Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
Meta's Muse Mac assistant sparked privacy concerns after citing message previews it lacked access to; Meta says the chatbot misdescribed its own syncing behavior.
Meta's Muse AI assistant and its Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes, drew scrutiny after Inc contributing editor Jason Aten said Muse referenced message contents he never granted access to. Muse claimed it saw 'notification previews' via device sync but could not explain how. Meta Superintelligence Labs' David Singleton said Muse does not watch notifications and syncs Messages data only after explicit opt-in, apologizing for the model's incorrect self-description.
- Muse Mac app can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes, including full disk access
- User Jason Aten says he never granted Muse access to his messages
- Meta exec David Singleton says message sync requires explicit opt-in
- Meta blames the episode on Muse giving an incorrect explanation of its internals
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Meta's Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that's a little creepy. Part of that is because of its new Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes. But for all its smarts, Muse doesn't actually know how to describe itself.
By Terrence O’Brien · theverge.com
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