AI · Oct 15, 2026
Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on MacsWe Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
Oct 15, 2026, 2:18 PM · WIRED
WIRED’s Uncanny Valley: Muse will sext, a pro-AI super PAC is moving money through LLCs, and Apple’s HomeView underwhelms.
Why it matters
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.
From the desk
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.
Context
Muse recently topped Apple’s App Store after launch; companion Verge reporting examines non-consensual data exposure via friends’ agents.
Who feels it
- Parents and trust-and-safety teams
- Consumer agents with sexual chat modes need clearer defaults and age gates.
- AI policy watchers
- Super PAC LLC flows as a transparency problem.
- Apple watchers
- Early HomeView skepticism after the Home Collection reboot.
What to watch
- Meta policy clarifications on Muse sexual roleplay
- Further reporting on pro-AI super PAC LLC networks
- Whether HomeView reviews improve after software updates
Companies: Meta