Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

Muse have had to change their social media handles to make way for Meta’s new AI tool.

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The AI assistant, which was rolled out in the United States this week, is designed to assist users with everyday tasks including responding to emails, making schedules, and converting long-term goals into action plans.

Some fans have pointed out the irony of the switch, given Matt Bellamy‘s penchant for dystopian lyrics, with their albums ‘Simulation Theory‘ and ‘Drones‘ including references to algorithms and technology taking over.

Muse have not commented publicly on the change in username. NME has approached the band for a response.

does it ever drive you crazyjust how fast the night changes.

NME gave Muse’s latest album ‘The Wow! Signal’ four stars, noting: “In rekindling their own purpose, the Teignmouth trio have delivered undoubtedly their most consistent and satisfying album since ‘Black Holes & Revelations’ – doubling up as either a knowing gift to the fans or at least a response to any concerns that Muse had long disappeared too far up their own supermassive blackholes.

Look up to the sky with a sigh of relief or a simple ‘wow’.”.

Bellamy also recently told NME that the album found him leaning into “the unknown” after a difficult personal period and split from his wife, saying: “I can’t live without music – that feeling came back to me on this album.”.

The interview also saw Bellamy look back on the ’00s guitar rock scene and share plans for “building a spaceship” for their upcoming UK and European arena tour.

Muse will bring their ‘The Wow! Signal’ to the UK and Europe this autumn, including two nights at Manchester’s Co-op Live on November 12 and 13, and two London shows at The O2 on November 15 and 16.

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