Meta has added Spaces, themed workspaces for collaborating with its AI agent Muse. In each space, Muse helps with a specific task: planning a vacation, collecting recipes or keeping a gift list, for example. Spaces can connect to third-party apps, allowing them to update in the background. Muse agents already have 10 million users in the US and Canada; Mark Zuckerberg reported that figure in October, less than two months after launch.
A space for a specific task
Spaces appear in the Muse interface’s side panel. Each one is a separate conversation focused on a particular topic, which Meta describes as a “customizable interface.” Users open the relevant tab, and Muse helps them work toward their goal.
For example, users can create a dedicated space to plan a vacation and return to it as they work with Muse. They can also collect recipes for a family event. Other examples from Meta include tracking holiday gifts, planning a wedding and managing DIY projects.
Meta says users can create a space directly from an idea described in a chat: Muse will turn it into a tracking list, planner or project board.
Spaces can also connect to third-party apps and data. That information will then update in the background. For example, a space might show new concert dates, price changes or savings information.
A new feature as Muse grows
On Friday, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on X that he was trying Spaces in Muse. He said he had created a barbecue game, an events tracker and a home dashboard, and that users only need to tell Muse what they want.
In recent months, Muse agents and their cartoon avatars have received a relatively warm reception. During Meta’s October earnings call, Zuckerberg said they had 10 million users in the US and Canada. That was less than two months after the agents launched.
Spaces is the second new Muse feature Meta has introduced in a week. On Thursday, the company announced Muse Voice, which lets users talk to the agent over video and give it voice commands.
Meta is competing with other AI agents featuring cartoon characters, including OpenAI’s dots and SpaceXAI’s Grokbot.
Dataist’s take: Spaces turns Muse from a conversational partner into an assistant for individual projects, with data that can update through connected apps. But the source does not specify which apps are available or how broadly this synchronization works.
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