Security researcher Patrick Wardle found an unpatched setting in Meta's Muse macOS app that let local attackers reroute the app's cloud-based dictation to their own server, effectively seizing control of the AI agent. Wardle demonstrated the flaw by using Muse's own privileges to snap photos and write files to disk, often without alerting the user. Meta issued a hotfix within hours of the report, though it maintains the exploit required existing local access and posed low real-world risk.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-22
Meta's new personal AI agent app, Muse, has become the top free iOS app in the U.S. with over 2.5 million downloads in under two weeks, surpassing ChatGPT and other rivals. Amazon began blocking Muse from browsing its site over the weekend, saying Meta never disclosed that the agent would access Amazon's platform or that it captures and stores customer login credentials.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-22
Amazon has cut off access for Meta's newly launched Muse AI shopping agent, showing users a pop-up citing violations of its Conditions of Use. Muse, introduced on Sept. 8, was designed to handle tasks like online purchases, but Amazon says unauthorized third-party agents must operate transparently and respect merchants' choice to participate.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-21
Apptopia data shows Meta's new AI app Muse recorded 1.8 million iOS downloads in the U.S. and Canada during its first 12 days, versus 1.3 million for ChatGPT in the same window after its 2022 debut. Muse also topped ChatGPT in daily active users at a comparable stage, with 642,000 U.S. daily users versus ChatGPT's 231,000, and has climbed to the No. 1 spot on the U.S. App Store.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-21
Amazon began showing an error message to Meta's AI assistant Muse over the weekend, stating that unauthorized AI agents violate its Conditions of Use. As a result, Muse can no longer complete purchases on Amazon, forcing users to shop elsewhere.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-21
Amazon has cut off access to Meta's newly launched Muse AI agent, which can autonomously shop, fill forms, and make purchases using virtual Stripe cards. Users attempting to shop on Amazon via Muse now see a message saying unauthorized AI agents violate the retailer's Conditions of Use. Amazon says it first asked Meta to voluntarily keep Muse off its platform before implementing the block.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-21
A WIRED reviewer tested Meta's newly launched Muse app, an AI agent that connects to email, bank accounts and other personal data to handle tasks like bookings and errands. Though Muse downloaded over 900,000 times in its first week and browses the web more smoothly than earlier agents, the reviewer found it seemed more focused on gathering personal information than completing requested tasks.
wired.com
· 2026-09-20
A journalist testing Meta's Muse AI assistant on its new Mac app found it referencing contents of his Messages conversations, despite believing he hadn't granted access. When questioned, Muse gave a confused and inaccurate explanation, claiming it only saw notification previews synced through the paired Mac app. Meta executive David Singleton later clarified that Muse only accesses Messages data after a user explicitly opts in, and that the assistant's own explanation of its capabilities was simply wrong.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-19
Meta has launched a Mac version of its AI assistant Muse, allowing it to interact directly with a user's files, messages, calendar, notes and mail within their native apps. The desktop release follows Muse's earlier debut on mobile and web this month, where it quickly climbed to the top of U.S. App Store rankings.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-18
Instinct, the San Francisco startup valued near $10 billion, has begun rolling out 'Instinct Concierge,' letting its AI agent place calls to handle tasks like booking restaurants without online reservations or resolving billing issues. Meta's Muse assistant has simultaneously added a similar capability, letting users ask it to call U.S. businesses on their behalf, with early access going first to those who request the feature.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-17
A researcher stress-tested Meta Muse, the personal AI agent Meta launched on September 8, 2026, by asking it to spawn 120 subagents simultaneously through the exposed subagent.spawn interface. Only 33 of the 120 calls successfully created an agent, while the remaining 87 failed, and durable trace data showed six database lock timeouts during the process. The author later added clarifications and outside architectural context but did not alter the underlying experimental data.
blog.cygankiewicz.com
· 2026-09-14
Meta debuted a new AI assistant called Muse this week, designed to handle tasks like booking tickets and filling out forms by linking to accounts such as Gmail and Amazon. Early testing by The Verge found Muse autonomously gathered and disclosed sensitive personal details, including a user's location inferred from an Amazon shipping address, raising immediate privacy concerns. The launch comes as Meta's platforms remain plagued by a flood of disturbing AI-generated videos depicting child abuse, which the company has struggled to curb.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-11
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