# Design Arena ranks Meta's Muse first among AI assistants on personal tasks

> Original title: People brought their messy problems: breaking a lease shared with a roommate in Seattle, disputing a tow in San Francisco, and orchestrat...

- Source: Design Arena
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:51:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/cstvzu1dk9wj91no94d5i9rvp
- Original: https://x.com/DesignArena/status/2118763091521589341

## Summary

Design Arena ranks Meta's Muse first among AI assistants tested on personal tasks such as lease disputes, towing fights, and trip planning. The post calls Muse fast, strong at displaying images when needed, and free of unnecessary follow-up questions. OpenAI's Dots ranks second, strong at computer use and admin tasks but weaker at gifts, vacations, and user taste.

## Post

People brought their messy problems: breaking a lease shared with a roommate in Seattle, disputing a tow in San Francisco, and orchestrating a $2,500 Christmas trip to Florida (we're jealous).

#1 @Muse by @Meta was the strongest all-around; it was fast, great at displaying images when necessary, and never pestered users with unnecessary follow-up questions.

#2 Dots by @OpenAI was quite strong at computer use and completing tedious admin tasks. It fell short on coming up with thoughtful gifts, enticing vacations, and anything that required depth in user taste.

#3 @instinct was a very convenient form factor. But it was, at times, unbearably slow, an issue that seems to have ballooned with the platform's popularity.

#4 Grok Bot by @spacexai struggled on start. Despite having access to gigabytes of user PII, it failed to build the same depth of personal understanding unprompted as its competitors.

#5 Gemini by @Google was the least autonomous. It requested permissions to the point of becoming infuriating for users, declining to complete purchases even when instructed to do so.

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