--- title: "Elon Musk Amplifies Privacy Concerns Over Meta’s Muse After Reports Emerge AI Agent Accessed Private Messages" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/300259389.md" description: "Elon Musk amplified privacy concerns regarding Meta's Muse AI agent after reports surfaced that it accessed private messages and shared user addresses with Facebook Marketplace sellers. While Meta defends its optional permission safeguards, the incident highlights growing anxieties over AI agents' access to sensitive data. Consequently, Meta's stock fell 3.33% to $751.66." datetime: "2026-09-28T05:17:47.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/300259389.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/300259389.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/300259389.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Elon Musk Amplifies Privacy Concerns Over Meta’s Muse After Reports Emerge AI Agent Accessed Private Messages **Meta Platforms, Inc.’s** (NASDAQ:META) **Muse AI** agent is facing fresh privacy and safety questions after reports emerged of unexpected access to private messages and sensitive user information. ## **Elon Musk Amplifies Muse Privacy Concerns** On Sunday, **Space Exploration Technologies Corp.** (NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO **Elon Musk** reposted a post from Gizmodo Senior Editor **Ray Wong**, who criticized Muse after sharing an account in which the AI agent allegedly provided a **Facebook Marketplace** seller with a user’s address, resulting in sellers showing up at the person’s home. Musk heads SpaceX, which offers rival AI services and the Grok chatbot. Wong called the incident "dangerous and creepy," adding, "This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman." > Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door > > Dangerous and creepy > > This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman pic.twitter.com/KQbkwRzDPt > > — Ray Wong (@raywongy) September 27, 2026 Wong also shared an Inc. report titled "Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To," raising additional questions about the agent’s access to sensitive information. ## **Meta Defends Muse’s Privacy Controls** Meta Superintelligence Labs executive **David Singleton** responded to the Inc. report on **Threads**, saying the company takes reports of potential security issues seriously. Singleton said Muse’s Messages integration on Mac is optional and requires users to enable the Messages connector and grant Muse Full Disk Access through macOS. He noted that users must go through multiple application and system-level permission steps before Muse can access Messages content. According to Singleton, those protections are designed to prevent Muse from bypassing permissions even if the application itself contains a bug. He also said Full Disk Access can be disabled by users. ## **Muse AI Agent Can Act On Users’ Behalf** Meta describes Muse as a personal AI agent designed to interact with a user’s digital life. Its capabilities include shopping, accessing connected applications and completing tasks on a user’s behalf. In an earlier blog post, Meta said the tech giant "built Muse from the ground up to be a safe, secure, private, and widely available personal AI agent." The backlash also comes at a time when reports about AI agents from **OpenAI**, **Anthropic** and **Alphabet Inc.’s** (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) **Google** going rogue have also heightened concerns. **Price Action:** Meta fell 3.33% to $751.66 on Friday, according to Benzinga Pro. 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