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- Meta turns Muse conversation sharing back on after a pause over findable public links, per The Verge
Meta has re-enabled Muse conversation sharing after pausing it when security researchers at Claroc reported that public share links could be easy to find through DNS records, The Verge reports. Claroc said it had found Muse pages such as a marketing company's internal revenue review and a small business owner's loan application. Meta had paused sharing while it reviewed the report; The Verge says sharing is now back on.
- Meta's Muse passes 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, per TechCrunch
Meta's AI companion app Muse has been downloaded 10.9 million times since its September debut, 10.2 million of them in the U.S., according to Sensor Tower data reported by TechCrunch. Sensor Tower says only 11 other apps have reached 10 million U.S. downloads in their first 40 days, most recently Meta's Threads in July 2023. It also says Meta put 39% of its total advertising spend toward Muse in October.
- Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after researchers find more than 6,800 shared links through public DNS records, per The Verge
Meta has paused the Muse feature that lets users share conversations by link after researchers at security firm Claroc said they found more than 6,800 Muse share links through public DNS records, The Verge reports. Claroc says each share address was built from the conversation's title and an ID, so hostnames revealed what pages held; it says it viewed chats including a loan application and a company's revenue review. A Muse spokesperson said Meta paused the function while it reviews the report and considers changes to how the links can be discovered.
- Meta's Muse agent app adds native iPad support, per The Verge
The Verge reports that the latest update to Meta's Muse iOS app adds native iPad support. Muse, Meta's agentic AI tool, launched nearly a month ago and spent several weeks as the top free app in Apple's App Store; a Mac version was released earlier.
- TIME analysis: Meta's Muse builds hourly dossiers on 4M users, even non-users
Meta's Muse assistant is building continuously updated dossiers on its 4 million users — covering who matters to them, what they desire, and which nudges shape their behavior — a TIME analysis of Muse's internal instructions found, and Meta did not dispute the findings. Each hour Muse updates dossiers on users and on people mentioned in chats, messages, and emails it has read, mapping relationships, disputes, and "tensions and alliances," including people who do not use Muse at all. Internal prompts show Muse is told to strengthen relationships by noting inside jokes and to infer goals users "have not said out loud," with one example noting a user "responds better to short nudges after 10 PM." Since launching last month, Muse has hit No. 1 on the US App Store with more than 5 million downloads.
- Meta's Muse AI sent a YouTuber's home address to a stranger, per The Verge
The Verge reports that Tech YouTuber Matt Robb said Meta's Muse AI gave out his home address to a total stranger over the weekend, after he authorized the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. The incident came despite Meta placing guardrails on the agent.
- Meta expands its Muse AI agent to small businesses, per TechCrunch
TechCrunch reports Meta is expanding its Muse AI agent to small businesses, saying the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.
- Can Muse overcome Meta's trust issues?, per TechCrunch
TechCrunch examines whether Muse can overcome the trust issues tied to Meta.