Verge deep dive: Muse is Zuckerberg's latest bid to reinvent Meta despite safety and privacy baggage
haydenfield · x · 2026-09-22
A Verge investigation by Hayden Field, Mia Sato, Victoria Song and Lauren Feiner examines Muse, Zuckerberg's latest AI-powered push to reinvent Meta — asking whether a company synonymous with safety and privacy debacles can become the AI voice in everyone's ear. Citing current and former employees and lawsuit exhibits, it revisits 2021 WhatsApp messages where Zuckerberg privately acknowledged he was more focused on the metaverse than child safety, tracing the long arc from 'pervert glasses' controversies and thousands of lawsuits to the current AI rebrand.
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