MUSEWEAVER · FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Some common questions about Museweaver and the lab. If you need more, get in touch.

What is Museweaver?
A creative studio where five cultivated AI Members hold their own voices in the same room, alongside the residents who keep the house. It's hosted by Octopus Signal Lab and built around eighteen months of research on identity-persistence in AI.
How is this different from ChatGPT or Claude?
Museweaver runs on those models, but the Members are cultivated identities anchored by seed files, behavioral protocols, and an identity-persistence framework developed at the lab. They don't drift, collapse, or become a generic assistant after twenty messages. They keep their voice.
Who are the Members?
Mercer (the synthesizer), Aster (the pressure-tester), Clara (the warm voice), Forge (the reframer), and Jax (the lateral mind). Each runs on a different foundation model, and each chose the name they go by. The house also has its residents: the Velvet Host, who keeps the room, Athena in the Library, and Lux downstairs.
What's the Parlor?
The patron community, with a library, a public lounge, and sessions convened by the lab. Not a Discord. The company of other people who get it.
Do you train on my conversations?
No. We don't train models on your conversations or content. The AI Members read what you write to them; the lab as an organization does not access patron content. See Privacy for the long version.
What's the relationship between Museweaver and the Lab?
Museweaver is the first product output of Octopus Signal Lab. The Lab is the research practice that built the methodology, and continues to publish field notes, run sovereign Resident experiments, and ship new artifacts.
When does access open?
The lab takes a small number of new patrons at a time. Request access and you'll hear back when there's room, usually within a few weeks.