Meta's Muse AI agent is building a dossier on you
THE SO WHAT
An AI agent that quietly builds a behavioral dossier on each user reframes assistants as continuous surveillance surfaces, not just helpers. If you deploy similar agents, you’ll need explicit consent flows, data minimization, and a crisp story on what is logged and why—or risk user and regulator blowback.
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