Meta open-sources Muse Gadgets so developers can build their own hardware for its AI agent

Meta on Friday introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware that connects to Muse, its personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms and shops for users. Meta is providing open-source firmware and a Linux software development kit, along with starter ideas such as putting Muse on a color e-ink display to show reminders or loading it onto a stick that plugs into a TV's HDMI port. Developers can use low-cost hobbyist hardware such as a Raspberry Pi or an off-the-shelf ESP32 board and connect Muse to displays, buttons, sensors and actuators, according to Meta. The company has set up a Discord channel for support. Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, said on X that Meta built a device called Muse Home Link, which is powered over USB-C and lets Muse connect to a home network and talk to smart devices on it, including speakers and smart TVs. Meta made 5,000 of them and is giving them to Muse subscribers for free while supplies last. The project extends Muse beyond phones and computers into physical devices built by third parties. It comes as Muse's access to users' data is drawing scrutiny, including Apple's new limits on Full Disk Access on the Mac.