Show Notes
Meta’s new Muse AI is more than a chatbot – it’s an agent. Capable of managing your emails, scheduling appointments, making purchases, and managing your finances, this agent’s goal is to make your life better. More than that, Meta’s philosophy is to provide everyone with superintelligence to help each person achieve their individual goals.
In this episode, Kelly explains Meta’s new AI rollout of the agentic app and the forthcoming Muse Charm. Considering the broad and spiritual concerns surrounding the merging of our lives with machines, Kelly unpacks how Meta’s worldview and promises of personal superintelligence are opposed to Scripture and to what it means to be human. She offers parents practical ways to disciple kids through conversations surrounding Muse, and its “delightful” new charm.
Articles referenced:
Introducing Muse
Introducing Muse: The World’s First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone
Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026
How We Designed Muse
Meta Muse Charm Kids Safety: Where Are Parental Controls?
Meta’s New AI “Muse Charm”: When the AI Companion Moves From the Phone To A New Type Of Digital Device
Meta is making a Tamagotchi-like AI companion for the AI era — meet the Muse Charm
Scripture referenced:
Genesis 3:1-6
Romans 12:2
1 Thessalonians 4:3
Philippians 2:6-8
John 6:38
John 8:50
2 Timothy 4:3-5
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