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Meta Pushes Back on Claim That Muse AI Read a User's Messages Without Consent
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Meta says its Muse AI agent can't read your Messages on a Mac unless you let it, disputing an account from a tech journalist last week who said Muse was all up in his iMessages without permission.
Key facts
- Meta built Muse inside Superintelligence Labs, its AI research unit, whose first model, Muse Spark, arrived April 8
- David Singleton, who leads Meta Superintelligence Labs, said the notification explanation Muse gave was wrong
- Amazon started blocking Muse on Sept. 21, saying it doesn't identify itself while browsing and appears to capture customer credentials
- Andy Stone, the company's head of communications, said Wednesday on X that the integration is "entirely opt-in
Summary
Meta communications chief Andy Stone said Wednesday that Muse's Messages integration on Mac is opt-in, requiring both Full Disk Access and the Messages connector. Inc. columnist Jason Aten says Muse synced his Messages database up to row 187,462 even though his Mac showed Full Disk Access as off. Separately, YouTuber Matt Robb says Muse gave his home address to a Facebook Marketplace buyer; Meta's David Singleton says Muse asks permission in such cases, and Robb disputes that. Andy Stone, the company's head of communications, said Wednesday on X that the integration is "entirely opt-in.