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Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control

Meta's Muse agent just got real autonomy: video avatars, email addresses, and direct Mac control. Not a chatbot anymore.

Reporting by The Decoder 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Meta is shipping Muse as a genuinely autonomous agent with anthropomorphic presence and system-level capabilities — avatars, email identity, and OS control — moving beyond chat into multi-step autonomous work.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. Meta Connect 2026 announcement

  2. Muse AI agent gains video avatar representation

  3. Agent assigned email addresses for independent communication

  4. Mac control capabilities added to agent autonomy

  5. Agent moves from chat interface to autonomous system-level operations

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Publisher excerpt: At Meta Connect 2026, Meta expanded its AI agent, Muse, and unveiled several new devices.
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