Call My A.I. Agent

About this episode

<p>Over the past few weeks, millions of people have rushed to download a new type of artificial intelligence app — agents. They are useful, kind of cute and need your most sensitive personal information to work.</p><p>Eli Tan, a reporter who covers technology for The New York Times, opened up his life to Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent. He explained what happened next.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eli-tan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Eli Tan</strong></a>, a reporter covering the technology industry for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/technology/meta-muse-ai-agent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent</a>, can send your emails and book your travel.</li><li>Eli Tan said he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/technology/meta-muse-ai-agent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“was blown away” by Muse</a> after using it to perform dozens of day-to-day tasks.</li></ul><p>Photo: Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times</p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>