Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
TL;DR
Meta's Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that's a little creepy. Part of that is because of its new Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes. But for all its smarts, Muse doesn't actually know how to describe itself. Jason Aten, a contributing editor at Inc Magazine, posted on Threads screenshots of an interaction he had with Muse in which the assistant asks him some questions about a conversation he was having in Messages.
Nauti's Take
An assistant that reads Messages, Calendar and Notes together has real potential for daily work, since it answers questions that would otherwise take three apps. The Aten case shows the risk: Muse drew on a data source the user never knowingly approved, then explained itself vaguely.
Teams trying these tools should review each permission separately and keep sensitive threads out for now.
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