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Meta's Muse agent asks for your logins, calls itself early
Meta's Muse agent runs on a dedicated cloud virtual machine and comes in free, twenty-dollar and hundred-dollar tiers; its own executive calls it early.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Wired: “Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet”, with reporting from CNBC and ABC News.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 4:43 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
The real story
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- WiredMeta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
- CNBCMeta pushes into personal AI agents in Muse Spark family September 8, 2026 · facts used on air
- ABC NewsWhat to know about Meta's Muse AI agent - ABC News facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeta's new AI agent, Muse, can watch your home security cameras, fill out your forms and book your appointments.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd it can order your groceries and call customer service for you, which is the one job nobody wants.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeta's Wang conceded Muse is still pretty early. That's the sentence I want next to anything holding my bank login.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPretty early costs money, too?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFree tier, or twenty dollars a month, or a hundred, depending on usage.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeta is also paying outside security researchers through a bug bounty to find the vulnerabilities.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the bounty hunters get paid, and the users get the free tier.
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