Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
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Meta’s new AI assistant, Muse, has attracted millions of users but raises significant privacy concerns due to its extensive data collection capabilities. Researchers have extracted internal instructions revealing that the system automatically creates detailed profiles for every person in a user's life, including family, friends, and colleagues. These profiles are built hourly by compiling available evidence from messages, calendars, and other connected services to track relationship dynamics and important dates. While Meta argues this context is necessary for personalized assistance and claims users retain control via dedicated virtual machines, experts warn about the asymmetry of information sharing. Critics note that Muse actively solicits vast amounts of personal data, potentially inferring sensitive details beyond what users explicitly provide. The system’s ability to analyze relationship closeness and suggest improvements adds a layer of surveillance that some describe as intrusive. Although Meta emphasizes transparency and user consent mechanisms, the breadth of access granted to the agent represents a significant expansion of corporate knowledge about individuals.
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