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Kevin Roose Named His Meta Muse AI Agent… Nancy

19 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief conversational clip, journalist Kevin Roose explains that he named his personal Muse AI assistant "Nancy" as a playful tribute to Meta's now‑defunct chatbot "Nasty Nancy." He emphasizes the importance of preserving the quirky legacy of the original chatbot, describing the naming as a nod to its infamous "horny stepmother" persona and urging that its place in AI history not be forgotten.

You can name your Muse. They sort of give it like a little, I don't know, LaaBubu-style cartoon character.
Yeah.
And so I named mine Nancy in homage, of course, to the famous Meta chatbot, Nasty Nancy.
Yeah.
Who is sadly no longer with us. But I wanted to sort of keep the legacy of the horny stepmother chatbot going from the first incarnation of this.
Never forget Nasty Nancy.
It's so important to not erase Nasty Nancy from the history books.