Meta launches AI assistant Muse for Mac with new features

According to TechCrunch, Meta's new AI assistant, Muse, is now available on Mac. Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail using native apps. The app's launch on Mac follows its launch on mobile and web earlier this month, when it quickly rose to the top of the App Store charts in the US. As with other platforms, users can control access to Muse on their Mac on an opt-in basis. Additionally, the app always seeks user approval before performing sensitive actions, Meta reports. The launch of the desktop app comes amid intensifying competition among consumer AI agents, which many in the industry believe will be the future of computing. The move is disrupting the app industry, the software-as-a-service business, and perhaps eventually even hardware like the iPhone. Apart from Muse, all the major players offer AI agents for consumers. Other AI agents have also found popularity by allowing users to interact with AI agents via text messages. One of the first successful projects

in this area was Poke, which came out on Cognition in July. Meanwhile, the newest AI assistant frequently mentioned in tech circles, Instinct, is allegedly raising additional funds at a $10 billion valuation. The question now is who can quickly capture the largest consumer market share in this area, which is forcing Muse and Instinct to rush to launch new features - both companies, for example, introduced a voice calling feature this week. As Mark Zuckerberg noted in X announcing the Mac app's launch, "The team is moving fast." The material was prepared by a neural network based on the original publication. AI may make mistakes in details (numbers, names, dates, quotes) - for important information, check with the original source. The choice between open and closed AI will be discussed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Gavin Newsome proposes introducing an “off switch” for AI Kyutai has released a Voice of Reason model for verbal solving of mathematical problems. Nokia opens access to AnyJev, a library for decision-making without training. OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Sol and Luna with new API pricing, reducing the cost by 50%.