Meta open-sources the tools to build your own Muse gadgets
Free firmware and a Linux SDK push Meta's personal AI agent onto Raspberry Pi boards, e-ink displays and home TVs.
Meta wants its personal AI agent to live in the objects around a home, not just on a phone, and it wants outside developers to do the building. On Friday, October 2, the company introduced Muse Gadgets, an open source project that lets anyone build hardware that connects to Muse, Meta's personal AI agent, TechCrunch reported.
The pitch is that the parts are free. According to TechCrunch, Meta is releasing open source firmware and a Linux software development kit at no cost, plus a Discord channel where developers can ask for help. The supported hardware is the stuff already cluttering hobbyist workbenches: Raspberry Pi and ESP32 boards, color e-ink displays, and an HDMI stick for plugging Muse into a television.
The invitation is deliberately loose. Meta asks developers to connect Muse “to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you've got lying on your workbench.” TechCrunch put the aim plainly: Meta wants to put Muse in your TV and your toaster by giving the code away for free.
There is hardware too. Alongside the open source release, Meta announced Muse Home Link, a USB-C-powered device that lets Muse connect to a home network and talk to the smart devices on it, such as speakers and smart TVs. TechCrunch reported that Meta will give away 5,000 Home Link devices free to Muse subscribers while supplies last.
The strategy is a departure. Rather than shipping one branded gadget, Meta is handing out the firmware, the SDK, and, for a limited run, the hardware, and leaving the final shape to whoever downloads the code. The point is to push the agent off the phone and into the hardware around a home.
The launch got noticed fast. Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, announced the device in a post on X, and TechCrunch said it had collected nearly 30,000 views within a few hours.
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- Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused · TechCrunch, AI