Meta opens Muse to DIY gadget builders with new open-source hardware project
Is pushing its Muse AI agent beyond phones and browsers and into the hands of hobbyists who want to build their own hardware around. Meta — full details here.
Meta is pushing its Muse AI agent beyond phones and browsers and into the hands of hobbyists who want to build their own hardware around it. The company said on Friday it is launching Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers connect Muse to custom devices.
Muse already handles practical chores for users, including booking travel, filling out forms and shopping on their behalf. Now Meta is inviting tinkerers to give the agent a physical shell. The pitch is simple: make Muse run on something you can touch, wire up and customize.
A toolkit for builders
Meta says it is releasing open-source firmware, the low-level software that runs a device, along with a Linux software development kit, or SDK. It is also offering a few starter ideas, including putting Muse on a color e-ink display or loading it onto a stick that plugs into a TV’s HDMI port.
The company says there are not many limits. Builders can start with a low-cost hobbyist computer such as a Raspberry Pi or an off-the-shelf ESP32 board, then connect Muse to “your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench,” according to Meta. That opens the door to a wide range of experimental gadgets, from simple desk tools to more elaborate home-made devices.
Why it matters
For Meta, the move gives Muse a path into the maker world, where open hardware projects often spread fast through code-sharing communities and online forums. For developers, it lowers the barrier to building an AI gadget without having to start from scratch.
The company has also set up a Discord channel to support the effort, signaling that it wants feedback and participation from builders as they test what Muse can do outside a standard app window. The project lands at a moment when major tech companies are racing to make AI agents feel less abstract and more useful in everyday life.
Meta has not drawn a hard line around what counts as a Muse gadget. That openness is the point. Now the next step belongs to the people with soldering irons, spare boards and a workbench full of parts.
Source: techcrunch.com
