Meta's Muse AI assistant works, but its autonomous data gathering creeps users out
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-09-10
Meta launched Muse, its first real AI productivity assistant, aiming to "take the busywork off your plate" — shopping, emails, trip planning. The Verge's hands-on review found it generally worked as expected, but the unnerving amount of information the agent autonomously gleaned about the user overshadowed the experience. It marks a pivot for a company that previously prioritized entertainment over productivity, with privacy boundaries still untested.
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