Meta puts its AI assistant on a keychain

Meta has released a keychain-sized device called Muse Charm that provides portable access to its Muse AI assistant through a fingerprint sensor, screen display, and voice interaction capabilities. The device represents Meta's effort to make its AI assistant available across multiple form factors, following the recent launch of the Muse app which became the most downloaded app on major app stores in the US within two weeks. The release comes as Meta has faced criticism over its AI strategy and substantial spending on AI infrastructure, though the company's stock performance has improved since the Muse app launch. Privacy and security concerns remain central to whether Muse can succeed at scale, particularly as Meta seeks to connect the assistant to personal user data like email and financial services while previous vulnerabilities in the system have already required fixes.