Meta's Muse AI assistant prompts users to share personal and contacts' data for convenience

Meta's Muse, an AI personal assistant, has been downloaded millions of times and reached No. 1 on Apple's App Store, encouraging users to grant access to sensitive data including bank accounts, passwords, and chat logs. According to Meredith Whittaker of the Signal Foundation, these autonomous actions extend beyond the user to everyone they communicate with, based on intimate information like emails and contacts. Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts stated that Muse gathers context from public information and what users choose to share, while critics note the user interface is designed to encourage extensive data sharing.