The Verge: Meta's Muse AI agent harvests users' friends' data without consent

The Verge criticized Meta's Muse AI agent for requesting access to bank accounts, passwords, contacts and chats, then collecting data on everyone the user communicates with without their consent. Researchers found Muse updates profiles of each person in a user's circle hourly. Meta says data access is opt-in, but users already report leaked addresses and messages.

• Muse downloaded millions of times, hit No. 1 on Apple's App Store
• Muse requests access to bank accounts, passwords and chat logs
• Researchers: profiles of a user's contacts update hourly
• Meta says access is opt-in, but users report data leaks