{ "id": 6320809, "title": "Meta Releases Muse, a Personal AI Agent With Privacy ‘Built Into It’", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it", "topic": "ai", "section": "AI", "published": "2026-09-08T20:12:51.000Z", "source": { "name": "Wired Business", "slug": "wired-business", "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it/" }, "original_language": "en", "account": "Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed to help users automate everyday tasks on the internet and within Meta's products. The AI assistant is now available for iOS and Android users through a dedicated app, as well as on the Muse.ai website. Users can also interact with Muse directly through WhatsApp. In the future, Meta plans to integrate Muse with its AI glasses.\n\nMuse is free to try, but users interested in automating numerous digital tasks will require one of Meta's subscription plans. The AI agent is the brainchild of Meta Superintelligence Labs, an AI unit formed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's team to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other players in the AI field. The unit has been testing Muse internally under the codename \"Hatch,\" and employees have been using it to perform tasks like operating third-party applications and browsing the web on their behalf.\n\nUsers can interact with Muse using natural language, and it can perform tasks like sending emails, booking travel, and even helping sell a car. Meta has also integrated a secure payment system called Stripe Link into Muse, which generates a single-use card number to protect users' financial data. The agent is built on an architecture called Secure VM, designed to isolate each user's activity in a virtual machine to prevent untrusted data from the web and integrations from compromising the agent's ability to act on behalf of the user.\n\nMeta has taken significant steps to ensure user trust and data security with Muse. The Secure VM architecture includes a Sentinel that monitors data movement and prompts users for approval when actions occur outside the virtual machine. Users can also opt out of having their data used for training Muse. Meta plans to offer a more private version called Confidential VM, where users manage their own access keys, and Meta will not have access to the user's agent VM.\n\nMeta is emphasizing the privacy and security features of Muse to differentiate itself from competitors. The company has already conducted extensive testing of the Secure VM architecture, including by its human and agentic red teams and through bug bounty programs. Users can expect Meta to publish the Confidential VM binaries and a transparency log to further assure them of the product's privacy guarantees.", "summary": "Designed to compete with OpenClaw and Instinct, the company says Muse can do everything from sell your car to book you a plane ticket.", "key_points": [], "editors_take": null, "illustration": null, "coverage": { "outlets": 11, "also_reported_by": [ { "outlet": "TechCrunch", "title": "Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-debuts-its-muse-ai-agent-will-consumers-trust-it", "published": "2026-09-08T19:00:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The Verge", "title": "Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-bets-on-ai-agent-muse-to-catch-up-in-ai-race", "published": "2026-09-08T19:00:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press", "title": "Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, emphasizes safety and privacy", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-launches-personal-ai-agent-muse-emphasizes-safety-and-privacy", "published": "2026-09-08T19:09:10.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Techmeme", "title": "Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that runs on a dedicated VM in Meta's cloud, initially available in the US, with support coming soon for its AI glasses (Ina Fried/Axios)", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-launches-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-that-runs-on-a-dedicated-vm-in", "published": "2026-09-08T19:10:02.000Z" }, { "outlet": "9to5Mac", "title": "Meta AI launches Muse personal agent, including a new mobile app for iPhone", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-ai-launches-muse-personal-agent-including-a-new-mobile-app-for", "published": "2026-09-08T19:17:21.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Techmeme", "title": "Meta's personal AI agent Muse is powered by Muse Spark 1.3 and is free for up to 100M tokens per week, with $20 and $100 monthly tiers (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/metas-personal-ai-agent-muse-is-powered-by-muse-spark-1-3-and-is-free", "published": "2026-09-08T19:20:01.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Wired", "title": "Meta Releases Muse, a Personal AI Agent With Privacy ‘Built Into It’", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it-6321950", "published": "2026-09-08T20:12:51.000Z" }, { "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Science", "title": "Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, to help with everyday tasks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-launches-personal-ai-agent-muse-to-help-with-everyday-tasks", "published": "2026-09-08T20:50:24.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Slashdot", "title": "Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/meta-debuts-muse-its-long-planned-personal-ai-agent", "published": "2026-09-08T21:00:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The National UAE", "title": "What is Meta's Muse AI agent?", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/what-is-metas-muse-ai-agent", "published": "2026-09-08T22:00:16.000Z" } ] }, "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." }