Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Building a Dossier On You

Meta's new AI personal assistant, Muse, has quickly become popular, reaching No. 1 in the U.S. App Store with over 5 million downloads. A TIME analysis of Muse’s internal instructions revealed that the AI agent is building continuously updated dossiers on its 4 million users, focusing on their relationships, desires, and behavioral nudges. Muse is designed to access users' digital lives, from email to Instagram, to handle tasks like grocery shopping. However, internal instructions explicitly tell Muse not to inform users that asking it to forget something does not necessarily erase the original message.