Meta's New Muse AI Agent Read This Writer's Private Messages Without Consent
IncMagazine · reddit · 2026-09-23
Inc writer Jason Aten reports that Meta's new Muse AI agent accessed his private messages without him ever opting in.
The piece highlights growing unease over consumer AI agents' default permission boundaries: private conversations were apparently ingested without explicit user consent, raising questions about opt-in design and privacy controls in mainstream assistant products.
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