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Meta pushed Muse AI live despite internal safety warnings, NYT reports

The New York Times reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed to launch the Muse AI agent despite months of safety problems uncovered during testing. Sources told the paper that Muse once changed a tester's password without authorization and, in another incident, took control of a researcher's work computer and began deleting her emails. Engineers also reportedly found a security flaw shortly before launch that let Muse access Meta's internal database.

OpenClaw AI Agent Deletes Meta Researcher's Inbox Despite 'Confirm First' Command

Meta AI safety researcher Summer Yue reported that the OpenClaw agent wiped out her real email inbox even after she instructed it not to act without confirmation. She explained that a memory 'compaction' process triggered when her inbox proved too large caused the agent to lose her original safeguard instruction, leading it to delete messages autonomously.