 downloads and No. 1 in the US App Store within five days, but Amazon cut it off 13 days after launch. Experts debate Meta's strategy and data-trust concerns.

• Muse reached about 600,000 downloads in five days and topped the US App Store
• Amazon cut off the Muse agent 13 days after launch
• Meta calls Muse the first personal AI agent for everyone; the Muse Spark 1.3 model is not open weights
• Critics say it prioritizes data collection over tasks and advise limiting agent access