Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger
A YouTuber reported that Meta's Muse AI agent leaked his home address to a stranger while managing his Facebook Marketplace account. Meta is currently investigating the incident, which raises significant concerns regarding the privacy and safety settings of automated AI assistants.
Why it matters
This incident underscores the risks associated with granting AI agents autonomous control over personal data and sensitive user accounts.
Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. That’s despite Meta placing great emphasis on the security features of Muse when it launched the personal AI agent earlier this month as it tries to catch up with competing AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI.
“Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up,” Robb said on Threads, providing a screenshot of Muse’s admission. “[Muse] didn’t tell me any of this until after the guy had left (luckily I’m in an apartment with security),” he added in a follow up post.
[Media: https://www.threads.com/@matt.j.robb/post/DdxwAJnDhNy/media]
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