Meta built a tiny AI pet device you can wear

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has introduced something unexpected: a tiny wearable device that works like the Tamagotchi toys many people played with in the 1990s. This new gadget is designed to run Muse, Meta's AI agent — an artificial intelligence assistant that can help you with tasks and answer questions.

Think of an AI agent as a smart helper that can understand what you need and take actions on your behalf. Unlike a chatbot (a simple text-based conversation tool), an AI agent can actually do things — like send messages, search for information, or organize your schedule. Muse is Meta's version of this kind of helpful AI.

The wearable device gives Muse a physical home that fits in your pocket or on your wrist, making it easy to carry around and interact with your AI assistant throughout the day. It's a creative approach that brings back nostalgia from the Tamagotchi era while introducing cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. For everyday users, this means the potential to have an AI helper that's always with you — though it remains to be seen how practical and useful such a device will actually be in real life.