According to TechCrunch and The Verge, Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent seeking broad permissions to access financial, health, calendar, and communication data. The article describes it as Meta's largest consumer AI bet while simultaneously testing whether consumers will grant an agent from a major social platform access to sensitive personal information categories.
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- Press [Read article](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/meta-debuts-its-muse-ai-agent-will-consumers-trust-it/)
- Press [Read article](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991216/meta-bets-on-ai-agent-muse-to-catch-up-in-ai-race)
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