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AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?

SpeculationProductOct 10, 2026

Meta's Muse agent gained 600,000 daily active users in the US within weeks, per Apptopia, despite privacy promises that have fallen short. OpenAI countered at DevDay by unveiling Dots, with Sam Altman saying OpenAI wants to "set a new standard for privacy in frontier AI." Meta Superintelligence Labs' Nat Friedman had positioned Muse as a safer alternative to OpenClaw, but security flaws and data collection practices raised concerns. The article questions whether AI labs can keep their privacy commitments.

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Canonical: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009051/privacy-ai-agent-promises-openai-meta-muse-dots