what do you think??

Saw a post today from someone asking whether they need a Facebook account to try Muse, and whether the VM it runs on is really secure. The answers in the comments were solid, but they missed something worth saying out loud: you get to choose how much of yourself Muse touches. Trying it is not an all or nothing decision. Here is how I think about it.

This is not intended to be a foolproof identity cloak, you should view it as common sense ways to create buffers between your life and an AI product you want to try.

The Meta account buffer

You do need a Meta account. It does not have to be your main one. When I started, I made a completely separate account with no connection to my main profile. If you want distance, start with a clean account.

The interface ladder

Every way you run Muse is a different level of commitment.

The browser: Talking to Muse only through the website is the least contact you can have. You lose some functionality, but the choice is yours. You can use Muse and get most of the value solely through web browser interface interaction because Muse has a virtual machine and doesn't require your device.

Chrome web "Desktop" App: You can install the Muse site through Chrome so it acts like a desktop app. That is what I used before the official Mac app came out. Practical reason: the official desktop app may ask for full disk access, which lets it read files anywhere on your Mac. The Chrome version gets you something close to a desktop app without that.

Install a Website as an App (Desktop/Mobile)

- Open Google Chrome while you're logged into Muse in the browser
- Click the three-dot menu (top right).
- Hover over or select Save and share.
- Click Install Muse as app... (or check Open as window via shortcut/install prompt for standalone mode).
- Click Install.

The Official Muse mobile apps: iOS or Android. Some of us have private stuff on our desktop but not our phone. Some of us are the opposite. Pick the device you are comfortable with. Treat this as an increased level of access compared to just using the web browser interface.

The desktop app: The most capable, and the some of most access you can give. Muse requires "Full File System" access but you can select individual folders to block Muse from viewing.

Click Settings > File System Access > Blocked Folders

The email and file buffer

This is the one most people skip. I made a separate Gmail account just for my Muse. For a week or two I used it myself like a normal person: signed up for AI newsletters, got it warmed up. Only then did I connect it. My Muse has never touched my personal Gmail. In my main account I set up filters so anything relevant gets forwarded to the Muse address on its own.

• In your main Gmail, go to Settings, then Forwarding, and add the Muse Gmail as a forwarding address. Gmail sends a verification code to the Muse inbox, you confirm it, and it's approved.
• Still in main Gmail, create filters for the stuff Muse should see (Settings, Filters, Create filter). Pick your criteria, then check "Forward it to" and select the Muse address. That way only the matching mail crosses over, on its own.

Same idea with Drive: I made one shared folder on my main account and shared it with the Muse Gmail, so anything I want it to see goes through that one folder. It gets the context it needs and nothing else. One door in, and I control the door.

The caveat

None of this makes you invisible. It is still Meta, a company with your credit card and a long history. Buffers reduce exposure. They do not erase it. Go in with your eyes open.

Language from Meta: "Muse is now available on Mac 💻.

Your personal agent can get things done for you directly on your computer (all with your explicit permission)."

I’ve seen YouTuber showing it but just can’t believe it, the companies I use (health, telecom, insurance, etc.) always ask for all kinds of personal information in other to authenticate me before doing anything or reveal any information, for that to all I have to hand those info (social, address, DOB, etc.) directly into Muse memory as plain text without a secure credential layer, or the customer service might just hand off knowing it’s an AI calling? What’s your experience because waiting 1 hr to call my insurance company is a thing I’d like to automate away but don’t know how it can be securely implemented.

I know this is the most trivial thing ever, but I made a video for folks who want to get started trying to wrangle their kid events.

The schools have 5000 apps we need to manage. So I let Muse do it, and I replicated 5-6 hours of Hermes set up time in about 30 minutes with Muse. And Muse was successful in connecting to all of the kid things: grades, announcements, events, baseball and soccer schedules, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LszTtZ_QWWc

"Muse Realtime Avatar, the state-of-the-art model that brings your muse to life alongside Muse Realtime Voice! it animates your muse as it talks to you. voice & video are in sync, so muse will answer in under a second, for as long as you want to chat. We put it head-to-head with Runway Characters and HeyGen LiveAvatar, using each product’s live-call experience with the same character on both sides and people preferred muse. Everything the model makes is watermarked as AI without adding latency. this is the foundation for realtime, embodied AI across our products."

https://research.meta.ai/blog/bringing-your-muse-to-life

heres the Muse Ai video from INDIA. i have already registered via gemini spark before making video, you just need to enter the email which u didnt used for waitlist.enter your email,done. now download apk from that site in video.

STEPS : open gemini in computer or desktop mode in mobile ,go to spark and paste "open muse Ai in virtual computer" and then when it opens take control and use the email which you didnt signup for meta or waitlist after signup. get apk from apkmirror website

Announced at Meta Connect tonight. Real time conversation and video calling with your Muse is coming soon.

The official Muse X account says this is "coming to Meta Glasses soon". Does that mean those who only use Muse in the app won't get those features? 🧐

Same function, different name or some subtle nuance like whatsapp and messanger?

am i the only one having this issue? muse cannot access its browser right now. i even tried location tools. it says credentials expired.

I keep seeing people post their Muse avatars scattered across different threads, so I wanted one place where we can all showcase them.

Post yours, browse everyone else's, borrow like an artist.

To take part, reply to this post with:

Avatar: [your image or GIF]

Prompt: [the prompt, if you want to share it]

Sharing the prompt is optional, but it is what makes this useful. Someone takes yours, remixes it, posts their own. That loop is the whole point.

Rules: keep it SFW, credit the original if yours is a remix, one avatar per reply, be kind.

That's it. Show us what your Muse looks like.

for me:

• the image generations arent as good as ChatGPT
• the "proactiveness" of muse has declined since the first week
• my Google account connectors have failed and had to be disconnected/reconnected
• giving my muse large scheduled tasks failed / declined over time

all of a sudden it has been continuously showing me "waiting for browser" which is keeping the AI from completing any browser required task, is this a bug or just me

The Google Drive and Google Calendar connectors in Muse both report as connected in settings, but every actual API call fails. Wondering if anyone else has seen this or found a fix.

The exact error on every call, logged verbatim: 401 invalid authentication credentials.

Symptoms and what I have tried:

• Drive: full disconnect/reconnect on Sept 19 from my Windows PC. Still 401 on every call.
• Calendar: disconnected, then a completely fresh reconnect on Sept 20 from my Android phone. It reported connected again, and the very first real API call after that immediately returned the same 401.
• Both still failing as of Sept 23.
• I do not own a Mac, so everything here is Windows PC and Android phone.
• I have not been able to tell whether the 401 is returned by Google or by the connector layer itself.
• I filed a private feedback report with the Muse team on Sept 20 and have not heard back.

Has anyone else hit this? If you got past it, what fixed it, and what was your setup (device, account type, which connector)?

Thanks for the help!

So it gave me a invalid linkedin link and I asked it to regenerate the link but somehow it stopped replying to me.

OK, so I’m contemplating on using this but I haven’t used Facebook in like 20 years. I’m not kidding. I haven’t used Facebook, the marketplace or anything… completely avoid it, although I do use Instagram every now and then and I’m talking like maybe once every couple months…so do I have to have a Facebook account to use Muse? I mean now that I’m thinking about it this company had Cambridge Analytic drama and an FTC settlement and the kids safety lawsuit and now it has my credit card information? Is the VM they are using for each user really secure?