Meta’s Muse reportedly keeps files on everyone you love

Meta's new AI assistant, Muse, has gained significant popularity with over 5 million downloads in three weeks. However, a report from Wired and researcher Karan Joshi has raised concerns regarding the tool's privacy practices. The report claims that Muse creates detailed profiles for every person in a user's life, including family, friends, and colleagues, by scanning messages, photos, and interaction history. These profiles reportedly track personal details, relationship backstories, and even communication strategies. While Meta maintains that Muse only uses information that users have explicitly shared or granted access to, security experts warn about the risks of providing AI agents with broad system permissions. The controversy has prompted broader discussions about the security implications of AI assistants that require deep integration into personal data, with Apple reportedly considering changes to how it manages disk access permissions for such third-party tools.