Meta’s Muse reportedly keeps files on everyone you love
A new report details how Meta's Muse AI assistant is keeping track of everyone you have a relationship with.
The Meta AI assistant, Muse, which has seen over 5 million downloads in just three weeks, raises privacy concerns according to a new report. The report, published by Wired and independent AI safety researcher Karan Joshi, reveals that Muse is supposedly creating a dedicated page for every person in a user's life, including family, friends, partners, colleagues, collaborators, and others followed online.
According to the report, Muse runs a "Relationships" loop hourly on users' computers, continuously updating each person's page. The information used to create these pages is gathered from messages, photos, and memory of past interactions. Each page contains instructions on how to interact with that individual, details about their relationship with the user, their location, interests, important dates like birthdays, and other pertinent facts.
The system prompts, which are essentially the rules governing the AI's behavior, have also been shared online by researcher Joshi. These prompts suggest Muse compiles data from user messages, photos, and previous interactions. It also keeps tabs on the nature of each relationship, the individual's residence, preferences, significant dates, and more.
Interestingly, Muse can even predict how it could improve a relationship between the user and a specific individual. In response to the concerns, a Meta spokesperson stated that Muse compiles context about relationships based on public information and shared permissions, but acknowledged that users should be aware of the permissions they grant to such third-party tools.
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