Meta's Muse AI app hits 10 million downloads but pauses sharing feature

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 19:20 · Archive

Meta's AI assistant Muse reached 10 million U.S. downloads in 40 days but has paused a sharing feature after researchers found conversations publicly accessible online.

Meta's AI assistant Muse reached 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group that includes Threads and Disney+. According to Sensor Tower, most other apps to reach this milestone were mobile games such as Fortnite and Pokémon GO. Meta has heavily marketed Muse across its family of apps, which have 3.6 billion daily active users, and allocated 39% of its advertising spend to the app in October.

Security researchers at Claroc found that Muse's sharing feature made conversations more publicly available than intended. The firm discovered over 6,800 Muse share links through public DNS records, including conversations containing sensitive business information such as marketing revenue reviews, loan applications, staff calendars and job interview notes.

Muse's share links were designed using the conversation title and a random ID, making them discoverable through DNS searches. Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton said the company has paused the sharing functionality while reviewing the report and considering changes to how these links can be discovered. Similar issues have previously affected sharing features on ChatGPT, Claude and Grok.

How it is being reported

• Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the webMeta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica. In a report published this week, researchers at the security firm Claroc say they found more than 6,800 Muse links through public DNS records. […]The Verge · 20 Oct, 19:07
• Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other appsMeta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.TechCrunch · 20 Oct, 18:12

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