Meta launched a new Muse AI agent it claims can help you with everything from firing off emails to buying stuff online. Muse can be surprisingly effective at delivering on those promises — if you’re willing to trust Meta with your data and hand Muse your credit card. Since the launch, Meta’s also announced plans for a Tamagotchi-like Muse Charm device for its cuddly AI mascot. 

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• Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger
• Meta expands Muse tools for small businesses.
• Meta Enterprise Platform will bring its Muse AI to businesses.
• Maybe don’t let Muse run your Facebook Marketplace account.
• The Muse Charm won’t have Instagram built in.
• Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible
• Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem
• Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw
• It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute
• Meta’s Muse AI Charms can interact with each other
• Meta is making a standalone Muse AI gadget
• Muse is coming to Meta smart glasses
• Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too
• Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money
• Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent
• Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
• Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI agent
• Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
• Meta’s Muse AI agent now has a Mac app.
• Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
• Mark Zuckerberg tells you to trust Muse.
• Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race

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Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. That's despite Meta placing great emphasis on the security features of Muse when it launched the personal AI agent earlier this month as it tries to catch up with competing AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI.

"Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up," Robb said on Threads, providing a screenshot of Muse's admission. "[Muse] didn't tell me any of this until …

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