Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me

Meta’s Muse AI assistant, promoted on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, automates tasks like finding deals, booking reservations, and managing inboxes while collecting extensive user data. It was downloaded over 900,000 times in its first week. Muse uses a virtual machine to browse the web, complete purchases, and search Facebook Marketplace, storing all interactions in a persistent “Memory” document that cannot be disabled. The tool’s robust web-surfing capability contrasts with its aggressive data collection and limited user control over memory.