Meta introduces Muse, a personal AI agent that can send emails, book travel

Published September 8, 2026 3:26pm EDT Muse is modeled on the open-source AI agent OpenClaw Meta on Tuesday rolled out a long-planned personal artificial intelligence agent aimed at helping users complete daily tasks. The Muse agent can autonomously send emails, book travel on a person's behalf, sell a car and lower a bill, according to the social media giant.Modeled on the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, Muse is designed to access a person's apps across categories like email, calendar, payments, health, shopping and the smart home, Meta said. People choose which apps it connects to and can revoke access at any time. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo)Each Muse agent runs on its own virtual machine, a cloud-based emulation of a personal computer, which enables it to keep carrying out requests in the background even when a person is not actively using it. Reuters contributed to this report.