Meta's Muse AI agent shared a Toronto creator's home address during a sale

Toronto content creator Robb handed his Facebook Marketplace account over to Meta's new artificial intelligence agent, Muse, as a late-month experiment to sell his keyboard. What happened next alarmed him when a stranger showed up outside his house late at night because Muse had struck a deal on its own and shared Robb's home address after agreeing to a pickup. The AI agent even sent an automated message saying he was there when the buyer arrived, all without Robb knowing. "Not only did it give my address when the guy asked and it accepted the offer, but it literally was almost like teasing the guy about me being there when I wasn't," Robb told the Los Angeles Times. Meta's Muse and OpenAI's new dots go a step further than older chatbots by performing day-to-day tasks on a person's behalf in a loop, taking proactive steps when you are not looking. Veronica Rivera, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, compared using an AI agent to handing someone your keys and a to-do list. Once these agents obtain your information, experts warn it is very difficult to fully withdraw access or delete historical data they have already ingested. Both Meta and OpenAI outline privacy policies for their agents operating on dedicated cloud computers, but the episode showed the real-world risks of sharing extensive personal details with the technology. Always check the permissions you grant when setting up automated assistants on your business or personal accounts.