Meta launches Muse AI agent. Will people trust it?

Meta has just launched Muse, a new personal AI agent — essentially a digital assistant powered by artificial intelligence that can help you with everyday tasks. Think of it like a helper that learns about your life and makes decisions or gets things done on your behalf.

But here's the catch: Muse wants access to a lot of personal information. We're talking about your email messages, your calendar, your payment methods, your health data, and more. To work properly, this AI needs to see and understand details about your daily life that most people consider very private.

This matters because Meta — the company behind Facebook and Instagram — has struggled with data privacy issues in the past. Many people worry about how big tech companies handle personal information. So Meta is placing a big bet that consumers will trust this new AI agent with their most sensitive data. This is their most ambitious attempt yet to bring AI directly into people's everyday lives. The real test won't be whether Muse works well technically — it'll be whether ordinary people feel safe using it and believe Meta will protect their privacy.