Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
Get smart on it
Meta's Muse is a free AI assistant app that automates personal tasks like booking reservations and managing emails by connecting to users' email accounts, bank accounts, and other data sources. The app automatically opts users into data collection for AI model training, and continuously prompts users to share additional personal information like passport details, bank balances, and photos of documents and meals. Consumer advocates have flagged this automatic opt-in approach as problematic, arguing it reflects manipulative data collection practices and undermines user trust, particularly given Meta's history of similar tactics like automatically opting Instagram users into an AI deepfake tool.
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