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c/technology · by Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7h

Meta's Muse personal agent is a hit, as AI commerce starts to take off

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-ai-agent-muse-shopping/

Meta's new personal artificial intelligence agent now sits atop Apple's App Store, ahead of No. 2 ChatGPT, as more consumers put their faith in AI to save them time and money — existential AI fears be damned.

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 7h (1 reply)

doubt

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 6h

Yeah... CBS really fellated them with this article

artyom@piefed.social · 24 pts · 7h (3 replies)

Seeing Meta release a new product and being crazy successful literally makes me sick. People say no one leaves Facebook because of the "network effect" but then a new product launches with no network at all and people are swarming to it. They just honestly don't give a single fuck about all the horrendous shit these companies do.

fta@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 5h (1 reply)

I’m with you, but if it’s any consolation…

Remember threads??

lol that had so much network effect hype around it. Dead after literally two weeks.

Like others are saying I suspect bulshit traffic for this. Most people I know use FB shit less and less so fingers crossed.

artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 4h

It's not dead. Still lots of high profile users there.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6h

It's probably mostly bot traffic and inflated numbers of ignorant people and racist boomers (just like Facebook is)

ICastFist@programming.dev · 22 pts · 7h (3 replies)

Funny, you'd expect this kind of thing to only be considered "a hit" if interest lasts more than a month, but gotta keep that bubble rolling, eh?

He expects more people to gravitate to AI shopping agents like Muse as they look to hand off cumbersome tasks, such as comparing deals across sites and tracking down products.

Because that was clearly impossible without AI. /s

In another sign of Muse's growing relevance, Amazon confirmed to CBS News that it has blocked the AI app from shopping on its e-commerce platform, citing security and user experience concerns.

Less "relevance" and more "fucking bots eating our bandwidth"

When it comes to shopping, the benefit for customers isn't just saving time; it's also about helping them find deals, Mercer said.

THANK GOD SUCKBERG WOULD NEVER USE A BLACK BOX LIKE THAT TO PUSH BULLSHIT "BEST OFFERS" FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER, RIGHT? RIGHT???

"People are still a little bit nervous about allowing AI agents to do the purchasing on their behalf,"

Noooooooo, you should totally trust AI with your credit card and bank info! Trust big brother!

cubism_pitta@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 6h

I may be missing something. I mainly buy tools and parts for things that I am repairing.

However, comparing products and learning about what I am going to buy is part of the fun of shopping for me.

Comparing products is very subjective and you have to learn about them to be able to understand and make comparisons in the first place.

I really wouldn't want an agent or a human doing it on my behalf as they don't understand my needs.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6h

Oh, Amazon just doesn't want Meta stealing its market share. They've been trying to shove Alexa down our throats for "help" while shopping on Amazon for a while now.

Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 6h

Apparently, people have a far different idea of what constitutes a 'cumbersome task' than I do. I mean, I'm pretty lazy, but bloody hell.

FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 7h

Gross.

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 6h

There's no worthwhile alternative to CBS for a story this astroturfed.

ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 10 pts · 6h

A hit with the 18 gazzilion bots they hire from an app launch farm to crank up those download numbers.

chamomile@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 4h

Since Meta unveiled Muse two weeks ago, the app has amassed more than 2.5 million downloads, according to Sensor Tower data shared with CBS News. By comparison, OpenAI's ChatGPT AI app had 3.1 million global downloads over the same time period
Uh, wouldn't an app naturally have a disproportionate number of downloads right after release? Being outpaced by its competitor's app that's been out for years now seems really bad for Muse/Meta here to me.

db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 4h

::: spoiler NSFW :::

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 4h

It's not stealing launch codes or large scale blackouts. The end of the world will be slow and dumb and this is part of it. It will happen in plain sight and we are watching it.