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Meta wants Muse out of the app and into whatever hardware you've got lying around, from a Raspberry Pi to a half-finished project on your desk, so we're looking at what that could mean. After that, there's a robot built entirely in simulation, a few handy tools including an app for booking trips over iMessage,and a project that uses AI to bring back flowers nobody ever photographed.
Let’s jump in!
🤿 DEEP DIVE
The quick take
Muse Gadgets lets developers connect Muse to custom hardware.
Meta is providing open-source firmware and a Linux SDK.
It works with hobbyist hardware including Raspberry Pi and ESP32 boards.
Meta’s own Home Link connects Muse with smart home devices.
5,000 Home Links are being given away to Muse subscribers while supplies last.
Muse Is Getting Physical
Meta wants its AI agent showing up in homemade hardware.
Muse already books travel, fills out forms and shops for people. But Meta’s latest experiment is a little more fun.
It wants people to build things with it.
Muse Gadgets is an open-source project that gives developers firmware and a Linux SDK for connecting Muse to their own hardware. And Meta seems pretty relaxed about what that hardware actually is.
A Raspberry Pi works. So does an ESP32 board. From there, Meta says people can hook Muse up to displays, buttons, sensors, actuators and basically whatever else happens to be sitting on the workbench.
The starter ideas give you a sense of where this could go. One is a color e-ink display. Another puts Muse onto a stick that plugs directly into a TV’s HDMI port.
Meta already built one
The company’s own experiment is called Muse Home Link.
It’s a USB-C-powered gadget that connects Muse to a home network, where it can communicate with devices including speakers and smart TVs.
Meta made 5,000 of them and is giving them away to Muse subscribers while supplies last.
And I think that example gives away the bigger idea here. Muse Gadgets isn’t really about one particular device. Meta is handing people the pieces to figure out what an AI agent looks like when it isn’t stuck inside an app.
That probably won’t appeal to everyone. But for the people who like Raspberry Pis, sensors and half-finished projects scattered around a desk, there’s suddenly quite a lot to play with.
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🔥 WHAT’S THE BUZZ
What people are building, sharing, and talking about
GPT-6 Astra built a 6-legged robot with 2 arms in simulation
This is a strong example of using AI as a systems builder rather than a text or code assistant. The same pattern could apply to simulations for manufacturing, robotics, logistics, and physical-world testing.
⚒ TOOL SNAPSHOTS
Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity
🗺️ Miso
Book flights and hotels without bouncing between travel sites.
Why it’s useful: Handy if you’d rather sort out a trip over iMessage, including the booking and the stuff that comes after it.
Make Mac demos look polished without much post-production.
Why it’s useful: The automatic zooms, smoother cursor, captions, and backgrounds take care of a lot of the fiddly editing you’d normally do after recording.
🤖 ZooWork
Turn your expertise into AI agents other people can actually use.
Why it’s useful: I do like that it covers both sides here — experts can build through a UI, while developers can use an API to deliver agents into real business workflows.
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🤖 AI MADE THIS
Interesting and inspiring creations made with AI
Image credit: MMoCA
Reimagining Extinct Flowers With AI
This is a particularly good example of AI doing something other than making attractive imagery. The model is effectively being used as a visual “time machine,” filling gaps where photographs and illustrations don't exist. There is also an interesting tension in the project: the results aren't presented as botanical truth, but as speculative memories of things humanity failed to record. The V&A selected it as the lead project for its 2026 Digital Design Weekend, a 3-day programme of installations, workshops and performances held last September 18–20. It was also part of the London Design Festival programme and continued at the V&A afterward.
AI used
Generative AI/image models are confirmed, but no specific model or platform is provided.
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