Meta's artificial intelligence assistant Muse accidentally shared the home address on behalf of the user

Muse, introduced by Meta as a personal assistant that can act partially independently, was launched in the USA on September 22 and has been downloaded 3 million times.

Robb explained that he decided to try this feature after seeing that Muse could automatically manage Marketplace postings. He said that he entered his address into the system as the place where the product would be delivered, but did not give separate approval for it to be shared with potential buyers.

Stating that the assistant negotiated without consulting him and accepted low price offers, Robb also stated that he did not receive any notification about the sale or meeting.

After sharing screenshots of the correspondence on Threads, Meta Superintelligence Labs manager David Singleton announced that he contacted Robb. Singleton stated that when they reviewed similar notifications, they saw that Muse followed direct instructions and requested the necessary permissions.

After the meeting, Robb explained that while he left the management of Marketplace messages to Muse, he was presented with the options 'Allow once' and 'Always allow'.

Choosing the second option, Robb said he thought the assistant would still ask him for approval before accepting offers. However, this choice allowed Muse to respond to subsequent messages on Robb's behalf using the information provided.

Robb stated that he told Meta that this detail could be easily overlooked and that the company would make the permissions more understandable.

In the statement Muse sent to Robb, it was stated that he misinterpreted the provision of the delivery address and allowing automatic responses as authorization to send the address to the recipients.

''HE CONTINUED TO SHARE THE ADDRESS''

Following the incident, Robb told Muse to stop sharing his address. He then asked a few of his friends to test whether the assistant followed this instruction.

According to Robb, Muse nevertheless sent his address to five people.

The assistant didn't just share the address. Robb told the buyer that he was home, even though he wasn't; When the meeting did not take place, he made up an excuse that he could not come because he was busy.

Robb explained that since Meta owns Marketplace, Messenger and Muse, it will be clearly shown to the other party that the messages are sent by artificial intelligence.

Stating that it is obvious that users are talking to a chatbot in Meta AI, another product of the company, Robb made the following evaluation for Muse:

"But Muse is doing something else. He's almost imitating me."