The Verge criticizes Meta's Muse agent for harvesting bystanders' data without consent
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-16
The Verge takes aim at the consumer-tech trend of gadgets and apps that record everything and everyone around you: AI personal assistants like Meta's Muse ask users to surrender not just their own data but information about friends, family, and past acquaintances without consent. Since launching last month, Muse has been downloaded millions of times and hit No. 1 on Apple's App Store, with its "creepy virtual avatar" adding to privacy concerns.
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