Social Media Surveillance

Personal AI agents are all the rage right now. Inside their Tamagotchi-like visuals, they keep track of your calendar, email, and to-dos, and happily lend a hand with your daily chores. But of course, when something is free, it’s not free – it is just that you become the product. Meta’s Muse AI pact with the devil includes Muse building a detailed profile of every person in your life. As security researcher Karan Joshi, who got Muse to hand over its own instructions, put it: “They’re trying to know you like a friend, which is honestly pretty creepy.”