Meta AI moves beyond chat with Muse Spark 1.1

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Meta is upgrading its AI assistant with calendar access, guided research and recurring-task automation, powered by its Muse Spark 1.1 model. The features are initially rolling out through the Meta AI app and website in selected markets, with expansion to services including WhatsApp expected later.

This change matters because Meta AI is moving beyond answering questions and generating content. It can now use contextual information to plan events, prepare daily briefings, search for products or restaurants, and organise web research into reports, presentations or action plans.

Meta describes the release as its ‘next step towards personal superintelligence’. The practical shift is less grandiose but more immediate: users should need fewer prompts to complete multi-stage tasks, while retaining the ability to redirect the assistant during its response.

Muse Spark 1.1 is designed to decide when software automation is faster and when direct interface interaction is more appropriate. Meta says the model can ‘write scripts when automation is faster’ and use on-screen controls for simpler actions.

Meta’s own evaluation also shows why agentic systems require layered safeguards. On the Poly-Guard cyber benchmark, the model recorded an 11.2% attack-success rate in multi-turn tests; system defences reduced that figure to 6.9%. Meta recommends strict tool allowlists, workspace isolation and application-level protections for deployments using the model.

For users and businesses, the deciding issue will not be how many tasks Meta AI can start, but how reliably it completes them without overreaching. Calendar, email and marketplace integrations make the assistant more useful. They also make transparent permissions, confirmation steps and easy revocation essential.