Meta open-sources code for building hardware gadgets that run its Muse AI agent
Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project letting developers build their own devices that connect to its Muse AI agent, and is giving away 5,000 Muse Home Link units it made.
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The story, neutrally told
Mixed · 2On Friday 2 October, Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware that connects to Muse, its AI agent. TechCrunchN “On Friday, the company introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware that connects to Muse.” Read at TechCrunch ↗ The VergeLC “Meta now lets you make your own Muse gadgets that feature the company’s new AI agent with code that the company open sourced.” Read at The Verge ↗ Mixed · 2Meta is providing open-source firmware and a Linux software development kit (SDK), along with project ideas such as giving Muse a colour E Ink display for reminders, or loading it onto an HDMI stick to show Muse on a TV or big screen. TechCrunchN “Meta is providing open-source firmware (the low-level software that runs a device), and a Linux software development kit (SDK), along with a few project ideas to get users started.” Read at TechCrunch ↗ The VergeLC “loading Muse on a color E Ink display to show reminders, adding it to an HDMI stick so you can display Muse on a big screen” Read at The Verge ↗ Left · 1Meta says users can program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with its SDKs and connect Muse to displays, buttons, sensors and actuators; it also suggests a small touchscreen device resembling a DIY Muse Charm, and cautions users to "Proceed at your own risk!" The VergeLC “Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench.”“However, Meta cautions that you should “Proceed at your own risk!”” Read at The Verge ↗
Mixed · 2Meta also built a gadget itself, the Muse Home Link, a USB-C-powered device that lets Muse connect to a home network and control smart devices such as speakers and smart TVs; with community-built skills it can turn on a light, send a document to a printer and more. TechCrunchN “The USB-C-powered device lets Muse connect to a home network and talk to the smart devices on it, including speakers and smart TVs.” Read at TechCrunch ↗ The VergeLC “turn on a light, control your TV, send a document to a printer, and more, depending on your setup” Read at The Verge ↗ Mixed · 2According to Nat Friedman of Meta Superintelligence Labs, Meta made 5,000 Home Links and is giving them away free to Muse subscribers while supplies last, with shipping expected within weeks; The Verge says a waitlist spot can be claimed now, with shipping this month. TechCrunchN “Meta made 5,000 of these Home Links, in fact, and is giving them away for free to Muse subscribers while supplies last, according to Friedman.” Read at TechCrunch ↗ The VergeLC “you can claim a waitlist spot for the Muse Home Link now ahead of shipping sometime this month” Read at The Verge ↗ Centre · 1Meta has also set up a Discord channel to support users. TechCrunchN “The company has also set up a Discord channel to support users.” Read at TechCrunch ↗
Centre · 1TechCrunch places the release within Meta's broader push to make Muse more than a standalone chatbot, noting that earlier in the week Meta launched Muse for Small Business, which connects to tools such as Shopify, Dropbox and Slack, and a new business unit, Meta Enterprise Platform. TechCrunchN “Muse Gadgets may not have wide appeal, but it fits nicely into Meta’s all-in strategy to make Muse more than a standalone chatbot.”“It has also launched a new business unit, Meta Enterprise Platform, to help it push its AI offerings to businesses and corporate customers.” Read at TechCrunch ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left1 outlet
- Framing
- Short product-news item focused on what makers can build and the Home Link giveaway.
- Emphasis
- DIY project ideas, Meta's own wording, the 5,000-unit Home Link and waitlist.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Does not place the release in Meta's wider business strategy or mention the Linux SDK, firmware or Discord support.
- Charged language
- “Proceed at your own risk!”
- For example
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“Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself” — The Verge
Centre1 outlet
- Framing
- Explains the release as an appeal to tinkerers and as part of Meta's all-in strategy for Muse.
- Emphasis
- Technical detail (firmware, Linux SDK), Discord support, Friedman's X post and Meta's business push for Muse.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Does not mention the waitlist or the DIY Muse Charm-style touchscreen idea.
- Charged language
- “all-in strategy”“tinkerers and hackers”
- For example
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“a new side project could be particularly alluring to tinkerers and hackers” — TechCrunch
“Muse Gadgets may not have wide appeal” — TechCrunch
Right0 outlets
No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
What every side reports
- Meta open-sourced code for building hardware gadgets that connect to its Muse AI agent.
- Suggested projects include a colour E Ink display and an HDMI stick; Meta names ESP32 boards and Raspberry Pi as platforms.
- Meta built a Muse Home Link gadget and made 5,000 of them, per Nat Friedman.
Where accounts differ
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When Muse Home Link will ship
- Left
- The Verge says shipping is sometime this month, with a waitlist open now.
- Centre
- TechCrunch, citing Friedman, says it will be ready to ship in a few weeks and guesses the free units have already been claimed.
Meta organisation
Presents Muse Gadgets as open-source devices users build themselves, while warning users to proceed at their own risk, and promotes its own Home Link as an example.
“Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself” — The Verge
“Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, said in a post on X” — TechCrunch
Muse product
Described as Meta's personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms and shops for users, now extended to user-built hardware.
“a personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms, and shops on a user’s behalf” — TechCrunch
Left1 article
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Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets
Neutral Concise explainer of what Meta released and the Home Link giveaway, largely in Meta's words.
Centre1 article
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Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused
Mixed Covers the release as a tinkerer-oriented side project within Meta's wider Muse strategy, with mild scepticism about its mass appeal.
Right0 articles
No coverage yet.
- 2 Oct 22:08 First The VergeLC Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets
- 3 Oct 01:45 +3h 37m TechCrunchN Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused
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