# Meta's Muse Spies on Friends and Family

> Meta's AI agent Muse secretly tracks users' friends and family without consent.
- Title: Meta's Muse Spies on Friends and Family · Futurism | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: meta, muse, privacy, friends, family, surveillance, science, technology, Meta's, Spies, Futurism
- Source: Futurism — https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-muse-surveillance-privacy-friends-family
- Author: Joe Wilkins
- Published: 2026-10-06T18:59:47+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: meta, muse, ai, privacy, friends, family, surveillance, science, technology
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Meta's Muse AI collects detailed data on users' friends and family, raising significant privacy concerns.