Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money

<figure> <img alt="photo showing Muse app on an iPhone screen" data-caption="An adorable little bear that wants to help you buy things." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/DSC04272_processed.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> An adorable little bear that wants to help you buy things. </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Modern life comes with an unending, auto-populating to-do list. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It never ceases to amaze me how I can be doing <em>nothing at all</em>, minding my own business, and suddenly something needs to be taken care of. You're telling me a tree branch fell in the backyard and now I have to figure out what to do with it? The tree just assigned me homework? Oh, our trash collection company canceled our account out of nowhere and now I have to <em>send email</em> about it? Repeatedly? Totally unfair.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">These are the things that we've been told for years that AI will help us with. We'll all have a smart virtual assistant to triage and handle the tedious tasks we'd rather …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999526/meta-muse-ai-agent-hands-on-shopping">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>