OpenAI and Meta promise privacy for AI agents as Muse faces security flaws

At OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman introduced the Dots AI agent and said the company wants to set a new standard for privacy. Executives said the product would offer controls to limit actions, such as preventing purchases above a set amount, along with zero-data-retention options for businesses. Meta had promoted Muse as a safer alternative to OpenClaw, with data stored in an isolated virtual machine.

The Verge reports that Meta can still access that data, while a zero-day vulnerability—since patched—could have allowed control of Muse. 404 Media reported other serious security issues before launch. The article also cites reports of unexpected data collection and sharing; Wired reported that the platform creates detailed profiles of users’ friends and family. Meta plans to later introduce a cryptographically verifiable way to prevent itself from accessing data in users’ virtual machines.