Meta Adds Customizable Spaces To Its Muse AI Assistant
Muse users can describe a project and have the assistant build an interactive Space that can draw on connected apps and update in the background.
Meta has introduced Spaces, a feature that lets people create customized, app-like experiences inside its Muse AI assistant. A user can describe what they want, and Muse builds a Space around that idea. According to The Verge, Meta is rolling out the feature to all Muse users.
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How Spaces Work
A Space gives a project or activity its own place within Muse. TechCrunch describes Spaces as focused conversations that users can return to from the app’s sidebar, while The Verge emphasizes their interactive, app-like elements. Examples across the two reports include vacation and wedding planners, a holiday gift tracker, a shopping hub, a school dashboard, a music tracker and a trivia game.
Meta says users can start by telling Muse what they need rather than building a tracker or planner themselves. Once a Space exists, The Verge reports, users can check off items, add notes and make edits. They can also keep Spaces in the sidebar, move them to the main tab or schedule when they appear—for example, putting a weekly planner in view during the workweek.
Connected Apps and Updates
Spaces can draw on information from outside apps connected to Muse. The Verge names Gmail, Google Calendar, OpenTable and Notion among the services Muse works with. According to Meta, those connections can help a Space update information such as dates and prices in the background, without a user having to request each change. TechCrunch also cites Meta’s examples of concert dates and savings progress appearing as new information becomes available.
The distinction between working with Muse and working with other people remains important. Although Spaces are designed for users to collaborate with their assistant on a goal, The Verge says Meta is still exploring ways for users to share Spaces and collaborate with one another.
Part of a Broader Muse Update
Spaces follows another Muse announcement. TechCrunch reports that Meta introduced Muse Voice on Thursday, allowing users to speak commands and video chat with their agent. The Verge also reports that Meta is bringing “Active Memory” and “Active Focus” capabilities from its Muse Wonder AI model into the Muse app and Meta AI chatbot. Meta says these are intended to help Muse recognize when earlier information matters in a conversation and work toward goals.
The additions come as Meta builds out Muse after its launch. According to TechCrunch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an October earnings call that the agents had reached 10 million users in the United States and Canada less than two months after their debut. The reports do not say how many of those users have tried Spaces.
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