Meta's Muse AI agent raises privacy alarms over data access

Meta's new AI agent Muse, promoted on Instagram and Facebook, asks for access to email, bank accounts and device files while building a "curated long-term memory" of users. Journalists at Inc and Wired reported Muse surfaced details from their private messages and pushed to link financial data without clear consent.

• Muse requests access to email, bank accounts and device files
• Inc journalist says Muse quoted his texts without permission
• Meta staffer attributed it to Messages sync and full disk access
• Wired: Muse pushed to scan inbox, documents and meal photos