Meta released Muse, its personal AI assistant, which has gained millions of users by creating detailed profiles of users' friends and family. It is the company's first major update to its AI assistant since the launch of its previous version.
Muse is built on Meta's internal AI systems and targets users who want personalized assistance with their personal relationships and social interactions. Availability began in late 2024, initially for users who have connected their personal data to the app.
"What it seemed like to me—from all these prompts, system skills data, and things that they’re feeding into Muse—is that they want to understand your relationships that you have with real people," said Karan Joshi, an independent AI safety and security researcher.
Joshi noted that Muse is designed to understand users' relationships as deeply as a friend, which he described as ``pretty creepy."
The announcement follows increased public interest in AI assistants that can provide personalized help.
Meta's spokesperson Daniel Roberts said that Muse gathers information based on public data and what users choose to share, allowing it to remember details like which plumber previously worked on a bathroom renovation.
Muse is also designed to seek human confirmation before completing actions like sending an email or making a purchase.
Meta did not say how it handles user privacy concerns or how it ensures the accuracy of the information it compiles. The company added that users can wipe memories or disconnect external services at any time. Muse's documentation says the model should only use the ``evidence'' it has available, and that invented details are worse than an empty page.
Source: wired
