I tried turning Meta’s Muse AI into my personal shopper — only 3 of 7 prompts actually worked
A tech journalist tested Meta's Muse AI assistant to see if it could effectively find deals on comic books, controllers, and games. Out of seven recommended shopping prompts, only three successfully produced reliable results for the user. The successful methods included baseline deal hunting, cross-store price comparison, and searching for open-box or refurbished items.
- ▪Meta's Muse AI assistant has recently surpassed ChatGPT in popularity on the Apple App Store with half a million downloads.
- ▪The tester found that prompts for coupon sweeps, max budget searches, local marketplace deals, and price-drop tracking failed to yield trustworthy results.
- ▪Effective prompts for Muse included finding deals below typical prices, comparing prices across major retailers, and locating used or refurbished products.
- ▪The article suggests that providing specific details such as exact models, sizes, and budgets improves the quality of deals surfaced by the AI.
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AI I tried turning Meta’s Muse AI into my personal shopper — only 3 of 7 prompts actually worked Features By Elton Jones Published 26 September 2026 Putting Meta’s AI assistant through the ultimate shopping tests When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Imagine my surprise when I did my daily morning news search on Google and came across a bunch of reports touting Meta’s AI agent Muse gaining in popularity.Not only has it surpassed ChatGPT on the charts in Apple’s App Store, but it’s also racked up half a million downloads.
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