{
  "id": 16045754,
  "title": "Meta's Muse AI Is Winning Over Older Adults. Privacy Experts Are Worried",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/metas-muse-ai-is-winning-over-older-adults-privacy-experts-are-worried",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T12:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Time",
    "slug": "time",
    "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/10/22/ai-meta-muse-agent-older-users/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta's Muse AI, designed as a beginner-friendly assistant for older adults, is attracting a significant user base and raising privacy concerns. Eileen Fay, an 82-year-old user, benefitted from Muse by comparing Medicare Part D plans and finding a cheaper option that saved her over $6,000 a year. Muse's design and user-friendly approach have made it popular among older adults, with 46% of its U.S. users aged 46 or older. This has excited technologists but raised concerns from privacy experts. Muse's proactive outreach and human-like interactions have led some users, like Fay, to rely on it for various tasks, including organizing their lives and even preparing for interviews. However, the app's ability to gather extensive personal data has raised privacy concerns, particularly given Meta's past data privacy issues. While some users appreciate the convenience and benefits of Muse, others, like Fay's son, are wary of the amount of personal information the app collects. The impact of Muse on older users highlights the potential of AI to improve accessibility and support for this demographic, but also the need for robust privacy protections in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.",
  "summary": "Older Americans are embracing Meta’s Muse for everyday tasks and companionship—even as experts warn about the AI agent’s privacy risks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}