{
  "id": 11409290,
  "title": "Meta Muse has already broken a record: it beats all competitors in data collection, Surfshark warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/meta-muse-has-already-broken-a-record-it-beats-all-competitors-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:47:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/meta-muse-has-already-broken-a-record-it-beats-all-competitors-in-data-collection-surfshark-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new report from Surfshark, a leading VPN provider, has revealed that Meta's AI chatbot, Muse, has already established itself as the most data-hungry chatbot on the market. This alarming development was uncovered by Surfshark's recent study, which compared 13 popular AI chatbots and the data they collect. Meta's Muse and Meta AI were found to be the top two data-hungry chatbots, collecting almost twice as many data types as their competitors. This revelation has raised serious concerns about user privacy and the potential misuse of collected data.",
  "summary": "Surfshark’s latest research found that Meta's newly launched AI agent is already leading the rankings as the most data-hungry chatbot.",
  "key_points": [
    "Meta's Muse AI chatbot collects almost twice as many data types as competitors",
    "Study by VPN provider Surfshark reveals Meta Muse as top data-hungry chatbot",
    "Concerns raised about user privacy and potential misuse of collected data"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}