Meta's Muse gives Zuckerberg another shot at building a real platform
THE SO WHAT
If Muse becomes the default agent layer across Meta’s surfaces, the real platform isn’t the model—it’s the distribution and identity graph wrapped around it. For builders, the question is whether you treat Meta as an acquisition channel for agents or as the primary runtime for your workflows.
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