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AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

Instinct & Meta Muse Are AI Agents That Can Run Your Life. We Let One Try.

Sep 18, 2026 · 48m

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AI news this week: Personal AI agents like Instinct and Meta's Muse now book your repairs, make your calls and talk to other agents. We let one into our life. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into the week personal AI agents got real. Gavin has been living with Instinct, the viral assistant that just raised a ton on money while still in private testing. It works over text, WhatsApp and now actual phone calls, people are using it to schedule dryer repairs, and this week a stranger's Instinct asked to talk to Gavin's Instinct. It also handed out Kevin's personal info by default because it was a lil over-eager, which is where Kevin's finger wag (and the terms of…