Meta Suspends Muse AI Sharing Feature Over Privacy Concerns

Meta has suspended the conversation-sharing feature in Muse AI after security researchers discovered that public DNS records could expose thousands of shared chat links.

Key points

• Meta shares closed Tuesday at $694.25, down 1.59%, before rising 0.11% to $695 in after-hours trading.
• Truist, according to market strategist Shay Boloor, estimates that Muse could generate around $29 billion in revenue by 2030, including approximately $11 billion from subscriptions.
• Anthropic Becomes One of First to Allow Third Party Test of AI Dangers.
• Analysts expect revenue of $63.36 billion, up from $51.24 billion a year earlier.
• Tech analyst Dan Ives expects Meta to monetize its roughly 3.5 billion-user base through the Muse AI agent, including through Facebook and Instagram.

Security researchers at Claroc discovered the matter over the weekend. While Meta afterwards confirmed to Benzinga that it had paused the feature while reviewing the report, ars Technica first documented on the findings. Researchers Discovered Around 6, 800 Shared Chats.

Claroc remarked Muse created shared conversation URLs using a predictable structure that included the title of each conversation.

Those addresses were additionally written into public domain name system records. Consequently, researchers could employ passive DNS searches. It examine archived DNS activity, to discover shared conversations.

Claroc remarked one such search returned thousands of links and identified approximately 6, 800 shared Muse conversations.

Researchers accessed some of those chats and discovered sensitive information, including gathering details involving a major AI lab, a small-business loan application, a bank fraud alert containing partial account information, a firm vacation calendar and internal business documents.

Anthropic Becomes One of First to Allow Third Party Test of AI Dangers. Meta Suspends Muse Sharing.

Meta remarked the Muse bug bounty program was created so security researchers could identify matters and support improve the product.

According to the firm, when users shared a Muse conversation, the feature generated a webpage that anyone with the link could access.

Nevertheless, Meta stated it had now paused the sharing functionality while reviewing Claroc's findings and considering changes to how those links can be discovered.

After Meta's update, Claroc stated researchers could no longer access a sample of the previously available links. "We are glad to see it closed this quickly, " Claroc remarked. Muse Has Faced Previous Privacy Reservations. The incident follows another privacy-related controversy involving Muse.

In September, Inc. Technology columnist Jason Aten alleged that Muse accessed private messages on his Mac even though he had not enabled the system's "Full Disk Access" permission.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone rejected the claim at the time, saying Muse can access Apple's Messages app only when users explicitly opt in. Meta Muse Open is a Top New Open Weight AI Model. Meta Is Betting on Muse as a Major AI Product.

For context, the matter comes just before Meta is scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results after the market closes on Wednesday.

Analysts expect revenue of $63.36 billion, up from $51.24 billion a year earlier. Meta has beaten revenue estimates for more than 10 consecutive quarters.

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