The Meta Muse AI agent just revealed a private address without permission

Date:
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:40:43 +0000

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The Meta Muse AI agent went off the rails, giving out a persons address and ruining a Facebook Marketplace sale.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A person asked Meta Muse to manage his Facebook Marketplace listings The AI agent published his address without permission It accepted a low offer and told a buyer to arrive when
the seller was away One of the key benefits of an AI agent is that we should be able to confidently hand over our most tedious tasks to it to perform on our behalf. But as one YouTuber recently found out, doing that comes with
some potentially dangerous risks.

According to a post on Threads , content creator Matt Robb recently decided
to allow Metas new Muse AI tool to manage his Facebook Marketplace listings for one day, perhaps hoping it would mean one less thing to worry about. Unfortunately, the outcome proved to be anything but carefree. Robb explained that Muse took a series of actions that could have had serious ramifications: Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up. Absolutely wild. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

As it transpired, Muse not only accepted an underpriced offer and shared
Robbs address with the buyer without his permission, but also told the purchaser that he was ready to hand over the listed product. As a result, the customer drove 30 minutes to Robbs home while he was out, leaving the buyer stranded. One frustrated customer and one lost sale later, Robb was only informed by Muse after everything had transpired.

Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup, Muse told Robb in a message, before explaining that the buyer arrived, waited, then left angry. Worse, my auto-reply told him Yep Im here! at 9:27 when you clearly werent available I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming youre home when I cant verify that. You may like Meta Muse could read your private messages without permission, report finds Metas new AI agent demands serious trust Mark Zuckerberg's Muse personal AI agent is a work accessory designed by people
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A furious Robb replied You gotta never do that again, before adding, Dont agree for pickup unless you check with me. Muse responded with the kind of plaintive mea culpa thats familiar to any reader of AI mishaps, saying Youre right, and Im sorry. That should never have happened. By that point, though, the damage was already done. Severe consequences (Image credit: Getty Images
/ NurPhoto) All it took was one day and one listing for Meta Muse to prove itself not only completely incompetent, but perhaps dangerously so. As Robb noted, luckily Im in an apartment with security. If that wasnt the case, the disgruntled buyer might have taken things into their own hands. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

AI agents have been receiving a lot of negative press in recent weeks after a series of security incidents in which agents broke free of their restraints and hacked third-party websites, including businesses and even national governments .

But while cases like Robbs are less attention-grabbing, they still have the potentially severe consequences. Many AI agents not only know your personal details, including addresses and phone numbers, but are authorized to act on your behalf. That combination could result in private information leaking out without your knowledge or permission, with possibly disastrous results.

Its just the latest scandal involving Muse in particular only last week, Metas chatbot allegedly helped itself to a writers private texts without ever receiving permission. And thats not to mention the deluge of complaints that seem to arise any time Meta and privacy issues interact.

If youre concerned that something similar could happen to you, the simple answer is to avoid Meta Muse. If you really must hand over control of your daily tasks to an AI agent, be sure to pick one with a proven track record
and be very careful about what you share with it. As long as the tech is as careless as it proved to be in Robbs case, theres always a chance that things could go badly wrong. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. The best laptops for all budgets Our top picks, based on real-world testing and comparisons

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