The band Muse has surrendered its Instagram and X handles to Meta after the release of its new AI agent, Muse.

The English rock band Muse has been renamed on Instagram and X from “Muse” to “museband.”

Despite the band Muse having had its Instagram account since 2012 and its X account since 2008, it has seemingly surrendered the handle to Mark Zuckerberg’s newest AI agent.

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[–] 14 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

It is so odd that everybody seems to dump on facebook (and rightly so), but everybody is still using instagram, perhaps even more than ever.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    This is hilarious.

    I bet Muse got paid. If I were in the band I'd say absolutely sell the thing- the Muse AI thing is going to crash and burn anyway so might as well get paid especially if they're too dumb to realize MuseAI would be a better handle anyway.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 hours ago

    Congratulations Zuck! You locked down the rights to another metaverse! Everyone knows how crucial the metaverse is in their daily lives.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

    Here's an idea, stop using Instagram and it will die.

    Come at me.

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  • [–] 1 point 58 minutes ago

    Sure if hundreds of millions stop using it. But convincing the uncritical masses to stop using it is a fruitless endeavour. Not to mention all the racists and homophobes and attention seekers it seems to attract.

    And for me it's my only way of communicating with many of my friends

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  • [–] 22 points 6 hours ago

    I'm starting to see the benefits of these federated services

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  • [–] 14 points 6 hours ago* (3 children)

    Just fucking ewww why they need to use and taint such general words with their filthy hands.

    Capitalism and capitalists are the root of all evil. In socialist country it would be called "Yopeaiag 242" and be perfectly fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I couldn't find anything "Yopeaiag 242," where is that from?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago*

    "YOur PErsonal AI AGent". There used to be a rather pragmatic / stupid way of naming things by composing their descriptions in some socialist states.

    Basically just random. It doesn't have to sound great. Not everything needs to or should be marketed as something deeply amazing and awesome.

    I wish we'd see the kind of enthusiasm of fuckai but against advertising and marketing. I believe it should be made illegal outside of product review shows. Consumerism promotes extinction.

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  • [–] 43 points 9 hours ago (12 children)

    "Your personal AI agent that gets things done" must be this year's most uttered phrase.
    I've yet to see it amount to much.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 child)

    My work said last month that we need to use more AI. This week, they said to use the cheapest model and be more conservative. They also say to not trust the output without verifying it. Okay, then, wouldn't it be faster if I just did the work myself? And more accurate.

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  • [–] 27 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    You know who else gets things done? Me. I do them for myself, because I'm a functioning adult.

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    [–] 56 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

    Probably Meta paid them off. I bet the band wasn't even involved, probably Meta negotiated with the marketing division of the record label.

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  • [–] 246 points 15 hours ago (33 children)

    "Surrendered" is only applicable if the band had a choice.

    Remember folks, calling out shitty wording is necessary to defeat propoganda.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago*

    I bet they got paid, but don’t want to disclose that. I hope it was enough to be worth it, and would be hilarious if they announced leaving the platform after the checks clear, but they probably won’t.

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    [–] 23 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

    I never realized how crooked Zuck's nose is.

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    [–] 168 points 16 hours ago (15 children)

    Not to defend rich people, but the dude who had X since the beginning of time just had it taken from him. I assume the same thing happened here. They just woke up and were suddenly muse band. Mostly because I dont see Meta or any tech company ever asking for shit nowadays. Just smash and grab.

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    [–] 16 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    This is what you get when you use their platform. If muse and others used something they could control with their identity this wouldn't be a problem.

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