Meta wants you to build your own Muse gadget
Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that allows developers to build custom hardware connected to its Muse AI agent. The initiative provides open-source firmware and a Linux SDK, enabling users to integrate Muse with various displays, sensors, and actuators using hobbyist computers. This move supports Meta's broader strategy to expand Muse beyond a standalone chatbot into a versatile platform for both consumers and businesses.
- ▪Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project featuring firmware and a Linux SDK for building custom hardware connected to the Muse AI agent.
- ▪Developers can use low-cost devices like Raspberry Pi or ESP32 boards to connect Muse to displays, buttons, and sensors.
- ▪Meta built a device called Muse Home Link that allows Muse to interact with smart home devices and is giving 5,000 units for free to subscribers.
- ▪The launch of Muse Gadgets complements recent releases like Muse for Small Business and the Meta Enterprise Platform to broaden the AI's market reach.
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Meta’s Muse, a personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms, and shops on a user’s behalf, has already proven popular with the masses, but a new side project could be particularly alluring to tinkerers and hackers. On Friday, the company introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware that connects to Muse. Meta is providing open-source firmware (the low-level software that runs a device), and a Linux software development kit (SDK), along with a few project ideas to get users started. These include giving Muse a color e-ink display or loading it onto a stick that plugs into a TV’s HDMI port. There don’t appear to be many limits, either.
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