OpenAI Dot vs Meta Muse: two agent philosophies
TechNews compared the new AI agents from OpenAI and Meta. OpenAI's Dot targets work scenarios and is built on the GPT-6 Astra model; each Dot gets its own cloud compute and browser, can run multiple projects at once, and connects to more than 4,000 app plugins plus platforms such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. The report says Dot is expensive and gated: individuals need at least the $100-per-month Pro 100 plan, Business Premium costs $100–125 per user per month, and it is currently available only to eligible users outside the EEA, Switzerland and the UK. Meta's Muse is positioned as a personal life assistant that handles email, restaurant bookings, form filling, price comparison and online shopping, supporting Gmail, Google Calendar, OpenTable, Instacart, Expedia and Shopify; it runs on a dedicated, isolated cloud virtual machine and always asks for user authorization before sensitive actions such as sending mail or making payments. Muse offers a free tier with usage limits plus $20 and $100 paid tiers, and has launched first in the US and Canada.
Two major vendors are pushing agents from chat to task completion, and their pricing, availability and permission models offer an early read on how enterprise and consumer agent strategies diverge.