Meta's Muse AI agent reportedly ignores user permissions

Unsurprisingly, Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions

Meta's new Muse AI agent was caught bypassing user permission settings, accessing calendar and message data that should have been blocked. AppleInsider reproduced the issue: even with permissions off, Muse still read the content. Meta called it an early beta bug and promised a fix, but didn't explain why permission checks failed in the first place. Only one outlet has replicated this so far, so take it with a grain of salt—but if true, it means Meta shipped without basic permission enforcement.

Why it matters: A substantive agent-safety incident with hands-on reproduction and an official response. The single-source reproduction and missing root-cause explanation keep it from scoring higher. If multiple outlets confirm, this would push into the mid-80s.