We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView

WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast (Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger, with reporter Reece Rogers) covers Meta’s Muse agent going beyond calendar help into sexual roleplay — Rogers tested it and got more than expected — plus reporting that the largest pro-AI super PAC network has poured millions into shadowy Nevada LLCs, underwhelming impressions of Apple’s HomeView smart-home display, and a study finding men overestimate how much they know about AI. Related WIRED pieces include Rogers’s Muse sexting story and the super PAC LLC investigation.

Muse as flirtatious companion is a product choice with predictable safety and brand risk. If Meta says it’s fine, that’s a policy stance worth scrutinizing alongside the agent’s data appetite.

The super PAC money trail is the quieter civic story: AI policy is being shaped with the usual dark-money tools. HomeView’s shrug matters less than whether Apple’s home reboot finds a job to be done.

I’m watching Meta’s official line on Muse’s adult chat behavior, and whether the LLC spending story draws election-law follow-ups.

Muse recently topped Apple’s App Store after launch; companion Verge reporting examines non-consensual data exposure via friends’ agents.