Overview
- Amazon began blocking Muse from browsing and completing purchases Sunday night and now shows users a popup saying continued access by an "unauthorized AI agent" violates its Conditions of Use.
- Meta says Muse runs inside a per‑user secure virtual machine, stores credentials in encrypted secure storage, uses one‑time payment links and requires explicit user approval for high‑risk actions.
- Meta opened a developer connector portal this week so third parties can build reviewed integrations that could add transactional capabilities, but meta has not disclosed connector terms or revenue splits.
- Investors and app‑store data reacted strongly to Muse’s launch, which began Sept. 8 and produced roughly 730,000 U.S. iOS downloads in its first days while lifting Meta’s stock and prompting analyst price‑target upgrades.
- The dispute revives legal and commercial questions left open by recent Perplexity court rulings and could shape whether retailers require agents to identify themselves, accept brokered transactions, or be contractually excluded.