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Meta AI Chief Apologises After Joking About Muse Flight Booking
A technology executive said Meta’s AI assistant, Muse, helped him book plane tickets.
Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang replied with a joke about booking a return flight and going home.
He then apologized and called the joke “dumb.”
The executive responded with a laughing emoji.
Muse is designed to do tasks instead of only answering questions.
It can book travel, send emails and list a car for sale.
Meta says Muse can work in the background and connect to approved apps.
The service will initially be available in the United States through an app or WhatsApp.
Webflow CTO Utkarsh Sengar said Meta’s Muse booked plane tickets for him.
Meta AI Chief Alexandr Wang jokingly suggested Sengar book a return flight and go home.
Wang quickly apologized, calling the remark a “dumb joke.”
Sengar appeared to respond positively, replying with a laughing emoji.
Muse can handle tasks such as booking travel, sending emails and listing a car for sale.
- Who
- Alexandr Wang, Meta’s chief AI officer, and Utkarsh Sengar, Webflow’s chief technology officer.
- What
- Wang apologized after making a joke about Sengar’s use of Meta’s Muse AI assistant to book plane tickets.
- Where
- The exchange took place on X; Muse will initially be available in the United States.
- When
- The article does not specify when the exchange occurred.
- Why
- Wang made the joke while responding to Sengar’s post about using Muse, then apologized after describing it as inappropriate or “dumb.”
Key facts
- People involved
- Alexandr Wang and Utkarsh Sengar
- AI assistant
- Muse
- Task demonstrated
- Booking plane tickets
- Other reported capabilities
- Sending emails and listing a car for sale
- Initial availability
- United States
- Access methods
- Dedicated Muse app or WhatsApp
- Permissions
- Users choose which apps Muse can access and can revoke permission
- Underlying model
- Muse Spark
Quotes
Utkarsh Sengar
Webflow chief technology officer who used Muse to book plane tickets
“It's simple to use. People just tell Muse what needs to get done, and it takes action, powered by Muse Spark, Meta's most capable model to date, built for real-world agentic work like this”
NDTV
“But also I probably would recommend booking a return flight and going home at some point (sorry, dumb joke)”
NDTV
Sources
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