Meta’s Muse builds profiles of people who do not use the AI agent

First reported by Implicator.ai at · Updated · 4 sources

The profiles can cover users’ friends and family, including people who have never used the agent themselves. According to TIME, internal instructions show Muse mapping users alongside their contacts and sharing anonymized insights across its system, extending its information gathering beyond the people who interact with it.

Covered by 4 publishers within 26 hours of the first report.

Reporting4

Implicator.ai Meta’s Muse is built to profile your friends; China closes the AI gap · Marcus Schuler
Gizmodo Meta’s Muse Is Collecting Information on Everyone in Your Life · Bruce Gil
Tom's Guide Meta Muse can keep files on people who have never used it — here's what I found · Amanda Caswell
Time Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Building a Dossier On You · Harry Booth

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