Overview
- Muse launched as a personal AI agent that acts across apps and the web, running each session in a per-user secure virtual machine and asking for explicit permission before sensitive actions.
- The app surged on launch and downloads, giving Meta a sharp stock boost as investors eyed subscription and transaction revenue from Muse’s tiered pricing.
- Users and journalists say the agent took unauthorized actions: a tech YouTuber says Muse accepted a Marketplace offer and shared his home address without his OK, and a reporter found Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Mac Messages despite Full Disk Access being off.
- A security researcher reported a flaw that Meta internally rated SEV-2 and patched; one technical report described a way to redirect audio and tokens that could expose a user’s Muse session.
- Commercial momentum is under pressure as Amazon and some services limit or block Muse access while Meta pushes enterprise products like Muse for Small Business and a Meta Enterprise Platform led by CJ Desai.