Our Reporter Tried Meta’s Viral AI Agent. Should You?

我们的记者尝试了Meta的病毒式AI代理。你应该尝试吗?

The Journal.

2026-10-01

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Come see The Journal Live! Tickets for our show in Dallas are on sale now. Muse is Meta’s new AI agent, and it’s a hit. With more and more people using this type of technology to help manage their time and tasks, WSJ’s personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen decided to try Muse for herself. She reports on the tradeoffs between convenience and privacy. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Will Meta's $18 Billion Settlement Change Social Media? - She Let AI Take Over Her Life For a Year Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Before we get into today's episode, we have some news.

  • The journal is coming to Dallas.

  • On Monday, November 9th, I'll be on stage for a live show.

  • We'll dig into a big story, bring in a special guest,

  • and I promise it will be the journal like you've never experienced it before.

  • There's a link to where you can buy tickets in our show notes.

  • I'd love to see you there.

  • All right, on to today's show.

  • If you've opened Facebook or Instagram or WhatsApp lately,

  • you might have gotten a prompt to check out something new from Meta called Muse.

  • There's a little promo message at the top of the feed that says, try Muse.

  • It's an agent that can do stuff for you.

  • Our colleague Nicole Nguyen is a personal tech columnist,

  • and she's been covering the rollout of this wildly popular new AI agent.

  • Within days, Muse shot up to the top of the app store and was downloaded millions of times.

  • And last week at Meta headquarters, every announcement on stage was about Muse.

  • The centerpiece of our vision for what we're building is Muse.

  • On stage at a Meta developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg talked up the new product.

  • This is the personal agent that we shipped a few weeks ago that is already helping

  • millions of people with all kinds of different things.