Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
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A desktop assistant that can read Messages, Calendar, and Notes is less a productivity tool and more an OS-level data broker. If you ship on Apple or Windows, assume the platform owner will eventually intermediate your user relationship via an assistant that sees across all your surfaces.
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