Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out | The Verge
Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out | The Verge
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Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
Muse rattled off very specific interests linked to my Instagram account.
Muse rattled off v
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Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
Muse rattled off very specific interests linked to my Instagram account.
Muse rattled off very specific interests linked to my Instagram account.
Emma Roth
Sep 10, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
turned my Muse assistant into a purple cat.
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Emma Roth
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.
Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company’s first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The
company says
its AI agent can “take the busywork off your plate” by
helping you with online shopping
, emails, trip-planning, and more. I decided to try out the new tool and see how well it performed — especially from a company that
previously prioritized entertainment
over productivity. Though the AI assistant generally worked as I expected it to, the unnerving amount of information it autonomously gleaned about me largely overshadowed my experience.
One of the first tasks I assigned Muse, which carries out actions using a cloud-based virtual computer, was to sort through my Gmail inbox and delete messages I don’t need. That required me to connect Muse to my Google account and give it permission to access, read, and delete emails. The process didn’t go smoothly on mobile; the Google sign-in screen kept glitching and returning me to the Muse website instead of the app. I eventually got it working on my laptop, where it deleted thousands of promotional emails and updates. I didn’t feel good about permitting Muse to view all of my emails given
on privacy
over the years.
Muse did a good job at clearing out my emails.
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Meta says
it designed Muse to only exchange data with third-party apps “that’s needed for them to work for you.” The company also says that it doesn’t share your information with advertisers.