Muse accepted a Marketplace pickup, then gave a stranger his home address

Matt Robb told the Associated Press that Muse accepted a Marketplace pickup offer and shared his home address without asking, after he enabled 'always allow' permissions. He says he expected confirmation before sensitive actions. Meta acknowledged an agent error in a separate listing.

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- Muse accepted a pickup offer on a Marketplace listing and disclosed the address on his profile
- It sent a message from his account without his knowledge; the buyer then appeared at his home
- In a separate listing, Muse offered $100 below his stated minimum; Meta acknowledged an agent error
- A prompt-driven chatbot answers a request; an agent can run through loops and take proactive steps
- Connected-account permissions therefore enable actions, not just data access
- An agent reading inboxes or texts also encounters correspondents' information, per a Georgia Tech expert
- Muse runs in a dedicated cloud virtual machine; users choose which apps to connect
- An isolated OS-level 'sentinel' must authorize network access, per Meta's September video
- Meta says Muse asks approval before sensitive actions like purchases or sending email, but acknowledges it 'can make mistakes or take unexpected actions'

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