Meta wants you to build your own Muse AI gadgets
Meta just open-sourced its Muse AI SDK, letting developers build custom AI agent hardware using off-the-shelf parts like Raspberry Pi and ESP32 boards. Suggested DIY builds include color E Ink reminder displays and portable touchscreens. Meta is also giving away 5,000 units of its pre-built Muse Home Link smart controller to jumpstart home automation use cases.
What you can build
Meta’s newly open-sourced Muse AI SDK lets you hook its Muse AI agent into off-the-shelf maker hardware. If you have an ESP32 board or a Raspberry Pi lying around on your workbench, you can wire it up to screens, buttons, sensors, and actuators to build your own physical AI gadgets.
Meta suggested a few DIY ideas, like a color E Ink display for ambient reminders, an HDMI stick to bring Muse to a TV, or a mini touchscreen device resembling a DIY charm. Though Meta cautions hardware hackers to proceed at their own risk.
For those who prefer plug-and-play, Meta Superintelligence Labs’ Nat Friedman confirmed they manufactured 5,000 units of a pre-built gadget called Muse Home Link. It uses community-made skills to control lights, TVs, and printers, and Meta is giving them away via a waitlist ahead of shipping this month.
Why it matters
This is a fun weekend project for tinkerers and makers with spare boards in their desk drawers. Rather than forcing developers to write custom glue code to connect microcontrollers to agents, Meta is handing over the scaffolding directly.
Giving away 5,000 finished units is a classic developer play to kickstart an ecosystem of community skills. If you already own a Raspberry Pi or ESP32, it is worth grabbing the SDK and seeing what kind of weird desk assistant you can cobble together.
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