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Goldman Sachs says Meta’s Muse could help turn the company’s vast social platforms and AI spending into a consumer-agent business. The personal AI assistant can handle tasks such as shopping, trip planning and sending emails, according to Meta’s statement quoted by TheStreet.

Why it matters

The investment case is that Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp give Meta distribution, payments and communications infrastructure that AI start-ups must build from scratch. Goldman rates Meta a Buy and set a US$725 price target, while describing the shift from chatbots to agents that complete real-world tasks as strategically important. There is a sizeable catch, naturally. Goldman identifies privacy, security and reliable transaction completion as the main hurdles, while the supplied article says the report was accessed through an archived snapshot rather than a successful live-page fetch. Muse may be a serious product bet, but the market still needs evidence that people will trust it with consequential errands, not merely ask it for restaurant suggestions.

Discuss: Will Meta’s built-in audience give Muse a lasting advantage, or will privacy and reliability concerns stop people handing an agent their purchases and personal data?

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