Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned.“We just expanded the @muse beta for outbound calls to US businesses,” Ryan Fox, the principal engineer on Muse posted on X on Sept. It calls a business on your behalf, handles the conversation, completes your request, and reports back with a transcript and a summary,” the internal message board post to employees, seen by 404 Media, reads.
- ▪Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment.
- ▪But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned.“We just expanded the @muse beta for outbound calls to US businesses,” Ryan Fox, the principal engineer on Muse posted on X
- ▪It calls a business on your behalf, handles the conversation, completes your request, and reports back with a transcript and a summary,” the internal message board post to employees, seen by 404 Media, reads.
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Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned.“We just expanded the @muse beta for outbound calls to US businesses,” Ryan Fox, the principal engineer on Muse posted on X on Sept. 16. Alexandr Wang, Meta’s chief AI officer, posted “we’re expanding our phone beta for muse!” we're expanding our ☎️ 📞 beta for muse! https://t.co/ZJnXM2vb4U— Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) September 16, 2026 Internally, however, the company announced the features to employees and said that it had “added a human agent layer for calls to get…
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