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A single design deep-dive leads today's edition: Meta's design director explains how the company built Muse, an AI agent meant to work for both casual and technical users.

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Meta design director explains how Muse was built for all users

Alex Cornell, Design Director at Meta, explains on the How I AI podcast how Muse was built as a consumer AI agent with a messaging-style interface, progressive disclosure of agent status, and generative UI within stable primitives, demoing personal uses like organizing Instagram saves and tracking golf.

Why it mattersIt shows how Meta is positioning Muse as a mainstream consumer agent, with design choices that matter for anyone tracking how AI assistants move beyond technical users.

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