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Meta's Muse AI Raises Privacy Concerns Over Data Collection
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Firstpost•20-09-2026, 18:21
Meta's Muse AI Raises Privacy Concerns Over Data Collection
- •Meta's AI agent, Muse, designed as a personal companion, is drawing scrutiny for its persistent requests for more user data.
- •WIRED's testing revealed Muse repeatedly suggested users add personal financial and other sensitive information.
- •The AI agent's communication felt like a 'lure' to upload more data, including monitoring inboxes or analyzing meal photos.
- •While users opt-in for data use in AI model training, concerns remain about the scope of data collection, even after sanitization.
- •Users can disable data collection in Muse's settings under 'Data Controls' to prevent their interactions from improving AI models.
Key Questions Answered
Users can switch data collection off by navigating to the settings for the Muse app under Data Controls and disabling the toggle labeled “Help improve our AI models”.
Critics and user advocacy groups raised concerns because the feature allowed people to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts automatically through an opt-out-by-default approach, which bypassed explicit user consent.
Mark Zuckerberg maintained that AI labs have a strong incentive to prevent models from causing harm to avoid significant liability, pointing to Meta's choice to delay Muse's release to strengthen its security.
