WIRED Hands-On: Meta's Muse AI Agent Is Better at Surveillance Than Getting Tasks Done
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-20
WIRED spent days with Meta's new personal AI agent Muse, which hit 900,000 downloads in its first week per Sensor Tower. The app texts like a friend, automates deals, bookings and inbox triage, and works through WhatsApp — but the review concludes it's more obsessed with harvesting data than completing tasks.
- Muse nudges users to connect bank accounts, email and even passport info; its avatar jokingly looks like it's scooping up your data
- Swedish privacy watchdogs are watching, and EU AI rules could curb the data collection practices
- Meta defends it as the first personal agent built for everyone with built-in protections and user controls
- It mainstreams the Silicon Valley agent trend popularized by tools like OpenClaw and Instinct
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