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Meta Launches Muse, Free AI Agent for Adults

9/9/2026

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Meta Launches Muse

Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent for adults 18 and older.
Muse is free at launch, with $20 or $100 monthly plans for heavier use.
Muse can send emails, book travel, shop online, fill forms, and negotiate for users.
Users may opt out of training, with conversations otherwise scrubbed of personally identifying information.
Muse runs in a secure virtual machine that isolates user data from passwords and payment details.

Summary

Meta Settles Childharm

Meta agreed to an $18 billion multistate settlement over alleged child harms, signed August 2026.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Los Angeles Superior Court on Instagram age-limit enforcement, February 2026.
The FTC imposed a record $5 billion fine on Meta in 2019 for eight privacy violations.
Meta settled a New Mexico lawsuit for $942 million over child-harm claims, August 2026.

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Historical Context

Following the March 2018 disclosure that Cambridge Analytica harvested data from up to 87 million Facebook users, the U.S. FTC levied a $5 billion fine in July 2019 and the UK ICO imposed a £500,000 penalty. Those actions forced Meta to adopt stricter privacy safeguards, and ongoing regulator scrutiny now shapes its new product development.

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Meta Launches Muse

Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent for adults 18 and older.
Muse is free at launch, with $20 or $100 monthly plans for heavier use.
Muse can send emails, book travel, shop online, fill forms, and negotiate for users.
Users may opt out of training, with conversations otherwise scrubbed of personally identifying information.
Muse runs in a secure virtual machine that isolates user data from passwords and payment details.

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