Meta Pushes Back on Claim That Muse AI Read a User's Messages Without Consent
Meta says its Muse AI agent can read iMessages on a Mac only if users explicitly enable it, rejecting a report that it accessed texts without consent. Meta communications head Andy Stone said the Messages integration is “entirely opt-in” and requires two toggles: Apple’s Full Disk Access and Muse’s Messages connector, both revocable anytime. The dispute stems from a journalist’s account that Muse surfaced private texts and synced a local Messages database even though he says he denied access and Full Disk Access was off. Meta’s AI chief said Muse only reads Messages when access is enabled and that macOS protections can’t be bypassed. Muse is a personal AI agent that can perform actions for users and has surpassed 2.5 million downloads. The incident highlights broader concerns about how much data AI agents can access, with Amazon also moving to block Muse over browsing and credential-related concerns.
