Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar

Meta 公司周四宣布，其消费者 AI 智能体 Muse 的通话和视频聊天功能“Muse Voice”现已向美国所有用户开放。

Muse Voice, a feature that lets users call and video chat with Meta’s consumer AI agent, Muse, is now available to everyone in the U.S., the company announced on Thursday.

该视频聊天功能最初于 9 月在 Meta 的 Connect 开发者大会上发布，它采用了新的 AI 模型——Muse 实时头像（Muse Realtime Avatar）和 Muse 实时语音（Muse Realtime Voice）技术，用以驱动与用户进行对话的数字头像。

First introduced at Meta’s Connect developer conference in September, the video-chatting feature involves new AI models, Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice technology, which help power the digital avatar that chats with the user.

虽然其他 AI 竞争对手也提供语音聊天功能，但 Meta 的 Muse 提供了一个可爱的动画头像（绰号为 Jolly），用户在提问或要求其代办任务时可以与它互动。

While other AI competitors offer voice chat features, Meta’s Muse offers a cute, animated avatar (nicknamed Jolly), which users interact with as they ask questions or request tasks to be handled on their behalf.

用户还可以根据自己的喜好自定义头像，将其更改为看起来更像人、动物或其他角色的形象。

Users can also customize the avatar as they choose, changing it to something that looks more like a person, animal, or some other character.

该公司认为，以这种方式将 Muse 拟人化可以使消费者感到与他们的 AI 智能体联系更紧密——随着用户开始与它进行实时对话，这种联系可能会变得更加牢固。

The company believes that anthropomorphizing Muse in this way could make consumers feel more connected to their AI agent — a connection that could grow even stronger as they begin to engage in live conversations with it.

Meta 表示，当 Muse 头像说话时，它会使用与对话语气相匹配的“微妙表情和手势”。（Muse 实际上并不能“看到”用户，但它能听到用户的声音并根据对话内容做出反应。）

As the Muse avatar speaks, Meta says it will use “subtle expressions and gestures” that match the tone of the conversation. (Muse doesn’t actually “see” the user, but it hears them and reacts based on their conversations.)

此次推出的消息是通过博客文章以及 Meta 的 AI 首席官亚历山大·王（Alexandr Wang）在 X 平台上发布的，他分享了一段自己的 Muse 实际操作演示。

The news of the rollout was announced via blog post and on X by Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, who shared a demo of his Muse in action.

视频中，王开玩笑地提到了他喜欢在 X 上发布模因（meme），并告诉他的 Muse，这可能让他惹上了老板的麻烦。他的 Muse 是一个毛茸茸的白狗形象，回应建议他为那些可能被误解为 Meta 支持任何出格内容的模因添加免责声明。（哈哈！）

The video saw Wang joking around, referencing his love of posting memes on X, which he told his Muse may have gotten him in trouble with his boss. His Muse, a fluffy white dog, responds with a suggestion to add disclaimers to those memes that could be misinterpreted as Meta endorsing anything risqué. (Ha!)

此次增加对视频聊天和通话的支持，正值 Meta 计划在年底前为其 Muse AI 智能体推出一款类似电子宠物（Tamagotchi）的可穿戴设备之际。

The added support for video chats and calls comes just before Meta’s plan to launch a Tamagotchi-like wearable device for its Muse AI agent before year-end.

当设备上市时，数字头像将出现在其小屏幕上，让用户可以与智能体交谈，智能体随后可以回复或为他们执行任务。

When the device arrives, the digital avatar will appear on its small screen, letting users talk to the agent, which can then reply or carry out tasks for them.

Meta 表示，实时对话功能在移动端、网页端和 Mac 上均受支持，并将于稍后登陆其 AI 眼镜以及即将推出的“Muse Charm”硬件设备。

Meta says the real-time conversations are supported on mobile, web, and Mac and will later come to its AI Glasses and the upcoming “Muse Charm” hardware device.