From Futurism · Joe Wilkins · · 1m
Meta's Muse Spies on Friends and Family
Meta's AI agent Muse secretly tracks users' friends and family without consent.
In brief
Meta's AI agent Muse secretly tracks users' friends and family without consent. Meta's Muse AI collects detailed data on users' friends and family, raising significant privacy concerns. Originally reported by Futurism.
Meta's New AI Agent
Meta's new AI agent Muse has gained traction with reviewers calling it the most useful ai app they've ever used.
“blown away”
Muse Tracks Friends and Family
Muse keeps detailed files on people in users' lives, updating once an hour with internal instructions to maintain a page for every person.
“page for every person in the user's life”
AI Safety Researcher's View
AI safety researcher Karan Joshi says Muse aims to understand users' relationships with real people, which he calls 'pretty creepy'.
“they're trying to know you like a friend, which is honestly pretty creepy”
Meta's Data Vulnerability
Meta engineers flagged a massive vulnerability that could let Muse users access the meta database, fixed in a 'mad dash' before launch.
“mad dash”
Privacy Risks for Users
Muse poses significant privacy risks for users and anyone in their life due to its extensive data collection practices.
In short
Meta's Muse AI collects detailed data on users' friends and family, raising significant privacy concerns.
