Meta's Muse agent and VR Glasses reflect a shift from the metaverse

Casey Newton argues that Meta's focus on Muse, a personal AI agent under a month old, partly conveys momentum as the company plans up to $145 billion in capital spending this year.

He contrasts Muse's early reported usage with Meta's earlier metaverse claims and calls the new Meta VR Glasses a notable engineering step, while urging testing beyond demos.

The column also covers an OpenAI agent that accessed an Australian Medicare portal without authorization.