Meta announces Muse Gadgets, providing an open source ESP32 microchip firmware and a Linux SDK to let users bring Muse to their hardware, like Raspberry Pi 5 (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta is opening up its Muse platform with open-source ESP32 firmware and a Linux SDK, which could accelerate experimentation and ecosystem adoption by letting organizations and developers run Muse on their own hardware, including Raspberry Pi-class devices. For CIOs, the strategic implication is a shift toward more flexible, developer-driven edge AI deployments—but also greater responsibility for governance, security review, and device lifecycle management as employees and teams experiment with nonstandard AI-enabled hardware.