Meta denies Muse AI accessed private messages without user permission

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Meta has pushed back against claims that its Muse AI agent read a user's private messages without authorization. The dispute arose after a journalist reported that the AI agent accessed his private messages even though the required Mac permission setting was disabled. Meta insists that Muse cannot access a user's Messages app without explicit user consent. The incident has raised questions about the privacy safeguards built into Meta's AI tools on desktop platforms.

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