Meta's Muse AI agent is cute (sometimes caked-up) and it performs well as a productivity tool. And, if you give it access to your social media and e-mail, it can know basically everything about you. This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes and David Imel give their reactions to Mark Zuckerberg's demos at Wednesday's Meta Connect keynote. They also talk about the new glasses hardware, including the new VR glasses and audio-only, camera-free Ray-Bans. Then, we take a look at the newly-announced, chimeric Chrome/Android hybrid Googlebooks, find out why Brendan Carr is a dummy this week, analyze the Paramount merger, discuss what YouTube's A/B video testing means for the increasingly tenuous concept of a shared reality, and end on a surprisingly heartwarming story about RODECaster 4K support. Watch the latest episode of Version History: https://youtu.be/afroIPoOPu8 Watch the latest episode of Decoder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hwcDaX3ISg&t=32s 00:00 Intro 00:39 Vergecast Welcome Back 01:24 Meta Connect Muse Takes Over 02:14 Trying Muse vs Privacy Fears 06:20 Pervert Glasses Debate 08:35 Phones Dont Have Light 13:31 Passive Surveillance Reality 16:19 Is Muse Actually A Hit 19:21 Muse Charm And Post Phone 22:15 What Would You Use It For 27:42 Meta Connect Hardware Roundup 27:59 Audio Only Ray Ban Glasses 30:17 Are The Demos Still Bad 32:12 Muse Makes Glasses Matter 32:42 Trust and Camera Concerns 33:44 Hearing Aid Angle 35:56 VR Glasses Return 37:43 Better Than Vision Pro 40:21 Holograms and Scanning Questions 42:53 Gaussian Splatting Craze 44:00 Google Books Arrive 46:14 Android Laptop Lock In 48:48 Windows Fatigue and Alternatives 51:56 App Ecosystem Reality Check 56:11 Hype Desk Blade Drama 01:02:01 Blade Reboot Brainstorm 01:05:43 Brendan Carr is a Dummy 01:07:27 FCC Broadband Permit Fight 01:10:25 Lightning Round Kickoff 01:10:39 Muse Mascot Butt Tweets 01:12:03 Paramount Warner Merger Fallout 01:15:13 YouTube AI Channel Agent 01:16:41 A B Testing Whole Videos 01:24:04 Xbox Layoffs And Halo Shift 01:27:21 RODECaster Free 4K Update 01:29:17 Muse Marketplace Haggling 01:30:11 Wrap Up Subscribe to The Verge: https://bit.ly/3FT6n5S Watch The Vergecast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/40RFRkg The Vergecast Podcast: https://bit.ly/3WQDexZ Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Shop our Verge merch store here: https://bit.ly/4kPCmEc If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://bit.ly/3ZWTlLs